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Old June 25th 05, 01:44 AM
GLitwinski
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The fold down seat also buys you seat heaters on the 330i, no?


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> "Vik Rubenfeld" > wrote in message
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>> Why is the 2-door 330ci, more expensive than the 4-door 330i?

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> The coupe's standard fold down split rear seat is a $475 option on the
> sedan, and the coupe comes standard with the sport suspension and steering
> wheel which are part of the $1,600 sedan Sport Package.
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> Does this help?
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> Tom K.
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Old June 25th 05, 03:51 AM
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"GLitwinski" > wrote in message
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> The fold down seat also buys you seat heaters on the 330i, no?
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Seat heaters will set you back another $500. You may be thinking of the
$1,000 Cold Weather Package which includes the fold down seats, heated seats
and headlight washers.

Tom



> "Tom K." > wrote in message
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>> "Vik Rubenfeld" > wrote in message
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>>> Why is the 2-door 330ci, more expensive than the 4-door 330i?

>>
>> The coupe's standard fold down split rear seat is a $475 option on the
>> sedan, and the coupe comes standard with the sport suspension and
>> steering wheel which are part of the $1,600 sedan Sport Package.
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>> Does this help?
>>
>> Tom K.
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Old June 26th 05, 08:20 PM
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"Vik Rubenfeld" > wrote in message
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> Why is the 2-door 330ci, more expensive than the 4-door 330i?


How about simple supply and demand? People do view the sedan as more
practical and so more of those sell, thus BMW manufactures more of them and
can take advantage of economies of scale to bring the cost down. I've
never see sales figures, but I certainly observe more sedans on the road
than coupes.

Kevin
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Old July 1st 05, 03:10 AM
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I dunno. I see a lot of coupes, too. I'd venture to guess that the ratio of
coupes to sedans is, at worst 1:3 in the US.

In any case, BMW body styles tend to have long runs with few changes and the
E46 is a big seller, so there is plenty of economy of scale for both body
styles.


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> "Vik Rubenfeld" > wrote in message
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>> Why is the 2-door 330ci, more expensive than the 4-door 330i?

>
> How about simple supply and demand? People do view the sedan as more
> practical and so more of those sell, thus BMW manufactures more of them
> and
> can take advantage of economies of scale to bring the cost down. I've
> never see sales figures, but I certainly observe more sedans on the road
> than coupes.
>
> Kevin



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Old July 1st 05, 07:05 PM
Dori A Schmetterling
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I agree. In the old days the 2-door was a cheap version of the 4-door,
until Marketing made it into a fancier, 'more desirable' model and called it
a coupe...

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Old July 1st 05, 09:29 PM
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Yes.

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