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Well the pricing information is helpful, but raises a strange issue. The price difference between the M3 and the M4 is very slight (less than 500 pounds) but the price difference between a 3 series and 4 series is much larger (more than 3000 pounds). If you take the ratio between the markup of a base 3/435i Msport to a M3/4 and apply it to US prices, you can get an estimate of what US M3/4 pricing may be. However, the M3 ends up being more expensive (since the ratio on the UK M3/UK 335 is larger), which can't be right. But my guess would be that the US pricing will be similar to below...
Base UK M4: 56,635
Base UK 435i Msport - 43,155 (Sport Auto Transmission since this is what US 435i's have)
Base US 435i MSport - 49,100
Therefore (56,636/43,155)*49,100 = $64,436!!!
Base UK M3 - 56,175
Base UK 335i MSport - 39,750 (Sport Auto Transmission since this is what US 335i's have)
Base US 335i Msport - 46,500
Therefore (56,175/39,750)*46,500 = 65,714!!!
My guess is that US prices will be be close to these. Keep in mind that M3/M4 will have more standard features than the E92 M3 so the markup isn't that terrible.
Just something to think about...
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