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Originally Posted by JCL
Do you think those potential US 50d buyers could afford to pay for the federalization of an all new engine, amortized over that small batch? US buyers aren't paying world prices to start. The 50d is priced at the equivalent of $95,800 US in the UK. Even the 40d M Sport is the equivalent of $82,250 US.
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The reason US buyers dont pay "world prices" is because US is the largest market by far for BMW, more BMW's are probably sold just in California than in the whole UK. UK buyers pay more because there aren't enough to reap the economies of scale, like in the US. If any market can support a new engine/new model it's the US, not the rest of the world "small batch" individual markets.