08 existential questions !

[billjet]

Q- Why BMW websites ( US and CDN ) aren't updated with 2008 X5
models?
A- Stuck w too many 07 and they want to get rid of them before making
08 "shopping" more easy ????

Q- Why so many 07 left over ( if so )?
A- Too pricey? Too many software glitches?
Darn hard and slippery run flat tires?
"Wonderfull" iDrive gizmo?

Q- Why is the diesel availability ( US and CDN ) again delayed ( said to be
a nov 2008 production as an 09 )?
A- Non conformity to CA and CDN anti pollution regulations or is it so
much cheaper ( and very torquey ) as opposed to gas model that
it could hurt gas engine models sales in America and they are pushing
it's introduction to the market place???

Q- Now with the CDN $ worth 0.03$ more than the US $ why are X5
( w the same options ) prices 35% more expensive in CDN than in the
US ???
A- Not to hurt the resale value of those X5 already on the road ( Official
answer ) or gread ?

Q- Why then that, in CDN, Mercedes didn't lower the base price of the 08
fleet but includes more "free" options in them wich amount to a
drecrease in price. Can't BMW do the same ???
A- BMW laziness or gread?

Q- Why US BMW dealers are ordered not to sell new 08 X5 to CDN
residents but are allowed to sell used ones, mainly 07 demos???
A- ????

Q- Would you folks in the US pay close to $100,000US for a loaded 08
4.8 topping it with 15% taxes ( GST and PST ) and a luxury tax?
A- Even as good as this SAV is am I getting cheap or what ???

Wassup BMW? I've been a proud owner of BMW since 1987 but with
your ridiculous pricing list in CDN you are pushing customers like me
away. ( Driving a 05 X5 4.4, previously 02 X5 4.0, 00 X5 4.0, 540, 535
x 2, 325 iX ).

Guess I should move to the US ... Cheap cars, cheap taxes, nicer roads
than in "northen Cuba", but Hilary ( or Nobel Al ? ) is just around the
corner ... Should I reconsider ???

[JCL]

Lots of questions. Can't help you on the pricing questions, but it isn't a BMW conspiracy, many things just cost more here. Yes, I know they were rhetorical questions, but two caught my eye.

Originally Posted by billjet

Q- Why is the diesel availability ( US and CDN ) again delayed ( said to be a nov 2008 production as an 09 )?
A- Non conformity to CA and CDN anti pollution regulations or is it so
much cheaper ( and very torquey ) as opposed to gas model that
it could hurt gas engine models sales in America and they are pushing
it's introduction to the market place???

It is not delayed, since it has never been announced. Don't believe the speculation, wait until BMW actually announces it. They haven't yet built a diesel that meets NA pollution regulations, so wait and get one of the first of the new engines in model year 2009, I am sure it won't have any first-year gremlins.

Q- Why US BMW dealers are ordered not to sell new 08 X5 to CDN
residents but are allowed to sell used ones, mainly 07 demos???

Same reason that CDN dealers are not able to sell new vehicles to US residents, an issue during all the years that the same vehicles were cheaper in Canada than in the US. New vehicles are covered by the dealer agreement, used vehicles aren't. Just protecting the dealer networks on both sides of the border, and BMWFS residual values. My dealer has even stopped bringing in used US BMW vehicles now.

So, where are they pushing you to? Domestics, other imports, or used?

[STALKER]

You gotta love how we get ripped off in Canada on car prices. I priced out a X5 in Toronto, and Miami where I also spend much of the year, and it was 20Gs cheaper in the US, even with our strong CAD.