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-   -   BMW Rep Says E70 Spy Shots "Dead Wrong" (https://xoutpost.com/bmw-sav-forums/x5-e70-forum/16437-bmw-rep-says-e70-spy-shots-dead-wrong.html)

DINANM3 06-12-2006 12:05 AM
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Originally Posted by accella4.4
This info was coming from a BMW N.A. person...and I think it is safe to assume that a company spending untold millions on a launch would control and orchestrate the reveal--just because we see something on Auto Bild does not make it accurate....

interestingly enough, I was in the dealer's looking at an exact 2006 copy of my 2004...the dealer actually suggested that since I own outright my 2004 and there is no support for the 2006 models, rather than do a lease, wait 12 months--I will still have a car under warranty to trade or sell, will have saved $9-10K in lease payments, and after 9 months' production, can consider a 2007 E70 after actually having seen the real thing.
What did you mean when you said there is no support for the 2006 X5.

AlpineMsix 06-12-2006 01:46 AM
so ur tellin me that, aall the spy shots that are actually taken in Cali or taken on actual city streets, is some other CAR COMPANY wit x5 "looking" mules?

fln8tive 06-12-2006 02:03 AM
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Originally Posted by DINANM3
What did you mean when you said there is no support for the 2006 X5.
No lease incentives--apparently (and this could be complete BS) they don't have an inventory problem as far as E53s are concerned. Dealer told me lease deals were actually better last year.

fln8tive 06-12-2006 02:12 AM
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Originally Posted by imola4.8isWA
so ur tellin me that, aall the spy shots that are actually taken in Cali or taken on actual city streets, is some other CAR COMPANY wit x5 "looking" mules?
U R talkin' to me?

If I understand your question, no. This thread stems from what a BMW N.A. area rep in Florida passed along, thus the reference to Miami; Miami being in Florida I made the connection almost immediately.

I would have to guess that the mules in other parts of the country are very much BMW products...it is unlikely they are Skodas. :)

rayxi 06-12-2006 12:25 PM
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Originally Posted by imola4.8isWA
so ur tellin me that, aall the spy shots that are actually taken in Cali or taken on actual city streets, is some other CAR COMPANY wit x5 "looking" mules?
No. The What it means is that the photos floating around either show test mules with styling that is not meant for production or photoshops that bear little respemblance to the production models.

scott27 06-12-2006 04:28 PM
Again: the shape will be same as we see it on tapped prototypes. That's final design. But due tape the details are not clearly seen.

IMO the BMW NA rep. was talking about CGIs & spy pics of heavily plastic cladded prototypes which indeed did not show the design - just a silhuette.

poleposition 06-12-2006 05:28 PM
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Originally Posted by accella4.4
No lease incentives--apparently (and this could be complete BS) they don't have an inventory problem as far as E53s are concerned. Dealer told me lease deals were actually better last year.

It's now official. Your dealer is a MORON. I'm also curious what you mean by no support for 2006 X5's. Can't quite wrap my brain around that one.

fln8tive 06-12-2006 11:47 PM
The local dealer must be doing something right...they just built about 4 acres of parking decks to hold all their inventory and they have two satellite service centers.

OK, so they can't sell me the correct $2.00 part in spite of the guiding hands at x5world...They are, at the very least, very successful morons.

See prior response regarding "support". And check out Post #68 on http://www.xoutpost.com/x5-e70-forum/...y-shots-7.html It appears that another person is finding that BMW is not making a big push to blow these E53s out.

asawadude 06-14-2006 09:14 AM
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Originally Posted by accella4.4
Dealer sales manager said that BMW has mules in Miami and that the factory rep mentioned that all the spy shots floating around are nothing like what the final product is going to look like. Rep only confirmed that the E70 will be longer, wider, and taller...just thought I would pass this on.
I was told exactly the same thing by a sales manager here in L.A. about a month and half ago who also cited a factory rep as his source. I posted my "revelation" back then - very close to what you've posted here.

http://www.xoutpost.com/136512-post4.html

I'm now wondering if this is some precanned BMW spiel that we're getting spoonfed. Very clever, indeed.

fln8tive 06-15-2006 12:15 AM
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Originally Posted by asawadude
I was told exactly the same thing by a sales manager here in L.A. about a month and half ago who also cited a factory rep as his source. I posted my "revelation" back then - very close to what you've posted here.

http://www.xoutpost.com/136512-post4.html

I'm now wondering if this is some precanned BMW spiel that we're getting spoonfed. Very clever, indeed.
You are probably right....the E70 will likely get panned at first, then six months later we'll all be lining up to get one and yanking the third row seats to install some woofer from hell...:)


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