Even though my wife and I are attending the Taste of Lexus event in Arlington Heights this weekend, I went to the local BMW dealer with my brother earlier this evening to test drive a 330i.

What I noticed just before our test drive was I could not find an BWM 330i over $44,000 on the entire lot.

Even though pricing will be announced on Tuesday, I thougtht I would join the guessing game.

Since it seems like none of the intial 2006 IS will be available with Mark Levenson, Park Assist, Radar Cruise control, or PCS and the fact that Bob Carter said the prices would be Best in Class, I really think the price of the 2006 IS350 with Nav and Premium Luxury Plus will be $42,500 or less.

The BMW sales guy said they are willing to deal, but he felt I would be paying MSRP on the 2006 IS350.

I agree with him, I will be paying MSRP (or close to it) when I pick-up my new Lexus IS350 in the next few weeks.

 

Just for reference, loaded 330i...

2006 330i Sedan $36,600

Exterior Arctic Metallic $475
Interior Black Dakota Leather Included
Burl Walnut Wood Trim Included

Packages
Premium Package (4-way power seats, leather, bluetooth, homelink) $2,200
Sport Package (8-way power seats, 18", multifunction wheel, suspension) $1,600

Options
STEPTRONIC automatic transmission $1,275
Comfort Access $500
Heated Front Seats $500
Active Steering $1,250
Park Distance Control (rear only) $350
Active Cruise Control $2,200
On-Board Navigation System w/iDrive $2,000
6-Disc CD Player $635
Carpeted Floor Mats $125
Power Rear Sunshade/Rear Manual Side Window Shades $575

Destination Charge $695

Price as configured $50,980

 

LOL, I was just building my own 330 last week. I added in the options that BMW should have standard and I was like WTF. It came out to be like $47k and I didn't even include all the options.

 

Darn, that 330i must be overpriced then.

 

ROFL! I thought the same thing.