new model year BMW euro delivery
 

anybody know what the earliest you can usually get the new model year with European delivery? i.e. I want a 2009, any guesses when I can get it? august or sept or later?

thanks

e90 facelift should be coming out for 2009 model year

http://www.autospies.com/news/BMW-3-...-Testing-25474

they usually start building them in September

looks like the sedan could be losing the ugly kidneys

yep, big plus for me, no more chrome mustache. My coworker just got in a slow speed accident and he said one of the chrome mustaches flew off while he was leaving :lol:

thanks, thats what I thought, was hoping august so I could go to the bmw ring school with it

You're probably looking at an early Oct delivery to ensure an '09. When I did ED, the build date for my car was nearly a month prior to my pickup date (I picked-up in late May and my car was an April build).

Also, when I worked for BMW (in Munich), the plant did a 2 week shut-down to prep for MY changeover in mid August. New production started when the plant reopened in late August. that was back in '92, so I don't know if they still do the full shut down, or just do running changes (we did some running changes for pre-production when I was there...)

duh, forgot all those darn lazy europeans get all of august off:D

+1

BUT... it appears it will be gaining larger exterior mirrors.

Now THAT would be great. After the big, square mirrors on my e46, those e90 mirrors were disconcertingly small.