01-30-2024, 09:32 PM | #1 |
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2025 BMW Z4 M40i Debuts With Manual Gearbox For $69,950
Nicknamed "Handschalter" (German for "hand shift"), the analog variant commands a significant premium of $3,500
https://www.bmwblog.com/2024/01/30/2...anual-gearbox/ Worth it? |
01-30-2024, 10:07 PM | #2 |
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70k is a lot of scratch for that car, but it is significantly cheaper than a Boxster GTS and maybe easier to find.
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01-31-2024, 12:26 AM | #3 |
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I assume GTS allocations are impossible to come by. Correct?
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01-31-2024, 07:36 AM | #4 |
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01-31-2024, 07:40 AM | #5 |
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I would think you might be able to get one, I had posted my local dealer had allocations for all 718 models from base to S to GTS but that was back when I had my last oil change which I believe was last March.
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01-31-2024, 08:07 AM | #6 |
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I don’t know about impossible; I’ve seen ppl say they’ve gotten them recently. And in theory they’ll build them through 2025, at least for the US market.
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01-31-2024, 08:20 AM | #7 |
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Also I don’t know whether to be proud or disappointed that no one has noted that this price is…nice.
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01-31-2024, 08:26 AM | #8 |
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For a second, fun car that needs to live outside, I’d have to wait to see what the 2025 anniversary Miata brings…
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01-31-2024, 09:16 AM | #9 |
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I thought we had a thread on it somewhere here already, but as you probably guessed I'm a big fan. I could see getting a new one of these to either replace the 911, or just as a daily to replace the 135 in a year or two. When compared to a similar spec'ed boxster, the price is ~2/3rds, right? Early driving reviews have really spoken highly of the chassis tweaks and adjustments to the shift mechanism paying huge dividends - supposedly it feels great. The green launch color tugs at me too. It's like they followed everything I tried to spec in a 992 and gave it to me here.
Definitely worth it.
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