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You'd think. Unfortunately with the virus scare going on all bets are off. France just closed down all restaurants, cinemas and cafés...can you imagine no cafés in France? Germany may not be far behind which could definitely affect car production.
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Agree, from everything I've seen no US allocations yet. However I didn't know whether the dealer needed to tell BMW they wanted 1 or more, or just wait to be "invited" to take 1 or more?? Based on Euro-posters who said if you don't take your allotment it doesn't revert to the dealer, it goes back in the pool for some other requestor.
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It's a smart way to ensure that cars are sold (instead of sitting unsold on dealer's lots), to test the waters (check demand), limiting coin-flipper practices, and to create some sort of hype of exclusivity/privilege. Belgium and Luxembourg: 131 M2 CS cars. Not quite a sales hit, 10% discounts possible, struggling since several months to drag itself to 'sold out'. Main reasons: too expensive for a BMW 2-Series + existence and pricing/discounts of the M2 Competition. But other sales techniques may apply elsewhere. ABC = Always Be Closing (1992: Mister Peptalk drives an $80K BMW)
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If you manage to visit Germany despite the travel ban (that could be extended): currrently, Germany expects 60% to 70% of its population to get infected with the coronavirus. That's about 50 to 58 million Germans. Not my words or those of some fake news website, but those of the widely respected #1 politician of Germany, informing her population in her genuine, composed, hallmark no-nonsense style (see here). Earlier this week I heard from a Parisian acquaintance that Paris is expecting a 70% infection rate. And in Italy, the situation in hospitals in Lombardy appears to be outright dramatic. Same situation is developing in several hospitals in Spain. It won't take long before the US grasps - at last - the magnitude of the catastrophic situation. All it will take is just a reality-check, true facts knocking some sense into people's minds: people getting sick and people dying. Things may seriously spiral out of control if folks remain in a state of (partial) denial.
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All schools are closed in North Carolina for at least the next two weeks. Students at major universities have been kicked out of the dorms and classes are now remote. Businesses are going to a skeleton crew and rotating staff remotely. Interesting times
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Leipzig hit with COVID-19: https://www.bmwblog.com/2020/03/15/f...nt-in-leipzig/ ("First coronavirus case at the BMW plant in Leipzig").
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The CS and other vehicles delivered this year will most certainly be the most disinfected, antiseptic vehicles one could hope for. A new new-car smell!
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03-15-2020, 06:09 PM | #39 |
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The M2CS is made on the same line as the M2C.
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Did the distributions closed down in other countries as well?
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03-16-2020, 04:01 AM | #42 |
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As commented earlier, 131 M2 CS allocated to Belgium and Luxembourg (initially 45, subsequently 100, but no price was known yet back then). Reservation possible since late September 2019 - orders since November 2019 release (base-price was set at €96.5K). Discounts of 10% possible.
Fast forward to today (half year later - start of production): got a heads-up that dealers are still approaching current ///M owners querying whether still interested to get one of the available M2 CS slots. So, not sold out yet over here.
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Plenty of encouraging drugs going into trials around the world. The California university system also has some showing clear efficacy. Key is to get them through safety trials as quickly as possible. Then we can get back to more important things like deciding on whether to get CCB or not
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