Oh Shit...Shit...Shit...BMW Has Done It Now...

[Charlie]

I thought $40k-ish was the cost for an Elise? My brother-in-law said that the markup was into the 50/60/90s after he got his when he got back from Iraq for the first time.

Not anymore it isn't. I wouldn't be surprised if you could get them for under MSRP now. The local dealer out here by me has 15 Elises on the lot, a lot of them have been sitting for over 6 months. The car is definetly a "niche" vehicle, and is a lot less streetable than people would have assumed. It's also a handful on the track, as attributed by the fact that I have seen one elise into the tires at every DE I did last year.

-Charlie

[Bavarian3]

That's really neat but I have to agree with Pasha and Charlie..

GT3 would be cheaper and fast. Not to mention you have all that factory support, while I am sure BMW will just give you a 1-800 number...

The elise is fast when someone behind the wheel knows how to drive it. I too have seen various elises at Sebring into the walls...

[DEV0 E30]

Not anymore it isn't. I wouldn't be surprised if you could get them for under MSRP now. The local dealer out here by me has 15 Elises on the lot, a lot of them have been sitting for over 6 months. The car is definetly a "niche" vehicle, and is a lot less streetable than people would have assumed. It's also a handful on the track, as attributed by the fact that I have seen one elise into the tires at every DE I did last year.

-Charlie

Wow, note to self. I haven't driven his but I don't think I'd complain day to day from the rides I got in it. It's been some time though since he is stationed back in Tennessee and doing another tour in Iraq. I can see why you'd see so many off the track, it almost gives you too much confidence at the edge for the driver. You'd have to let go when the car let goes because it will take you to that edge.

[chuckybob]

Shit this thing is hot. EDIT: Available through BMW Motorsport GMbH as of May...price; $296,500.

that spoiler is just what that backend needed.

-e- i just looked it up online. it seems that its basicly $300,000 for a bodykit. fuck that.

[DanGillan]

-e- i just looked it up online. it seems that its basicly $300,000 for a bodykit. fuck that.

you're a moron.

[Jordan325iC]

Let's see some power numbers!!!

[325Projectz]

you're a moron.

Hahah, I said the same thing.

That thing is shit hot.

[Charlie]

I can see why you'd see so many off the track, it almost gives you too much confidence at the edge for the driver. You'd have to let go when the car let goes because it will take you to that edge.

No, not really. I've been told by a couple of people that own them that it's a lot like an early 911, very tail happy and sensitive to lift throttle.

-Charlie

[grapedrink]

Let's see some power numbers!!!

"There'd likely be no BMW without motorsports, asserted the German maker's CEO, Helmut Panke, during a Geneva preview, Monday night. The automaker used the event to display its latest entry into the demanding Formula One series, as well as this version of the Z4 M Coupe. The track-ready version will make a whopping 400 horsepower out of its 3.4-liter in-line six. Expect the automaker to produce only a few hundred, according to company officials, with some expected to go to the U.S. when production begins mid-year. Whatever series it participates in, Panke said it is critical for the automaker to dominate. "BMW could not be the dynamic, most performance-focused car company if we weren't involved in motorsports," he insisted. "Step-by-step, we would lose our identity.""

[chuckybob]

you're a moron.

care to enlighten me? as far as i can tell, the only things that set that apart from a z4 are a bodykit, a paint job, a stroker, and 1-lugs.

[Ben Carufel]

care to enlighten me? as far as i can tell, the only things that sets that apart from a z4 are a bodykit, a paint job, a stroker, and 1-lugs.

So all that equals this:

it seems that its basicly $300,000 for a bodykit. fuck that.

I don't know whether to ridicule you for being an idiot or feel sorry for you for being mentally retarded.

[325Projectz]

I guess you have never seen the suspension setup on a true race car. Let me tell you, its no gc setup w/ st sways.

[permit]

I'd make sweet, sweet love to that car.

[BimmerToad]

Beastly. Love the shot of the rear fenders complete w/ vents. A GT3R, RS, RSR will still be much more reliable, offer better factory support, and be more successful. The Porsche engines are working off of more displacement, and don't run on insane piston speeds like the stroked out S54.

[Hawk]

That thing is sick. Who wants to loan me 300k?