[SamS]

Originally Posted by claykin

Just jabbing you. But, hey it still is the Chinese battery mobile. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/17/bu...nese-firm.html

If delta is $3K and BMW markup is 6-7% how in the world are you gonna get a dealer to give you a 33-66% discount on the delta?

Yes I was wrong on the batteries... They make them both in MI and China, but apparently BMW only uses the Chinese ones. Which is a good thing, because A123 had a $55M recall for the MI made versions

You can get a discount on the delta because most dealers will do near-invoice on an AH3 vs a 335i, simply due to supply and demand. It is common for people to pay $1500+ invoice (before all incentives of course), on the 335i, but you can get much closer to invoice on an AH3.