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Originally Posted by fuddman
That's because, over and above what you pay him, BMW pays the dealer an extra $4,500, (7%) for an ED order.
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This is the first I'm hearing BMWNA paying the dealer directly (7%) for an ED order. My understanding is that the savings comes from the lower ED invoice price, Customer Satisfaction Index (CSI) incentive monies, and lack of financing the dealer would have to take out on an ED car. With ED cars you are "theoretically" dealing with BMW directly (i.e., BMW dealer isn't buying the car from BMWNA and then reselling it to the customer as they would a stateside custom ordered car).
Regardless, going ED or stateside would basically be a wash for my deal. My dealer is taking off a $1k for either US msrp or ED msrp. My car is priced w/discount at $72075 ($67959 approx. US invoice=$4116 profit) or $67630 ($63825 approx. ED invoice=$3805 profit).