[planemad]

320d x drive touring
Portimao blue
M sport plus pack
Black interior
Silver hex trim

Due sept for wife

[andyhazza]

Congrats. Any pics of how it's going to look from the website?

[JNW1]

Prompted me to have a look on the configurator but, despite supposedly being available from launch, I can't see the M340i? However, if I read correctly a 330d X-Drive M-Sport Plus Edition has a list price of over £48k and I'd have thought an M340i is likely to be more expensive than one of those; with options I can definitely see a list price nudging £55k....

ETA: Just spotted on the website that the M340i is advertised as "coming soon" which infers it won't be available from launch after all!

[Kal101]

Originally Posted by JNW1

Prompted me to have a look on the configurator but, despite supposedly being available from launch, I can't see the M340i? However, if I read correctly a 330d X-Drive M-Sport Plus Edition has a list price of over £48k and I'd have thought an M340i is likely to be more expensive than one of those; with options I can definitely see a list price nudging £55k....

ETA: Just spotted on the website that the M340i is advertised as "coming soon" which infers it won't be available from launch after all!

Available from September but the order books opened Monday - according to the salesman at Sytner’s

[GBR1]

Congrats OP, if you don’t mind me asking what % of discount did you get?

[Rhino at Work]

Originally Posted by JNW1

Prompted me to have a look on the configurator but, despite supposedly being available from launch, I can't see the M340i? However, if I read correctly a 330d X-Drive M-Sport Plus Edition has a list price of over £48k and I'd have thought an M340i is likely to be more expensive than one of those; with options I can definitely see a list price nudging £55k....

ETA: Just spotted on the website that the M340i is advertised as "coming soon" which infers it won't be available from launch after all!

The M340i is on the configurator now but it's hiding in the base models rather than the MSport models.

[JustChris]

Excellent first Touring order I've seen. Should be great.

[Steve_M_Sport]

I was talking to a dealer yesterday and he told me they were looking at ordering a launch 340i and they were shocked to spec it to £60k. He said there won’t be much discount and a high APR on finance so unlikely to be a big seller initially.

[JNW1]

Originally Posted by Rhino at Work

The M340i is on the configurator now but it's hiding in the base models rather than the MSport models.

Had another look but still not seeing it!

Initially there appears to be three different derivatives you can select from; one that doesn't have a name , Sport and M-Sport. However, the first one (which I assume is the base models as they have the lowest price) appears to include 320d SE variants only - no petrol versions at all, never mind the M340i! The Sport and M-Sport derivatives both include petrol models but only variations on the 330i - again no M340i that I can see?

[JNW1]

Originally Posted by Steve_M_Sport

I was talking to a dealer yesterday and he told me they were looking at ordering a launch 340i and they were shocked to spec it to £60k. He said there won’t be much discount and a high APR on finance so unlikely to be a big seller initially.

Hmm, that's much as I feared and on that basis I won't be an early adopter; probably a case of sitting on my hands for a year and hoping some F31 levels of discount start to appear by mid-2020!

[225]

Originally Posted by JNW1

Hmm, that's much as I feared and on that basis I won't be an early adopter; probably a case of sitting on my hands for a year and hoping some F31 levels of discount start to appear by mid-2020!

You and me both!
Got to be one of the first touring orders in the UK?

[Rhino at Work]

Originally Posted by JNW1

Had another look but still not seeing it!

Initially there appears to be three different derivatives you can select from; one that doesn't have a name , Sport and M-Sport. However, the first one (which I assume is the base models as they have the lowest price) appears to include 320d SE variants only - no petrol versions at all, never mind the M340i! The Sport and M-Sport derivatives both include petrol models but only variations on the 330i - again no M340i that I can see?

Hopefully this link will take you to it https://configure.bmw.co.uk/en_GB/co...310.1535546173

[JNW1]

Originally Posted by Rhino at Work

Hopefully this link will take you to it https://configure.bmw.co.uk/en_GB/co...310.1535546173

Thanks but we were perhaps talking at slightly crossed purposes as I was looking for the M340i Touring on the configurator and the link you've sent is for the saloon? I can find the saloon no problem but when I look in the equivalent place for the G21 on the configurator the M340i's not there!

[Bibbles]

Congratulations, that'll be a lovely car.
Just spec'd up a 340i to the same as my 540i (although I could only spec the G20 not G21) and it would cost an additional £550p/m on PCP over the 540i which is ridiculous. Not helped by no discount and a silly 7.9% APR but even so TRL will have his work cut out discounting and shifting lots of those.

[Mr Burt]

Must not go on the configurator, must not go on the configurator! Dooh! ...........

[Isow]

Originally Posted by Steve_M_Sport

I was talking to a dealer yesterday and he told me they were looking at ordering a launch 340i and they were shocked to spec it to £60k. He said there won’t be much discount and a high APR on finance so unlikely to be a big seller initially.

Don’t talk to a dealer, talk to an internet broker.
The internet brokers are the ones who broker a good discount through the
corporate side of the BMW dealer.
The showroom salesmen rarely offer good discounts off a new model.

[JNW1]

Originally Posted by Bibbles

Congratulations, that'll be a lovely car.
Just spec'd up a 340i to the same as my 540i (although I could only spec the G20 not G21) and it would cost an additional £550p/m on PCP over the 540i which is ridiculous. Not helped by no discount and a silly 7.9% APR but even so TRL will have his work cut out discounting and shifting lots of those.

As you say that's ridiculous and, I'd venture to suggest, not sustainable if they want to sell many (any?) M340i's!

[JD6]

Originally Posted by Steve_M_Sport

I was talking to a dealer yesterday and he told me they were looking at ordering a launch 340i and they were shocked to spec it to £60k. He said there won’t be much discount and a high APR on finance so unlikely to be a big seller initially.

Give it a few days and he'll call you with a never-to-be-repeated offer of 8% off list.

Dealers are full of crap in my experience. Before long they'll be cheerfully knocking these out at 20-25% below list, just like every other BMW.

[DB118D]

Had an email from C2C offering 11% discount and 4.9% APR on new 3er

[Mani59]

Originally Posted by Bibbles

Congratulations, that'll be a lovely car.
Just spec'd up a 340i to the same as my 540i (although I could only spec the G20 not G21) and it would cost an additional £550p/m on PCP over the 540i which is ridiculous. Not helped by no discount and a silly 7.9% APR but even so TRL will have his work cut out discounting and shifting lots of those.

Stick with your 540i!

[planemad]

Not sure on discount as it’s a business lease with Lex autolease. I did not do the figures per say I left it to my accountant as it will be my wife’s business car.

[225]

Originally Posted by DB118D

Had an email from C2C offering 11% discount and 4.9% APR on new 3er

Got the same.
we all know it's going to follow the same pattern. New 3er high apr and little discount to get a few early adopters. Then gradually normality kicks in with discounts and low/reasonable APRs.
The m340 may stay a bit higher but I'm sure it will still see 15 to 20% discounts at some point. Just hope it hits peak discounting in May/June next year for the touring m340!