Miata Mailing List: October 1995, Message #150
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   From: BrettF94M@aol.com
Subject: WWW news
   Date: Wed, 4 Oct 1995 23:07:52 -0400

Hi-

Found this 'news comment' on the net while wandering around this evening, and
I thought the list would be interested in hearing...

Quoted from Auto-by-Tel news page.  

"Z3 Price Blossoms, Production Begins

File under It Was Too Good To Be True: BMW is upping the price on its long
awaited roadster for buyers in the U.S. The price for the Z3, BMW's classier
answer to the Mazda Miata, has been raised from an original $26,000 -
$30,000 to an estimated street price of between $38,000 and $40,000.

The Z3 has been a media darling since BMW announced that it would be the car
of choice in Golden Eye, the latest movie in Ian Fleming's James Bond
series, due out later this fall. This increase takes the Z3 out of the
top-end budget sports car ranks and aligns it closer to BMW's well received
325i convertible.

While the reviews are already pouring in the new convertible, production
began only last week at their Spartanburg, SC plant. To accomodate the
increase in production at this plant, BMW will scale back the number of
318is it will produce this year. BMW officials have stated in recent reports
that this decline actually reflects current market demand on the 318i as
well.

There will be no delay in the production of 1996 325 V6 models out of the
Spartanburg plant, scheduled to start in November, as a result of the Z3
according to BMW officials."

Nuff said.

Brett Foley
94M  Western Mass