[Shotimes] 2006 BMW 330i replaces SHO

[Ron Porter]

We went through thid exercise a year or two ago, and I don't have the comparison facts anymore, but 189 cost are 50% of today, maybe a bit less. In a quick look at wages, other car costs, and home costs, multiply 1989 costs by at least 2x to get today's dollars.
 
Puts the SHO at around a $40-42K sticker. In thinking back to buying my new '89, I would say that a $40-42K car today would have about the same budget impact (on me) as the $22K MSRP SHO in 1989. That was a fair amount of bucks in '89, considering that my fully loaded '86 Z28 listed for $16,300, and my new '85 Vette listed for around $28K.
 
FWIW, in 1997, there were a number of SHOs with stickers in the $30-32K range. Ford then made the one-size-fits-all for '98 & '99 and cut the price to $29,600.
 
Ron Porter

van Oss <vanOss@centurytel.net> wrote:
Does anyone know how the cars Carl mentions compare, in current dollars, 
with the price of Gen1 SHOs? Just curious about the comparison. Thanks.

VO


----- Original Message ----- 
Sure. First I have to say that I wanted a RWD car as a first cut.
Also had a preference for 6 cylinders or better.

1) GTO: This car is not your typical cheap plastic interior Pontiac.
The Aussies did a fine job building this up from their Monero
platform and integrating the LS2 engine. A real beast and a treat to
drive if raw horsepower is what you are looking for. The interior has
some minimal frills. If you like the moonroof in your SHO, you will
miss that in this car as a for instance. The color coordinated gauge
cluster and seating surfaces are very nice. The dealer installed
sports appearance package improves the car's visual appeal. Low
option content and lack of 4 doors were the problem here. The GMS
discount made this very tempting.

2) G35. Really a bargain in this segment of 4 door sports sedans.
Plenty of whoop and decent handling. Good feature content. I was a
little annoyed that Infinity chose not to offer their Premium Package
B with the 6MT and therefore not provide rear airconditioning ducts.
There's no doubt the Japanese car makers are building good cars. I'm
sure I would have been happy with this car.

However the 330i just has a better overall feel to it, both in terms
of general appearance externally and internally. To drive this car is
really spectacular. It's everything people say about it in terms of
being a superior handling car with excellent performance stats. It
really makes me feel at home coming from the SHO right down to the
sports bucket seats that have those wonderful bolsters. The bluetooth
and xenon adaptive headlights with autoleveling are nice too, and rear
passengers get the rear cooling ducts. The Logic 7 audio system is
far superior to the stereos in the other cars, plus it gives me the
ability to plug my iPod into an Aux input which will hold me over
until the full iPod integration becomes available.
-- 
Cheers,
Carl Prochilo
92 Ultra Red Crimson

On Mon, October 10, 2005 17:29, clift@chartertn.net said:
> Very nice car! May I ask what the decisive factors were that won you
> over from a G35 or GTO?
> Jarrod
>
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>
> Well, not quite replaces since I still have the 92, but I decided to
> go for the bimmer as a daily driver. As some of you know, I've been
> debating this car, the G35 and GTO.
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