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MSRP vs. reality (longish)
Posted by TimD (more from TimD) on Fri, 30 Jan 2004 07:59:18
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The latest issue of Car & Driver does a comparison of "near-luxury" sedans w/ manual transmissions. They included the 9-3 Arc (why not the Aero????). Predictably, it finished near the bottom of the pack (6 out of 7 to be exact, beating only the Jaguar X-Type).
Now my rant isn't so much about how Saabs always fare poorly in these tests (that's been beaten to death), but how (IMHO) Saab shoots itself in the foot by publishing a MSRP that is no where near reality.
Comparing MSRP, a 9-3 Arc and a BMW 325i both cost about the same. But we all know that in reality, you're going to pay about $5k less for the 9-3. That's great for the informed reader of saabnet.com, but the casual consumer doesn't know that.
I know Saab doesn't want to be viewed as a "discount" brand, but if they lowered MSRP a little, it might get more people in the showroom who otherwise wouldn't bother because they think the Bimmer is a "better" car for the same price.
Thoughts?
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Posts in this Thread:
- MSRP vs. reality (longish), TimD, Fri, 30 Jan 2004 07:59:18 <-- Viewing This Message
- A friend spent over 30K for an OUTBACK because of this, JBinDC, Tue, 3 Feb 2004 08:21:53
- MSRP bad for SAAB, PittE, Sat, 31 Jan 2004 12:39:24
- Linear = 325, Arc = 330...., Mike Lynch , Fri, 30 Jan 2004 19:03:29
- Re: MSRP vs. reality (longish), LAGene, Fri, 30 Jan 2004 11:22:01
- Re: MSRP vs. reality (longish), James D, Fri, 30 Jan 2004 10:52:28
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