BMW Individual Niederlassung visit...

[65lim]

Shouldnt the car there be cheaper compared to US?

[MSCD]

Dackel, thanks for sharing this, another cool stop on the Dackel tour bus! Thanks!

[CJ421]

The prices of those vehicles ....! Wow.

Love the 5'er wagon with the M-Sport pack. Sadly I think the X5 would outsell it here without question.

Great photo tour, thanks for sharing!

Charles

[clubsport]

Originally Posted by MSCD

Dackel, thanks for sharing this, another cool stop on the Dackel tour bus! Thanks!

He could make a good living just being a guide to American (car enthusiast) Tourists.

[Dackelone]

Originally Posted by 65lim

Shouldnt the car there be cheaper compared to US?

Nope. You would think that but its not. No real competition over here in DE. Plus these prices include the German VAT tax of 19%! Most prices seem to be set, no matter what you are shopping for: electronics, cars, what ever. It's one of the things I noticed right away when I moved over here. It's not like in the US where you can have way different prices for the same item.

Also... cars over here have much shorter warranties. For a new BMW in Germany... you get a 2 year warranty. No free services like in the USA. AND... that two year warranty is really just a six month warranty... after six months... IF you never took your car to a dealer for a service(and the all important dealer stamp in the book)... if your car has a problem... the dealer might not do the work for free. This is one reason why Germany are religious when it comes to having dealers perform the servicing and STAMPING that book!

Originally Posted by clubsport

He could make a good living just being a guide to American (car enthusiast) Tourists.

You know I have thought about that.

Dackel

[GuidoK]

Originally Posted by evolution80

Imagine that but... add a 15-32% base price (fuel consumption/emissions tax) and a MONTHLY engine tax (based on hp) which is higher than what a german has to pay for a year - and you got Austrian prizes...

Imagine these prices and then pay €1,50+ per liter of fuel and you have dutch prices.
M4 base price is over €112k in NL, so thats €39k more than in Germany (and also €20k more as in Austria...)

For fun, look up some m4 prices in scandinavian countries like denmark or norway

[Zero_Cool]

My wife absolutely loves the 2er mini van looking wagon. We've seen some with an M-Sport package and they look very neat. Plus it's a diesel so I'm sure it's great on fuel. I've been to the Welt but I wasn't aware of "individual" dealerships. What a neat place! I'll have to look into these. I usually just look at the Euler dealers in my area. Call me crazy but I love snapper rocks blue. I've seen it on a 4 series gran coupe, stunning in person.

[MSCD]

Originally Posted by clubsport

He could make a good living just being a guide to American (car enthusiast) Tourists.

Agreed, as Dackel said he has thought about it! Never work a day again when you do something you love!

Cataloguing these trips is a job on its own but the memories are priceless. Funny what you miss. I moved from he U.K. To the USA in 2003 - be 14 years Sunday. I've popped to France briefly with my wife and son but when we visit the U.K. We visit different sites there. Europe has so much to offer.... I have to get back to the Italian lakes, Austria, Germany, France!

That why I love seeing these threads... I also got to go to the West Coast and see that!

[Saphirschwarz]

Originally Posted by babaikram

Automobiles have always been cheaper in America than in Europe. I don't know why

if it was just the price .... when u add taxes and gasolin prices thats when u really feel the pain ...

[eau_rouge]

Is that GTS for sale?

[Dackelone]

Originally Posted by eau_rouge

Is that GTS for sale?

Yep.

[Dackelone]

Originally Posted by Zero_Cool

My wife absolutely loves the 2er mini van looking wagon. We've seen some with an M-Sport package and they look very neat. Plus it's a diesel so I'm sure it's great on fuel. I've been to the Welt but I wasn't aware of "individual" dealerships. What a neat place! I'll have to look into these. I usually just look at the Euler dealers in my area. Call me crazy but I love snapper rocks blue. I've seen it on a 4 series gran coupe, stunning in person.

Another small cool BMW place that many people often over look is BMW's Lenbachplatz display in downtown Munich. Think of it as a mini Welt, and it's quite close to the Hauptbahnhof(train station) in the downtown area of Munich...



BMW Lenbachplatz display in downtown Munich...
http://f30.bimmerpost.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=879995


Also at the end of this year or early next year the Motorworld will have a new home in Munich. This new site looks very promising for classic car fans. Construction isn't finished yet.. but it's gonna be an awesome local for car fans. I can't wait!









http://www.motorworld.de/home/muenchen/


Its just a few kilometers up from the Welt...
https://www.google.de/maps/place/Mot....6092497?hl=en




I also really like that "snapper rocks blue" color. I saw a 4er at Geneva that was really quite eye catching in that blue!









Dackel

[M2Cmtl]

that 5er touring...so hot.

[anielsen71]

Originally Posted by GuidoK

Imagine these prices and then pay €1,50+ per liter of fuel and you have dutch prices.
M4 base price is over €112k in NL, so thats €39k more than in Germany (and also €20k more as in Austria...)

For fun, look up some m4 prices in scandinavian countries like denmark or norway

Here in Denmark base price for a M4 is aprox $240.000
So yea, stupid prices due to heavy tax. We have a tax on the import price at aprox 150%, bother on new and used cars....

[Deutsche-Broke]

God Dammit Dack.. You never disappoint.

Thank you yet again for your wonderful photography and trips around the Mothership..

I look forward to more..

[eau_rouge]

Originally Posted by Dackelone

Yep.

Can't find it online

[MParallel]

Super toll! Danke.

I've been looking for like forever for a "BMW Niederlassing xxx" Kennzeichen Halter.

I thought they stopped with these and now only use "BMW-xxx.com".

Preferably Niederlassung Düsseldorf as that's where I bought mine.

Currently rocking a BMW Autohaus Kainz Daun-Mayen-Wittlich one.



Just looked at their online shop, this is what I mean, this is the version they offer:

[Dackelone]

Originally Posted by eau_rouge

Can't find it online

It could be they didn't update your website. But I am sure they can get you one IF they don't already have one. This dealership is HUGE. Both upstairs and underneath in the many garages they have. They have FOUR 18 car service centers plus a few more(~10 bays) up at street level. But its underneath in the garage where all the cool cars stay.


BMW Niederlassung München
Frankfurter Ring 35, 80807 München
bmw-partner.bmw.de

+49 89 353510

or calling from the USA... 011 49 89 353510


Also... this private BMW dealership always has very interesting cars...

Spaett GmbH & Co. KG
Robert-Bürkle-Straße 15,
85737 Ismaning

spaett.de

089 189090

Originally Posted by MParallel

Super toll! Danke.

I've been looking for like forever for a "BMW Niederlassing xxx" Kennzeichen Halter.

I thought they stopped with these and now only use "BMW-xxx.com".

Preferably Niederlassung Düsseldorf as that's where I bought mine.

Currently rocking a BMW Autohaus Kainz Daun-Mayen-Wittlich one.



Just looked at their online shop, this is what I mean, this is the version they offer:

I would call them and ask for their parts dept... maybe they can sell you a set. ?

+49 89 353510


Dackel

[Jim E.]

Cool thread and thanks for sharing.

A different perspective from the other side.

[Dackelone]

Originally Posted by Jim E.

Cool thread and thanks for sharing.

A different perspective from the other side.

Yep Jim, I've also been to the back side of that street. Individual is there along with the "mule" storage area and wreck testwagens. The TUV also has a storage area next door to Individual Ind HQ.



And back around to the other side of Daimlerstrasse!

[mjn77]

I'll have the orange M3 thanks. Please deliver.

[GCinFLA]

Originally Posted by babaikram

Automobiles have always been cheaper in America than in Europe. I don't know why

But stranger is the fact that replacement parts MSRP are somewhere around 25-33% less in Germany (excluding VAT) in my experiences.