1 M Coupe on its way

**aussie_in_london** · 5th July 2011, 08:02 PM

Not many here getting out and about by dealers as demos, the allocation of 450 is being sucked up pretty quick so not many dealers are getting demos and anything they have customers are buying straight off them.

Our dealership ordered one demo and is was bought the same day it arrived by someone walking in offering them cash lol

BMW UK have just done a M experience at Goodwood circuit so my wife spent Sun morning zooming around in a few 1M's plus a couple of M3's and Z4's
she is now hanging out even more to take delivery of her own and still she walked away form the other cars with semi autos saying they are boring in comparison to a manual.....

Last word on twitter by the BMW UK Marketing manager was that most of the last remaining have now been ordered after the Top Gear episode........Shows the clout that program actually has!

**Wraith** · 6th July 2011, 08:17 AM

AFAIK there won't be any demos here either, which is fair enough since only 200 have now been allocated Australia wide...

It's definitely the sort of car you either have to have or don't want at all, so I'm sure interested people here will buy it regardless of whether they test drive it first or not Click here to enlarge

Also AFAIK they're saying that the original allotment of 100 vehicles presold here in Aust. (an individual actually purchased 2) so that's why they're now offering another 100...

Kinda reminds me of a similar thing happening with the last model Monaros here, the way some people purchased more than one to put them away and hoping for rising values in the future...

I'm guessing that there will be probably some left over from the second allotment of 100, but they'll all eventually sell Click here to enlarge

The new model 1 series has arrived (hatch variant) and looks pretty good IMO, will be interesting to see what the new 1 series coupe will look like and there'll be a sedan as well Click here to enlarge

**aussie_in_london** · 7th July 2011, 12:25 AM

Production of the 1M stops end of Dec with the last customer orders being delivered Jan

In the UK I have heard if the 450 were not pre ordered then that is it, unless dealerships kit up and pre order as a demo and sell on.

**Wraith** · 7th July 2011, 08:22 AM

Rarerity is a good thing when it comes to cars of some notoriety, so there's a good chance that in the distant future the value of these first model 1M's will be substancial...

Don't ever sell it aussie Click here to enlarge