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12 Responses to “2009 BMW 7 Series US online configurator now available”

1. Gragop says:

   January 6, 2009 at 4:51 pm

   $94,000 later I’d have the F01 7er I want to drive.

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2. Doug says:

   January 6, 2009 at 5:27 pm

   V12 TT??? Good god. Wasn’t the point of turbocharging to be able to chop off some cylinders? I thought they were going to only have up to V8 TT’s, and the V10 for extreme cases.

   Maybe it’s a hybrid?

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3. Horatiu B. says:

   January 6, 2009 at 5:30 pm

   @Doug: Not official word, but I heard it from BMW Australia, someone high up.

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4. Gil says:

   January 6, 2009 at 5:55 pm

   Costly lil’ sucker. I’ll wait for a CPO one….

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5. Gragop says:

   January 6, 2009 at 6:27 pm

   @Gil:

   Yeah, wait for the 60% depreciation hit after the first two years like the E65’s did. Big depreciation hits help explain why you see so many of those around – that and leasing.

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6. Auomoblog.net says:

   January 6, 2009 at 9:07 pm

   Completely uninspiring, boring. I never understood how they could sell these for as much as they do when they’re so bland. It looks like it’s beginning to melt in the front.

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7. Doug says:

   January 6, 2009 at 10:26 pm

   What they should do is offer an upgrade 2 years later, including facelifted body and interior parts, engine parts, new wife, etc. Or is the depreciation even an decision factor for the folks buying them?

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8. Gragop says:

   January 7, 2009 at 7:52 am

   @Doug:

   Probably not, but it’s still a kick in the pants to own a car that depreciates so fast. That’s the problem with most Benz’s. They’ll cost an arm and a leg and depreciate badly. But – if you can drop 90k on a 7 then you’re probably not concerned.

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9. miles says:

   January 7, 2009 at 4:06 pm

   is it me or do the wheel choices suck? the huge snowflake pattern from the first images-where are those?

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10. Gil says:

    January 7, 2009 at 5:03 pm

    snowflake pattern? The one in sports package style 252, perhaps?

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11. miles says:

    January 7, 2009 at 5:06 pm

    @Gil: nope. they look to be 20″. in the original photos that came out there were fairly large wheels on the car. they are not listed anywhere on the bmwusa website now… they were the wheels that were on chris bangle’s personal 7

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12. Gil says:

    January 7, 2009 at 5:57 pm

    oh *that* one….. *shrug* I think I have an image of what you’re talking about. Hrmm…..

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