BMW have announced the official prices for the new BMW i3 electric car in Germany and the US, ahead of the car’s official global debut at the end of this month. The official base pricing for pure EV version of the BMW i3 for the German market is 34,950 euros, while the US price tag is $41,350 before tax incentives. The price for the version equipped with a 650cc range extender engine will be announced later.
A base price of 34,950 euros without any options would place the i3 just under the pricing for the BMW 3-Series 320i GT or 318d GT with manual transmission in the German market, which starts at 36,150 euros.
Of course, base prices are misleading, as a base car can be pretty bare. On a 3-Series, the base car doesn’t even have xenon headlamps. If you want to compare it to a car with matching specs that’s currently on sale in Malaysia, the equivalent of the BMW 316i with automatic transmission and options sold in Malaysia goes for about 36,670 euros in Germany.
Based on the pricing released, it sounds like the BMW i3 could potentially get a Malaysian price tag of between the low to mid RM200k range in Malaysia?
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As this i3 is an electric car, shouldn’t it qualify for the substantial Malaysian govt’s excise duty exmemption for hybrid and other energy efficient cars
That exemption u speak of will end this year unless the gov’t plans to extend it again for another few years.
Cannot imagine paying high spec Camry price to buy an Insight.
I should say so. Without taxes it should be around 29000 Euro… which in RM is 121000 right now. Expensive for a B segment car, not expensive for an electric car, and not expensive for a BMW. Plus with the range extender option it is actually viable as the only car. Can still do long distance journeys.
Of course BMW will have to add in some more profits, cost of AP, transport costs, … but it could still be an affordable car.
FIT will only last until year end and no signs that it is going to be renewed.
It’s so cheap, make it RM500,000 I will still buy for my son. It’s for his use to go to college everyday.
I don’t think your son like it.
It’s cooler if dring a petrol based car than an EV.
He likes luxurious and greener cars so I think this would be best for him
price it below 150k,i will buy
Around RM200k est price for a carbon fiber cell car, honestly it doesn’t get any safer or better than this for those safety preachers of PaulTan. It’s a BMW, so it is almost inevitable that ESC and up to 6 airbags and above will be available. Making this potentially the safest/price ratio of any car on the market.
Much less than that. Germans pay 19% sales tax on almost everything, probably including this car. When you deduct those you’ll arrive at around 120k for the car, excluding taxes. And if the government lets them bring it in without taxes…
In terms of safety/price ratio I think you’d do much better in a Rio, 208 or some Fiestas, since they cost way less than that and are still pretty safe. And if it will really be 200k then a Passat or Mondeo offer the same safety features, but more stuff around you to absorb the energy.
The upcoming Volvo V40 is expected around that price.
When safety is your measure, Volvo>>>>>>>>> all else. The end.
why the color paint like that one?
test mule, production version won’t have those batik decals (at least i hope not!)
Typical camouflage for prototypes so that the final shape remains hidden. However I find it quite ridiculous to find such decals on official press shots.
Lets say it is about 37k euros, specced to our 316i level.
That is MYR 154977. Assuming that the tax waiver is still there.
If the regular EV one comes ate MYR154k or so, and the REEV comes at say 170k, it will effectively be the cheapest BMW. The REEV is really interesting preposition. No range anxiety. It will be like a Chevy Volt really. And imagine if one is going for a family hatch, this might make sense, instead of a Golf. And cause it’s BMW, people will not mind imo. Companies will like it too, cause its green and all.
Very interestingly priced. Let’s wait till July 29th.
and let it fight with proton REEV?
no way.
probably (definitely) someone will lobby the G and force bmw to follow G’s price fixing strategy to further help proton till the year 20000202020020220.
it’ll probably sell for over RM202k. it’s a bmw after all. if bmw slap a low low price for it, the G will slap a high high tax/duty/special price/special regulation just for it.
like how they slap high extra price for the jazz ckd which is selling for RM36k in langkawi and RM75k for peninsula.
honda (and bmw) won’t get same excise duty discounts as P1 and P2, because they don’t do enough value added activities in malaysia.
right? rightttttt…….
this car is cheap in features, expensive in price
Even rm202k sounds optimistically low. It’s a BMW, Malaysians would pay ridiculous price to have one for the snob appeal, much like how Honda taking us for fool with jazz hybrid ckd rm5k reduction but with massive downgrade in specs
We all know how MITI must make AP Kronies happy first – put RM200K price on it (tax free).
Yes and it’s called ‘premium eco green car’. Good job MITI! clap::clap::clap::