BMW China has recently announced that the 1M will be arriving in the China market with a limited availability of 200 cars.

They actually price the car quite aggressively at $589,000 RMB! on comparison, a chinese assemble 325i M-Sport cost $499,00 RMB and a 335i is around $620-680k RMB, The M3 coupe is at twice the price of $1.2m RMB

Right now, I commute my trip from HK to china with my GTR mostly. But I don't really like to drive my HK car in china for local commute. Most of this work is done at the moment with my Passat CC. (locals can easily judge where u are from by the color of the license plate u have on the car! so its safer to blend in)

What do u guys think? Good deal to get into a 1M?

 

So are you buying it from China (LHD) and leave it in China instead of getting a cross-border permit? No doubt the price is very attracting, not sure if you would wanna row your own gears while getting stuck in traffic when every taxi and bus driver tries to cut you off, fighting into the space you leave between you and the car ahead of you.

 

Was a bit confused when he said, driving from HK to China, to me that is like, driving from LA to the US. But then I forgot HK used to be a British Colony up until the summer of 1997 so HK drives on the wrong side of the road. I wouldn't do it, the 1M is manual only I believe, I would not want to row any gears in that traffic. Unless it has DCT, I would get something else.

 

i don't know where did you get your numbers from buddy. however, two of my friends have M3s in China, they are both in the 950k to 1M range.

BMW dealerships in china sell grey market vehicles as well as the vehicles that are dedicated to china. they are tons cheaper and they come with warranties.

Traffic is horrific in ShenZhen, i assume that's where you across the border... i would get something automatic and more comfortable.

 

yea... being manual only is my biggest concern! city traffic is horrific anywhere in China.

Mike, I have the cross border plate on my GTR. Driving around in a HK car always catches attention! So getting a less flashy local plated car is always safer. But I wouldn't consider the 1M not flashy LOL....

My numbers are just from the MSRP BMW China posted.

 

Why not drive an M1 daily? It's not a supercar and to be honest it's not flashy at all. Nobody hides the 1M to drive on occasion, it's not exactly an exotic.

 

China is not exactly a safe country....

 

Wait, so the 135 is more expensive than the 1M?

 

No, the OP was talking about the 335i.

Stick shift is the suck driving in china, and driving a RHD car is a bit of a hassle since most shopping malls and entrances have their parking ticket machine on the land hand side. You have to do quite a big maneuver to push for a parking ticket when entering a garage

 

If I'm really going with the 1M, I will be getting rid of my GTI there. But then, the GTI is mostly used by my personal assistant in China. I don't really think I want to let her drive the 1M!!!

I'm also checking out the new A6L 3.0....this car really blends in anywhere in china!

Not much time left to decide.... only 200 1M will be sold in china...