save money with european delivery?

["G.R. Steinke" <g_steinke@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I looked on the BMW USA web site, and they pointed out that the MSRP is 
about 7% lower for European delivery. However, typically MSRP is not the 
real price that is paid for a car. My question: do you actually save money 
with Euro delivery? Or is the actual price that is paid the same - maybe the 
dealer will not discount as much - for example, you could get an 8% discount 
with NA delivery vs 1% discount for Euro delivery.

And if it actually is cheaper to get Euro delivery, why is that? Does BMW 
charge the dealer less for the car? Or does the dealer get less margin, 
since he doesn't have to carry the car in inventory at all. And if it is the 
"less margin", then why wouldn't you get the same discount for ordering a 
car with NA delivery? It seems to me that Euro delivery is probably more 
expensive, since there is some special handling required in Germany that 
would not otherwise be required.

Thanks,
Greg
g_steinke@domain.elided
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