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Message: <blockquote data-quote="gameover" data-source="post: 492592" data-attributes="member: 14717">Let me be the devil's advocate here. The biggest stumbling block is not cost, it's the competition. The Audi 2.0T Quattro and the Mercedes C250 CGI which both have about the same performance or slightly less than the 2.0 twin turbo is around RM310k or RM290k respectively. If I am Briscoe and I see my 2.0T F30 being faster and newer than the competition, pricing it lower is leaving money on the table. Audi Malaysia has a 4-year warranty while Mercedes has a 3-year warranty. BMW doesn't even care to match the competition in warranties, you think they'd be selling a higher performing car cheaper? In short, I can almost guarantee that the F30 328i with the 2.0T will be priced at least at the same level as the 325i sport today.The thing is there will most likely be a lower tuned 2.0T or even smaller engines. BMW has a lot of lower end cars to sell including the 1er and cheaper 3er. I'm sure there will be a 200hp/250Nm turbo which will end up in the RM255k 320i which will match the performance of the Merc C200 CGI so from a users' point of view you're still getting an upgrade and the base 320i won't be left in the dust by the C200 CGI or A4 1.8T. But still there's just not enough competition in the auto industry in Malaysia and BMW is sitting back and relaxing knowing that people will continue to buy no matter what they do.</blockquote>