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      10-25-2016, 04:48 PM   #28
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There are a few things that significantly impact the pricing on them, though not all are an issue today.

- A number of grey market Z8's were imported in 2001

- BMW had the Z8 Driving Experience at the PDC which were later resold

- Accident repair is a PITA. Anything beyond cosmetic or very minor body Panel damage can only be repaired by BMW.

- There was the "incident" which may or may not have involved more than one car.

- The US had several cars in colors that are 1/1 worldwide.

- The Alpina Roadster was predominantly allocated to the US (450/555) yet had never been an official Alpina market before. It's still the smallest today with Japan remaining the largest.
Incident???
A massively expensive blunder well over a decade ago. Cutting the main structural supports at the firewall is never a good idea.
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