(CarMax Covid-19 impact at the bottom.) Just got an alert from CarMax that this car dropped another $1,000. Okay not the deal my 2010 Mercedes S600 was last year at $30,998, but this 2015 BMW 760 Li unicorn is much newer than mine, and here to say there are few things as sweet as a V-12 European motor. Silky sooth, powerful, and quiet power plant for big luxurious European sedans. Not a lot of them sold here.
This BMW 760 Li sold for probably $150,000 new ($50,000 more than the V-8 750) and is now only $44,998. Fairly well equipped car with auto cruise control, seat massagers, and most every luxury amenity (although no night vision) and was first listed a month or two ago for thousands more. Check out that back seat.
The twin turbo 6.0 liter V-12 launches the BMW to 60 mph in 4.3 seconds and a governed top speed of 155mph. Saw a review that hit over 190 mph on the autobahn in Germany. Find this beautiful car here in Raleigh, North Carolina. And of course, don’t buy without MaxCare!
CarMax Covid-19 Update – Last wrote about CarMax and coronavirus here. Learned this week CarMax has laid off 15,000 of their 27,000 employees nationwide. Half of their 200+ stores are either shuttered or by appointment only. Inventory is at 55,000 cars….financial analysts saying that’s at an all time high for “year end” – but fiscal year end for CarMax is the end of February. I’ve written before that CarMax tends to beef up to 70,000 cars during this period, dropping to 45,000 or so at the low point in the fall – so not sure what that’s about. I do know that something is up with transfers – not the free regional ones, but the long distance transfers we pay for. Transfers that used to be $750 are now almost $1,500, and the $949 coast to coast moves are now $1,999. Don’t know if that’s a real increase due to real cost jumps, or a price that says “we really don’t want to do long distance transfers at this time”. What I do know is there would have to be a really, really unusual deal to get me in a CarMax at this time – say a 2015 S65 AMG Coupe?