A friend of mine is getting his M3 in June (or so he's told), and I'm anxious to weasel a test drive out of him. He claims his price is MSRP, which he didn't know when he put down his deposit. I haven't talked to him in the past few weeks, so I don't know if the price is lower than he expected. There seems to be a lot of cross-shopping between Corvettes, M3s, and Caymans, so the competition may be interesting. Agree with you on the 4LT pricing... I think GM has finally set the pricing of the Corvette too high.

Lately BMWs are all too heavy. I remember how surprised I was when the M Coupe came out at 3300 pounds. The 135i is in that range too.