Daniel,
Remember before the IS300 was released, pre-production prototypes were on display at various autoshows and previewed in some magazines (the yellow one in Automobile). Well those examples were hand built cars that were to be sent back to Japan to be destroyed (worth around $100,000 each). I'm assuming that the BMW M3 previewed in Motor Trend was also a pre-production hand built example (hence the high "as Tested" price)..... Keep in mind, that wasn't a full blown official Road Test, but more of a preview to see what it would be like. They're saving that for an actual production version available for sale here in the US.
Eric.....
[This message has been edited by EricK (edited November 12, 2000).]
Remember before the IS300 was released, pre-production prototypes were on display at various autoshows and previewed in some magazines (the yellow one in Automobile). Well those examples were hand built cars that were to be sent back to Japan to be destroyed (worth around $100,000 each). I'm assuming that the BMW M3 previewed in Motor Trend was also a pre-production hand built example (hence the high "as Tested" price)..... Keep in mind, that wasn't a full blown official Road Test, but more of a preview to see what it would be like. They're saving that for an actual production version available for sale here in the US.
Eric.....
[This message has been edited by EricK (edited November 12, 2000).]
