Country & Base – Germany – Munich Key Models:
Netcars Need To Know: Billed as the 'Ultimate Driving Machine' BMW's focus seems to have shifted slightly in recent years. While still being impressive to drive, the company's direction is increasingly diverted to high power, high efficiency engines. This has accelerated sales of volume models such as the 320d, a diesel-engined 3 Series that can return over 68mpg yet still sprint to 60mph in less than eight seconds. As a result, there's no shortage of used stock of tidy 1, 3 and 5 Series diesels, although prices for some of the older V8 petrol-engined 5 Series models have collapsed. The once slow-selling 1 Series is now a firm recommendation. Likewise the revered M badge, attached to only the sportiest BMW models, is no longer the guarantor of strong residual values, with running costs of cars like the M5 V8 or the M6 V10 depressing valuations. Even the M3 V8 is no longer the cast-iron seller it once was. The later cars, such as the 1M Coupe are, on the other hand, attracting rabid market interest. BMW has produced a string of successes, but has also a few less popular models on its hands, the 5 Series GT and the X1 not drawing quite such a following. Reliability across the board is very good, although it's worth bearing in mind that only in the last three years or so has the run-flat tyre technology that BMW so wholeheartedly embraced caught up with the sort of ride quality that BMW owners have traditionally expected. Be careful of hard-driven M cars and track day specials and also steer clear of X models that have clearly had a tough life.
The Z1 has become a bit of a cult car really, for good reason. It's an amazing car, very keen power to weight ratio, and loads of power underneath. The BMW Z1 gained fame for its fancypants wi...
The beauty of this car is that it'll do off-road reasonably well and it can also deliver good performance. At the same time, it can carry a whole family and its luggage - it's sort of an all i...
I have always had BMWs and the looks are never really that brilliant but that isn’t why I’ve stuck to them for so long. The performance is always brilliant, even on a big diesel, the addition ...
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