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Originally Posted by Gordon4499
First review is in this months Auto Car however, Touring won't arrive until late 2017 and no 535 on launch. I seriously doubt you will get 30% discount however, a few other points to consider:
- The F10 is as good as its ever been after 6 years of tweaking.
- Most faults have been rectified in campaigns
- The G30 is back at the start of this journey
- Spec on the G30 will no doubt be improved within first year
At the end of the day I recon 3 years into the G30 will be a good time to buy, or just after the first facelift. |
I suspect the G30 will follow the F10 trend - the F10 was very expensive for the first 4 or so years of its production life. There were discounts but nothing like 30%.
3-4 years after launch you needed almost £30k for a good used M Sport 6 cylinder and it'd have been about 3 years old. Today that budget buys you one with an age measured in months, not years.
This is what people forget when they mention the new model - the 'ageing' process of the F10 is already partly reflected in it's values and new pricing. As a car ages, the discounts increase to keep it competitive.
Obviously the F10 will see a dip in residuals once the new model is established but that doesn't change the fact that now is about as cheap as it gets if you want a new 5 Series.