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BMW 4 Series

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  • #32
    Pique
    Registered Users Posts: 3,043 ✭✭✭Pique


    Limerick man wrote: »
    Never mind the 4 series, the hell is this?

    http://www.carzone.ie/search/BMW/3-Series/318-D-LU/37113801949507890/advert?channel=CARS

    A 3 series GT? Since when did these exist?

    A 1.9 Diesel 'GT' car ?

    Aston Martin must be kicking themselves that they didn't think of that first :)


  • #33
    bazz26
    Registered Users Posts: 51,111 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    MetzgerMeister wrote: »
    So, if the 4 series is the coupe version of the 3 series then the 2 SERIES must be the coupe version of the 1 series.

    Yep, 2 Series replaces the old 1 Series Coupe/cabrio which was based on the first generation 1 Series. The 2 Series is based on the current 1 Series.

    To add more confusion there is a new 4 Series Gran Coupe being launched also which will have 4 doors. Similar idea to the 6 Series Gran Coupe.

    2013-bmw-4-series-gran-co_800x0w-655x491.jpg


  • #34
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users Posts: 19,854 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    They're going a bit mad with all these "new" models in their line up.


  • #35
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Idbatterim wrote: »
    Yeah I appreciate this, but when I hear about these cars and their "cheap running costs" its like a red flag to a bull at this stage, the running costs if you are talking tax and fuel are cheap yes, the serious costs like depreciation and interest (if applicable) are not. They are vastly more expensive to own for the first few years than say a 2005, 645 or 745... Yet the ones driving these actual flagship cruisers, with their outrageous motor tax :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:: are the lunatics...

    Likewise the poster complaining about the emissions based 335 motor tax rate, comparing the CC to emissions based. I drive a 325ci, believe me I can sure as hell afford a "cheap tax" car, even a bmw if I want one, here comes to problem though, it wont be the one I want, i.e a decent 6 pot, m sport, good spec etc, I think people want to have their cake and eat it...



    http://www.bmw-driver.net/forum/showthread.php?t=10727&page=1238 (my username on it is beaumont by the way)

    Well they would obviously rather pay more in depreciation etc and have a newer car than pay it in running costs.

    In any case you are not comparing like with like. The person who buys a new 420d is not the person who buys a 2004 645ci so there is no point in trying to compare.

    Also when I said prestigious I wasn't comparing a 420d to a new 645i, I said they wanted a new prestigious car, i.e. they don't want a new kia or a new ford they want something a bit special and to be honest when new the 645i was obviously a much higher class of car that a 420d but a new 420d would turn my head a lot more than a 2004 645i would now (nearly 10 years old now).


  • #36
    Cleveland Hot Pocket
    Registered Users Posts: 5,193 ✭✭✭Cleveland Hot Pocket


    Alanna Beautiful Slothfulness wrote: »
    Well they would obviously rather pay more in depreciation etc and have a newer car than pay it in running costs.

    In any case you are not comparing like with like. The person who buys a new 420d is not the person who buys a 2004 645ci so there is no point in trying to compare.

    Also when I said prestigious I wasn't comparing a 420d to a new 645i, I said they wanted a new prestigious car, i.e. they don't want a new kia or a new ford they want something a bit special and to be honest when new the 645i was obviously a much higher class of car that a 420d but a new 420d would turn my head a lot more than a 2004 645i would now (nearly 10 years old now).

    To be fair, the only thing special about a 420d is the drivetrain being RWD and the badge saying BMW.


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  • #37
    Idbatterim
    Registered Users Posts: 17,840 ✭✭✭✭Idbatterim


    Also when I said prestigious I wasn't comparing a 420d to a new 645i, I said they wanted a new prestigious car, i.e. they don't want a new kia or a new ford they want something a bit special and to be honest when new the 645i was obviously a much higher class of car that a 420d but a new 420d would turn my head a lot more than a 2004 645i would now (nearly 10 years old now).
    I agree with you about the relativity in prestige, i.e. it certainly is compared to your run of the mill makes. I agree also on the 4 v the 6, they would turn my head for different reasons, BUT the 6 is a different class of car in my opinion, age of car aside...


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