BMW 5 Series

viper123 · 24-04-2009 1:16pm #1

Hi,
I'm looking to buy a 520d registered in 2005, like this one. Does anyone know where I can ge the engine varients for the 520 in this model as I believe there are a few different ones which overlap to a certain extent and I want to be sure that it's the c170bhp version I'm getting. Does cartell etc provide this information?

bazz26 · 24-04-2009 1:50pm

viper123 wrote: »

Hi,
I'm looking to buy a 520d registered in 2005, like this one. Does anyone know where I can ge the engine varients for the 520 in this model as I believe there are a few different ones which overlap to a certain extent and I want to be sure that it's the c170bhp version I'm getting. Does cartell etc provide this information?

I'm not a BMW expert and I am open to correction but the E60 520d was launched in late 2005 with 163bhp only, this was increased to 177bhp in late 2007 when Efficient Dynamics was added. There was no other tuned varients of the 2.0 diesel in the 5 Series to my knowledge.

Are you getting confused with the 3 Series? The E46 320d had 150bhp up to the middle of 2005, the new generation E90 320d was launched in mid 2005 and that had 163bhp.

Geoff845 · 24-04-2009 1:55pm

bazz26 wrote: »

I'm not a BMW expert and I am open to correction but the E60 520d was launched in late 2005 with 163bhp only, this was increased to 177bhp in late 2007 when Efficient Dynamics was added. There was no other tuned varients of the 2.0 diesel in the 5 Series to my knowledge.

Are you getting confused with the 3 Series? The E46 320d had 150bhp up to the middle of 2005, the new generation E90 320d was launched in mid 2005 and that had 163bhp.

Your bang on there, the 05 would be the 163. I cant remember if it was March or Sept 07 which saw the introduction of the 177 engine. I think it might of been March, they introduced the new 523 with piezo injectors which they had a bit of a nightmare with.

viper123 · 24-04-2009 2:36pm

Sorry, I think my point was lost slightly in my original post. My question is if there are more than one engine variant in the 2005 520d, there's one of 163bhp (thanks for the more accurate value from my c170) which is the one I would like to get, I'm just checking to make sure there isn't some other lesser powered engine that I could be unwittingly buying...

Biro · 24-04-2009 2:48pm

viper123 wrote: »

Sorry, I think my point was lost slightly in my original post. My question is if there are more than one engine variant in the 2005 520d, there's one of 163bhp (thanks for the more accurate value from my c170) which is the one I would like to get, I'm just checking to make sure there isn't some other lesser powered engine that I could be unwittingly buying...

Nope, only one 520d in that year.

mickdw · 24-04-2009 9:08pm

As there is only the one power output you are safe but the general rule would be to check the engine output figure on the factory sticker on the car itself. It would usually be given in KW.

viper123 · 24-04-2009 9:18pm

Cheers for all the help lads and lassies!

LoveDucati2 · 25-04-2009 5:46pm

hiya, the 520d is only 33,000 euro brand new incl. VRT and VAT.

Why would you buy a 4 year old, + new one is only 156 tax a year

unkel · 25-04-2009 5:59pm

LoveDucati2 wrote: »

hiya, the 520d is only 33,000 euro brand new incl. VRT and VAT.

Link please or I call BS.

Padraig Mor · 25-04-2009 8:37pm

unkel wrote: »

Link please or I call BS.

Could have got better than 33k a few months ago when exchange rate was better! Best price I can find at the moment is with drivethedeal.com which equates to €34500 landed for brand new unregistered 520d SE.

unkel · 25-04-2009 8:59pm

Padraig Mor wrote: »

Could have got better than 33k a few months ago when exchange rate was better! Best price I can find at the moment is with drivethedeal.com which equates to €34500 landed for brand new unregistered 520d SE.

How do you work that out? The cheapest 520d on that site seems to be £27429. At todays rate of 1.11, that's €30,446. You get the UK VAT back, but you have to pay Irish VAT and of course VRT (which is based on the Irish price). Surely that would add up to roughly €40k (give or take a couple of thousand - I didn't actually calculate it), before any other costs / charges?

Padraig Mor · 26-04-2009 12:40am

unkel wrote: »

How do you work that out? The cheapest 520d on that site seems to be £27429. At ?

That's before the discount! It's £23200 after.

-UK VAT = £20162.
convert to € (incl commission) = €22626.
+ Irl VAT = €27491
+ VRT (6977) = €34467.

unkel · 26-04-2009 8:10pm

Padraig Mor wrote: »

That's before the discount!

I missed that bit

So depending on what dealer the deal is made with (could be anywhere in the UK) you'd have the car landed for €35k-€36k and a day or two of your time.

Padraig Mor · 26-04-2009 9:35pm

unkel wrote: »

I missed that bit

So depending on what dealer the deal is made with (could be anywhere in the UK) you'd have the car landed for €35k-€36k and a day or two of your time.

Yip. Or you could pay c. 10 grand more for a Sterling Collection 'UK price' one here!

conlonbmw · 27-04-2009 1:22pm

Padraig Mor wrote: »

Yip. Or you could pay c. 10 grand more for a Sterling Collection 'UK price' one here!

I know. How are they getting away with that here.

I have posted a lot of new prices for UK 1,3 and 5 series BMW's here and I cannot understand why a potential buyer would settle for an Irish car.

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