No petrol A5, or BMW 4 series

jrby · 13-04-2017 2:10pm #1

Cant seem to find many of these....any reasons as to why?

quadrifoglio verde · 13-04-2017 2:12pm

jrby wrote: »

Cant seem to find many of these....any reasons as to why?

Irish drivers have a weird fetish for using diesel cars on short journeys and it's cheap tax.

jrby · 13-04-2017 2:14pm

mechanic recommended I get rid of my car, I told him I was looking at one of these and he strongly advised to get a petrol one.....but cant find any

Seth Brundle · 13-04-2017 2:19pm

http://www.carzone.ie/search/result/cars/make/bmw/model/4-series/fuel-type/petrol (6 cars)
http://www.carzone.ie/search/result/cars/make/audi/model/a5/fuel-type/petrol (29 cars)

Are you looking for something more specific than a petrol 4er or A5?

jrby · 13-04-2017 2:22pm

yes, sportback and gran coupe 15 or 16

13-04-2017 2:23pm

You're going to have to look to the North or U.K. These cars were released at the height of the Diesel bonanza, you'll only find a few big petrol 4s, a5s here the odd time.

jrby · 13-04-2017 2:53pm

looks like it

TigerTim · 13-04-2017 3:58pm

Very difficult to get any nice petrol motor in Ireland since the Greens gave chape tax on diesels. Another few years & petrol will be in the majority, me thinks.

T.

Del2005 · 13-04-2017 4:02pm

TigerTim wrote: »

Very difficult to get any nice petrol motor in Ireland since the Greens gave chape tax on diesels. Another few years & petrol will be in the majority, me thinks.

T.

It'll be electric instead of petrol or at least hybrids/PHEV

bazz26 · 13-04-2017 4:45pm

435i GC here:

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http://www.driving.ie/used-cars/BMW/4-Series/435i-RHD/4566816320890790891/

A5 SP:

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http://www.driving.ie/used-cars/Audi/A5/2.0TSI-SE/8251749721269851480/

colm_mcm · 13-04-2017 5:30pm

Just to counter the "paddy loves diesel" thing, in the uk there are 10 diesels for every petrol for sale on the A5. Same story with the 4 series.

A lot of these cars would be company cars, where BIK is paid on emissions, also the companies can't claim VAT on buying petrol.

Leonard Hofstadter · 13-04-2017 9:40pm

colm_mcm wrote: »

Just to counter the "paddy loves diesel" thing, in the uk there are 10 diesels for every petrol for sale on the A5. Same story with the 4 series.

A lot of these cars would be company cars, where BIK is paid on emissions, also the companies can't claim VAT on buying petrol.

QFT. Petrol versions of either are hard to come by in the UK (I know since I live there), and if you do see a 4 series petrol it's only a four cylinder engine, and there is no point in buying a petrol BMW unless it's got the straight six.

No petrol A5, or BMW 4 series

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