Where would you go next...

Just goes to show how conditioned and subjugated we have become to high prices of cars in such a short period of time. The only real winners here are the manufacturers, financial institutions and the tax man imo, certainly not the buyer.

Very much so but even at that not too many people are going out buying new houses every few years. They tend to be a long term investment for most, how many homes would you own in your lifetime compared to a car?

Oh I see it!

I was wondering why it hadn’t appeared online until now, I was thinking maybe they’d already had a buyer for it.

€68K. I don’t think he paid that much for it originally.

Super spec on that 330i.

330i probably the sweet spot in the range really. Mocha wouldn’t be my first choice interior but actually looks classy in reality certainly better than the pictures. I have the laser lights on mine and love them especially this time of year.

that will sell quickly

A different beast altogether to be fair. Would someone in the market for a M340i really be looking at a 330i as an alternative? I'd say probably not.

Used 2018 (182) BMW 4 Series 440i M Sport Coupe in Kerry (carzone.ie)

a really lovely 440i coupe here. Pricey, but a great spec, colour combination with merino leather and the two year BMW warranty can be priceless on a car like this.

Cars with otherwise massive depreciation are not getting hit so hard, so it’s a good time to get out of them, depending on what you’re getting back into of course

Do you get the feeling that they’re mass producing the 40 and not the 50? I would’ve thought the production model recently had been to lead with the more expensive models for early adopters

I'd be thinking of picking one up which is 1-2 years old. No chance a brand new one will come into the same price range as the i4.

My buddy was told the same. BMW Ireland have sold all their 2022 allocation of i4 m50's. Colm Quinn (and probably other dealers) had to return deposits. There are no more available unless they get some of UK's leftovers.

sorry i get you now!

They never gave any confirmed date when I ordered it, I was just told it would probably be around March/April. But they got their allocations confirmed recently and they only got 6 apparently. In any case I'm not in any major rush, no option for now only to wait. Unless one comes available here or in the North as an ex-demo, but then it's unlikely to be the spec I want so may as well just wait it out.

I still have the itch to get a 3L, and if something came up for reasonable value I'd consider it until the i4 came along.

it has been around a long time, i kinda liked it on the e46 m3 personally, but preferred estoril.

Someone obviously really wanted it for that 5 series, must have been a 4k cost option.