Quite right, but the 550i is the car not to buy if you don't want to loose money, in the UK!! It drinks fuel, it isn't an M car and those that can really afford to run it buy them new.

What percentage does the 530/535d Sport Touring give???

The Cayman was said to have a 2 year wait a few months ago, now people are picking them up within weeks or from stock.

The 911 is a car that holds its value, Joker from this forum sold his new one after a year I think he said and he only lost ?4k, can't think of another car that holds it's value like that.

 

Someone in the UK is selling a 550i M Sport with 4,500 miles, all the main options and just 6 weeks old. The car cost ?52,500 new and he's selling it for just ?43,000. Its on www.autotrader.co.uk.

Now that's deprieciation!!

 

How bad was the wreck that it was in?

 

Quite right - the 530d is clearly going to depreciate less - thats why I bought one



A picture paints a thousand words

 

I think he is asking too much money. If ?52,500 is list then given the 10%+ discounts available then post discount price comes to ?47,250. I bet I could get more off a 550i - maybe even 12% but regardless the guy at ?43k is losing about ?4k which in the grand scheme of things is pretty good.

 

The what car target price for the 550i msport is just ?42,601. If this guy had ?10k of options you can't expect them all to realise value on re-sale (only leather seats, nav and auto box really matter)



Retained value after 1 year for the standard car is just 68% !!! Would equate to ?28,968 plus whatever you think the options are worth.

Even if the car is just 6 weeks old, it's still second hand and you've got to count on a loss of up to half of that amount.

I don't think this is as good a deal as it sounds. :thumbsdown: