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Originally Posted by ptack
Perhaps BMW would also be so good as to enligten us with how many X5 35Ds have been sold? Is this based on the resale of 50 cars?
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Actually I believe it to be a high amount. My parents just picked up theirs that they ordered 4 weeks ago new. There weren't any available locally at the time. BMW ran a $4k rebate on the 35Ds as well as you get a kickback from Uncle Sam.
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Originally Posted by FadyDizzle
I'm kind of confused, when people buy a car 2-3 years old (or sell it in this case), what are you expecting the drop in resale value to be? A car loses its biggest chunk of resale value in the first few years (or seconds for that matter when leaving a dealer lots). I was recently shopping (and got a BMW 335xi) and after comparing literally 16 different cars in the same range/category/class, the BMW had by far the best residual (based on resale value for the most part). So yes, KBB is absolutely right. However, don't mention your experience of buying or selling a 2-3 yr old car without comparable figures for the competition, doesn't really make too much sense since you have a sample size of 1...you.
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+1000. BMW & Mini have rated in the top 5 for residual value for the past decade and beyond. I bought my CPO '07 e92 for $28k ($48k sticker) this past May. So three years and $20k depreciation. That's a .583 or 58.3% residual. Crazy good! 41.7% depreciation over three years is not bad at all. Go research most GM/Ford/Chrysler products...you'll see these rates at 50-60%+ depreciation.
Anyone that is going to complain about your current vehicle's manufacturer winning an award from a company/group as prestigious and well known as KBB is simply ignorant.
You honestly believe that with the amount of historical and real-time data they have that they would just give out such a defining honor? This only benefits everyone on this board.