6er is a rich guy's Camaro?

[Kirby]

^^^ That's cuz:


Japanese cars = engineered for sitting in traffic that makes LA traffic look like the autobahn

 

[Bmw 325i 7803]

Well the article had one thing right... about the 6 series' useless backseats, but I'm sure they're infintely better than a Camaro's.

The 6 says "Made for America" all over it, most large coupe drivers don't need the backseat anyway. All they need is lots of room up front for the large driver their large wallet...[joke]

 

[Bryan330i]

Guys you can't compare depreciation of a car that sells 10x more than your 3er and 15x more than your 5er. Its supply & demand in the used car market.

So how do you explain Honda and Toyota? I think quality is a big factor that creates the demand. Supply will always be there to meet the demand at these price levels and types of cars but people are demanding certain cars because of quality.



Best Resale

 

[Talk2USoon]

Have the guys at C&d lost their minds or is the new 6er really a rich guy's Camaro?
<<<<<<<<

When the grapes are SO far outta reach, some folks just have to think of them as sour, in order to make themselves feel better.
In any case, I view the comparison as the most CLASSIC case of penis envy, I've run across to date. <toothy grin>

 

[MrElussive]

Well there are A LOT of factors in determining the value of a car in the used car market that affect the supply & demand of it all.

 

[Bmw 325i 7803]

Another factor, as with the Taurus and Sable, is that the Intrepid is a popular rental car. The rental companies dump them after they hit ~10k miles, so the market is flooded with them.

I wonder why....

 

[Bryan330i]

In general there are cars that are always on top for resale and others that are always on the bottom. The Honda Accord, although not at all difficult to find and buy, remains consistently on top, whereas the Ford Tarus, Kia, Hyundai, and Buick are consistantly at the bottom.

There are other factors related to supply that influence prices. A few years back the Ford F150 took a dive and the lease rates were horrible. This was due to a big upcoming surge of lease maturities and the expectation that a market flood would push down prices.

BWM is in the same boat now. My car is $170.00 more per month for the same lease terms than I paid one year ago. A very small portion is due to interest and the rest is adjusted residual because the expectation is for a market drop in resale value.

So yes, there are a lot of factors that influence resale. But at the same time there are some time-tested factors that still influence the value a great deal, and consistently, over the long term.

 

[tool fan]

I have the master plan....this actually happened to me. When I was a Private MANY years ago and fresh in Germany, there was a soldier that was leaving. I needed a car and he needed to get rid of a car so I bought off of him for a case of Bud. It was a 84 BMW 316. I had the car for almost 2 years (spray painted the rims...can you say GHETTO?" and sold it for 2500 DM (about 1900 dollars at the time). Now if I could continue to make these kinds of deals I would be set.........anyone need a case of beer?

 

[MrElussive]

I wonder why....

Because they always have to have new model cars.

 

[aNoodle]

Common...you guys jacked my thread with all that lease value talk.

It's pretty damn clear (no?), BMW stole GM's Camaro design blue prints. Yes? C&D broke the story?

Or is the real story that C&D is so pissed off with the new Bangle-train-wreck-design that now the magazine that was accused for years of being so BMW biased (with best-of reports that never left out a BMW) is now going so far as to compare a 6 to a Camaro?

 

[Kirby]

I read the article yesterday, a friend passed along the magazine. The first few paragraphs are weird, its a review of the 6 but the writer goes on about the similarities with the Camaro convertible. It came across to me like the writer has a thing for the Camaro convertible and wanted to flaunt it.