BMW earns best residual value Luxury car award

[Kirby]

Woodcliff Lake, NJ - Automotive Lease Guide announced that BMW has received its 2005 Residual Value Award for the highest predicted retained value of any luxury brand. The ALG study focused on residual over the entire portfolio of vehicles within a brand. Residual performance, new vehicle pricing, incentives and product competitiveness were critical factors.

"Both the segment and brand winners clearly demonstrate that quality products combined with effective pricing strategies will rise to the top of the charts," John Blair, Automotive Lease Guide's Chief Executive Officer.

"We're very pleased to receive this award once again from ALG," said Tom Purves, Chairman and CEO of BMW of North America, LLC. "This year's award continues to demonstrate BMW's ongoing commitment to optimizing the price-value relationship across our entire product line. This comes as we continue our unprecedented product offensive in 2005 with a number of all-new and updated models."

BMW's 2005 product offensive includes the all-new 2006 3 Series, the car that will reset the sport sedan benchmark.

 

[bmw046series]

Is anybody surprised?

 

[Chesty Bonds]

I'm not. Reliability issues, styling, etc.

 

[bmw046series]

I believe Mercedes, Audi and Volkswagen are in far worse shape as far as "problems".

Besides the most auto review brands etc. dislike Asia "luxury vehicles" (if you can call it that), because they have never "proven themselves" all there ideas are hijacked from everyone else and the market is flooded with them.

What else is there? Caddy?

Example for rebuttal, BMW introduces headlights on the 6 series that turn 15˚ on turns in the 2003 Fall Concept car; well all of a sudden the Lexsuc RX has that on there ’05 model, funny.

 

[Booyah]

I believe Mercedes, Audi and Volkswagen are in far worse shape as far as "problems".

Besides the most auto review brands etc. dislike Asia "luxury vehicles" (if you can call it that), because they have never "proven themselves" all there ideas are hijacked from everyone else and the market is flooded with them.

What else is there? Caddy?

Example for rebuttal, BMW introduces headlights on the 6 series that turn 15˚ on turns in the 2003 Fall Concept car; well all of a sudden the Lexsuc RX has that on there ’05 model, funny.

That would Be 04 Lexus RX too

 

[epj3]

I believe Mercedes, Audi and Volkswagen are in far worse shape as far as "problems".

Besides the most auto review brands etc. dislike Asia "luxury vehicles" (if you can call it that), because they have never "proven themselves" all there ideas are hijacked from everyone else and the market is flooded with them.

What else is there? Caddy?

Example for rebuttal, BMW introduces headlights on the 6 series that turn 15˚ on turns in the 2003 Fall Concept car; well all of a sudden the Lexsuc RX has that on there ’05 model, funny.

I believe lexus adopted this technology well before BMW. You seriously need to get over your brand bias... aren't you the one who said the 645 outperformed a vette?

And I thought I was biased

But you are right when it comes to mercedes, audi, etc.
http://autos.yahoo.com/consumerreports/article/which_vehicles_hold_up.html

Personally, right now... if i were in the market for a luxary vehicle and I was looking for the best car for the money, I'd ditch BMW and go for acura.

 

[Booyah]

You are not Joking, Acura TL and the new RL are HOT!! Have you ever played with there Nav systems---Simply blows anyones Navi out of the water, especially the RL's with the real time traffic feature.

I for one have a 04 Lexus RX330 with Nav and sports package and its a dream car--it amazes me every time I drive it

Ok, back to BMW--I will be getting me a 06 330XI for sure when they come out this summer, cant wait!! Ill be glad when they release the New brochures??