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      02-23-2015, 11:21 AM   #14
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Originally Posted by Endre2 View Post
Well , 45% after 3 years seems very low to me. A BMW X3 has a resale value between 60 to 70% of the listingprice, after 3 years and maximum 70.000km. At least in Holland and Germany.

http://www.autotrader.nl/auto/bmw-x3...tand-tot-70000
That was my point though, what works for one market is completely different for another.

10 years ago buying cash was the sensible choice on a new car, but not anymore, not in the UK anyway, not with the stupid deals on contract hire and the finance contributions when using in house finance on certain models.


Prices are all over the place too, a friend of mine asked last year if he can buy a new E Class from the UK, to German spec. of course.
A new E220cdi in the spec listed above can be had for around £31,000, the same spec car in Germany is €49,000.

In the end he chose a company car, but the savings were huge. And a complete change around from 15 years ago when we were all ordering cars in the UK through dealers in the Netherlands and Belgium.
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