Your technical explanation explains the economics of what I’ve notice, that the flagships fall off a cliff for resale value at about 4-5 years. The 6 and 7 are in the 90-100k range new, the 3 and 5 are are half the price, at about 5 years old, the price differential is 10k or less. Your explanation sheds light as to some of the reasons why and why more than one dealer/broker have tried to explain that the flagships cost more to maintain and have more problems. I appreciate the input, I may go another direction. Sometimes I wish they would make a four seat corvette.
Ren, I know the dealer service is overpriced but even from independant mechanics, I was hearing about exponential price markups for the higher end models, (ie. brakes on a 6 series cost double that of a 3), it seemed unique to german cars. How did you like your porsche? The 911’s hold their value fairly well so they are out of my price range, the boxter has great reliability ratings but just two seats so that only leaves the cayanne as being able to fit my needs and price range. I’m not sure I love the cayanne as far as how they look, so they haven’t been on my radar all that much. Even the $400 you mentioned for the oil change/routine service, I can’t get past the fact that the same service on a lexus/infiniti/acura would cost under $100, but none of them get me all that excited. Since I’m looking at used, more than just oil changes are likely in my future. The left and right side of my brain are in an all out war on this damn car issue.
