BMW i5

Where do the 530e and 520i go then to be attractive? 60k?

Or still at price parity with i5 and take your pick of them?

Overall it's good news and many of us saw it coming. VW, BYD and Tesla moved the markets here and anyone not following must be losing out.

Budget brands, MG, BYD, small cars, sub 30k

ID3 and competition, 35 to 40k . Cupra born, Megane, Tesla 3, astra etc...

ID4 and competition, 40 to 45k. Enyaq, Ioniq 5, ev6, Tesla Y, Toyota bzrx, etc

Premium small SUVS 50-60k ish, Q4, ix1, EQC

Premium saloons 55-75k (not that there are many or likely to be). Up against the BYD Seal here big time

Premium SUVs 80-85k, ix, Etron, ipace, EQE SUV

Taycan and Etron GT and the like, performance cars, 100k+

Yep, I've owned plenty. The one that stands out to me was the €67,000 e60 523i 2006 reg I had, I remember thinking how the hell did anyone pay that for a car that was slower and thirstier than a 520d at 20k less back then. And 400 more a year to tax.

Wasnt a great car, nice spec but thats about it. I bought it for buttons around 2013.

I think the market will accept a 70k i5 40. How low would they go with the 520i and 530e though, will they go back as far as 60k if they have to?

I suppose they still have profit margin at that

I only owned 2 535d from the e60/1 era, personally. Most of the 523i that ended up here were imported from the UK where it was more economical to own a 523i vs a 520d unless you were doing high miles due to their fuel taxation.

I think 70k start for i40 and 90k start for i60 was what I was expecting and I would agree that is reasonable. Ultimately, the amount of folk reporting being contacted by dealers on sales calls would suggest they need more sales and thus prices may drop to that level in time anyway

bmw sales guy on to me again. Clarifying that the price reduction is not actually a reduction on the m sport .

They are introducing a new sport spec that works out about 10k cheaper than m sport he said. He admitted the i5 not selling but said 530e has lots of orders.

Yes but they can sell i4, ix3, ix, ix1 etc to meet the quota. Looks like they are trying to price people into buying the 530e here if I'm honest.

Thats where the 320d/520d came from too!

They were successes, good cars though, arguably the pick of the bunch from the last 20 odd years

Is this the G60 530e?

My neighbour picked up his new 530e the other day so they must be available for deliveries now.

have to admit I was more impressed than I thought I would be with its appearance after having looked at them a while back.

loads of kit on it and still a chunk cheaper than basic i5.

m sport pro In oxide grey. It’s a very big car now though on the outside anyway.

Reg plate will be your own address no matter where you buy it if it's brand new. If already registered then you take what you get.

I'd just ring every dealer, there's not that many of them around the country.

Athlone is usually worth the journey…

good point thanks!

In that segment, for every LR that sells, theres another that sits for 6 months.