Thursday 11th September 2003

X3 Prices Announced

Is this interesting? Will you be buying one?

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[Dodge]

130 mph limited for the 3.0, but 137 mph for the sport?!

Presumably you need a racing license to release the heady heights of another 7 mph?

Sounds like the non-sport tyres are cheap enough, with a lower speed-rating, to justify the cost of adding the therefore required limiter device... That's nice of them!

[swilly]

130 mph eh not bad, but is that for the rough'n'ready roads of the provinces or the smoothness of the world within the M25.

[johnf]

Eh? how much is a x5 3.0 sport is it not about £33500, so the 3 if only about a grand cheaper??

MMMMmm, I have a deposit on an X3, not ness. going to buy one and the prices do seem high.

Am I wrong about the X5 pricing?

[Dodge]

A quick look on bmw.co.uk gives

X5 3.0d @ £33,960
X5 3.0d Sport @ £35,910
X5 3.0i @ £33,955

[Farmer]

what a bitty looking contraption , get a Forester Turbo and save a fortune , or a propper 3 series if you want a car , Bangle bungle ? Sorry but look beyond the badge , or imagine it with a Kia badge instead


I'll get me coat

[viperman]

Why not screw practicallity and buy a lovely 3 series coupe like what my dad did! But the 3 series coupe is suprisingly practical, huge boot, lots of space in the back and front. lovely car.

[joust]

Dodge said:

A quick look on bmw.co.uk gives X5 3.0d @ £33,960 X5 3.0d Sport @ £35,910 X5 3.0i @ £33,955

As with most high end BMW products, ignore those pricing. To get anything half decent you are looking at £42k for an X5 (mine was £47k and I didn't even scratch half of the options list....)

The X3 given it's lower end positioning will not command the same "option list snobbery" in the second hand market, and hence will be closer to those list prices when finally sold.

J