Why are G30s so cheap?

[Theguy5]

Been looking at x5s (2014-15) and realised I could get a 2018 G30 for the same money! They look good enough and are full of modern tech, only thing is it’s only the 4 pots in my budget...

BMW must have had these on a good lease deal as auto trader is flooded with them!

[SteBrown91]

Plenty have been distributed courtesy of thrifty rent a car

[Touring442]

They're brilliant cars as well. I borrowed a 520i and was amazed at how good it is - it pretty much makes the 7 Series redundant. As always, the list price is so close to the 3 Series. A look on the AUC site reveals that you can buy a very lightly used example under a year old for 25 grand. What a lovely thing for the money.

[anonymous-user]

They’re quite bland, IMO. Very capable but somehow quite characterless and sterile. Especially the lower powered ones.

Good cruisers though, if that’s what you want.

[Theguy5]

Just want something modern, well built with decent tech. Not to bothered about speed but wouldn’t mind something I could hoon around in now and then.

Currently looking at 4/5/x5

[survivalist]

REALIST123 said:

They’re quite bland, IMO. Very capable but somehow quite characterless and sterile. Especially the lower powered ones.

Good cruisers though, if that’s what you want.

Indeed. Even the 540i didn’t stir my soul, despite the engine being a gem (B58 sounds good, for a modern engine) and the tech being good. Shocking as a 340i touring is the same money and isn’t as new/well built.

As the previous poster said, if you’re doing motorway mileage it’s probably the way to
Go.

From a values perspective, it seems like the approved dealer control has been ended. Too much lease/PCP stuff coming back with no plan to shift it.