I8

[vanman1936]

Hi all

An I8 is on the potential list for next purchase.

What’s the depreciation like on these (earlier model) and any must have options.

Hear they are pretty reliable, anything to watch for?

Cheers


Paul

[g3org3y]

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[RUSSELLM]

I was looking at them during lockdown. On the AUC site, they had a 16 model with 40k on the clock and the £12k impulse design option, for £42k

And Autotrader recently had a 17 plate Red special edition, again with 40k miles for £45k.

Post lockdown, everything currently appears to have £5k added

I think I’ve talked myself out of one, as it’d be my only car, and I’m not sure I could live with the boot space.

[Heres Johnny]

Depreciation seems linked as much to mileage as age and when I bought mine it seemed 15k covered the whole market excluding the LCI cars, which considering they started over 100k seems quite a narrow span. The options seem largely interior stuff like amount of leather, seat belt colour, HK stereo etc. and wheel choice. I went for an LCI as the infotainment is newer and car play becomes an official option, plus I prefer the flatter bonnet, but more power and the battery range is usefully larger, but they start high 50s.

Something to note,, the buy v trade in price gap seems to be enormous, bmw wanted a 10k margin on my car even though still under manufacturers warranty and service pack so their only cost to retail was a wash. I presume turnover is slow. If you’re happy to go this route a private seller might be quite good value.