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Originally Posted by ASAP
Of course... because 95% of them are small displacement turbo diesels that do 0-60 in 9 seconds... and are driven primarily on hwys from town to town... upwards of 200-300k miles. They are also very heavily maintained because your labor costs to do so are fractions of what they are here in the US... most have turbo rebuilds or replacements done for cheap.
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They aren't that much cheaper. I'm an American and have been in Germany for quite a while. I drove German when I was in the States, too, and the difference isn't that great.
If anything, you save so much on purchase, that the maintenance costs break out even vs. German cars.
My 540 was over 90k new, and it is a mid-spec car. Head to Scandanavia (for example) and newish BMWs are the preserve of the rich only. Europe ain't cheap for nice cars.