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6896 messages, Last post on Aug 19, 2009 at 3:36 PM
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I must be reading this wrong. I stopped in at an Audi dealer over the weekend and liked the looks of an A6. I thought "Gee, given their horrible resale caused by the unintended acceleration/defective coil pack experiences, I should be able to score a current body style A6 with quatro for a lot less than a Bimmer." I fired up my computer and ran some rough numbers for the MY 05. Edmunds has the private party value of an A6 quatro with the 4.2 V8 at 35K and with the 3.2 six it is 28K. Lo and behold, the Bimmer 530 is less money at 31K and the anemic Bimmer 525 still lower at 29K. I thought Audis had horrible resale and you could pick up a good one on the cheap? I never expected that they were more money than a Bimmer. What gives? Incidentally, I asked the sales guy six times about Mark from Cincinnat's claim that you could buy an A6 with a stick and each time he said no.
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Replying to: blckislandguy (Jun 11, 2007 6:59 pm) When purchased new the 2005 Audi A6 4.2 cost a few thousand dollars more than the 2005 BMW 530. So it is not surprising that it costs more used. As far as depreciation, Edmunds claims that the Audi will depreciate $18,195 over 5 years, while the BMW will depreciate $16,824 over the same 5 years. On a percentage basis, the depreciation is about the same.
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Replying to: kgary (Jun 12, 2007 2:19 am) Conventionnal wisdom would have you believe that a used 5 Series ("The ultimate driving machine") is going to cost more than a Audi A6. Not so, according to Edmunds.
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Replying to: blckislandguy (Jun 12, 2007 2:47 am)
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Replying to: blckislandguy (Jun 11, 2007 6:59 pm) The allroad is due to come back. Probably won't happen. |
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Replying to: kgary (Jun 12, 2007 3:48 am)
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Replying to: blckislandguy (Jun 12, 2007 7:27 pm)
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Replying to: reality2 (Jun 13, 2007 1:41 pm) |
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Replying to: reality2 (Jun 13, 2007 1:41 pm) Hyundai is another example. They're trying to compete with high-end cars, unsuccessfully so far.
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. . .elsewhere (Europe) does well. Often Audi outsells BMW in the homeland. The German cars, depending on who you talk to, all have less than steller reps -- except for their reputations reported "from behind the wheel." My wife has a BMW, her second, I have an Audi, "our" 28th, we have also had 2 Passats and a Jetta, too. Under a variety of circumstances, I would have no problem owning (or leasing) cars from Audi, BMW and VW -- and probably no issues with Mercedes either. On the other hand, I "almost" leased an Infiniti M35x last time, and I do believe I would have also enjoyed that experience. Sometimes I think people are trying to find reasons to talk themselves INTO or OUT OF certain decisions. I could repeat, #29, as an Audi, next time. I wouldn't hesitate. I will not pay more for an A6 Audi (substantially more) than a BMW 535xi or an Infiniti M35x. I would almost certainly be delighted with ANY of them. |
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