05-19-2015, 05:01 PM | #23 |
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It's really easy to get close to 300 HP from the E888 (I think) 4 cylinder in the Audi, and a GTI is the same basic car, with FWD, for thousands less. Hell, you could probably get a R for a like-equipped Audi 3
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05-19-2015, 07:16 PM | #24 |
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I'm one of those "old guys", but my car is bronze, I've got the chrome package, lots of other options as well, and I get compliments on how nice the car is almost daily, followed by surprise when I'm asked about price.
I'm in a large city in western Canada (pick-ups rule here), and although I've never had a negative comment about the car, there isn't a ton of them around, either. Mores the shame; i think its a more interesting car visually than the 3 series |
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I don't get the Golf R hate though. What does it base at, $36k? It now offers every bit of the performance of the STI, along with a MUCH better interior, etc. The old Golf R was the compromise. STI price, WRX performance. You paid for the interior and overall refinement at the expense of performance. Now, it's all even. What other cars offer that kind of performance and build for the money? I'm sorry, but in today's market, the Golf R is a good buy. Hell, it's M235i performance, in an AWD hatch, for FAR less money. I'm no VW fan either...but I just don't get the hate. $36k for an Impreza with a 20 year old engine and a shitbox interior is OK, but not for a Golf? The window sticker on our X1 was $50k (bought CPO). How is that not offensively expensive vs. a Golf R, which costs over $10k less, is a similar size, similar interior, and will run circles around the X1? |
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05-19-2015, 09:06 PM | #27 |
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I am still baffled that 2 companies that make the most ugly and generic transport came up with the BRZ😀
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I'm just glad I got my hands on an N55 powered SAV that is out of production now. Hopefully that's some redemption from the ridiculous depreciation that German cars have in the US. |
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05-19-2015, 10:52 PM | #29 |
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I'm one of those old guys, too (63).
I was about to get my wife a woman's car. I was looking at Volvo XC60, and noticed the X1 was higher rated , and cost less. She immediately bit, saying she wanted to be a Bimmer girl. Apparently anytime she had brought up BMW, I nixed it because I was on to Mazda or other low maintenance Japanese cars. I'd talked up how costly BMW was for service, and deqaler, etc. Anyway, we got a strippo X1 s28i with only M Sport and Mineral white paint. She had no preferences as she had no idea about things like the Xenon lighting, etc. Wow, this is the best car I've ever known, and she always looks for other BMW's, but mostly finds X3's and X5's. The dealers in Texas won't budge on MSRP, but we got ours in Munich on Euro delivery for 7% off, so I don't feel it was expensive. The gas mileage is extremely good for the power it puts down, it's smooth as glass, and it runs like a scalded cat. |
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05-20-2015, 01:28 AM | #30 |
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That's because the X1 says to everyone: "I'm not rich enough to get a X5"
Seriously, I'm sure Switzerland is a very different market compared to USA, but there's a lot of X1 here. And although we have many more BMW models available here, the X1 is really a big hit. My seller told me it sells like hell, most of them being diesel, white, black or grey. No orange around here, and so far I saw only 3 midnight blue, including mine
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05-20-2015, 01:10 PM | #32 |
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In the US we like out big cars, our big gas guzzling cars.
He had the gas crisis and everything when smaller, but as soon as it became palatable again, the size of the cars grew. If you look at every model out here that started small, they all have bloated over the years. Take a look at the Honda Civic as an example. It started out as a small car, and now it's bigger than the original Honda Accord was. When talking a salesperson that I know at the BMW dealer in Rockville when I was looking for an X1, she said that her main buyers of the X1 were foreign embassy employees because it was the same small car that they can get back home. I like smaller cars. I had a 2004 325xi Wagon that I loved, then I moved to a 2008 325xi wagon, and i just didn't like it as much because it bloated in size. I now have my X1 and I love it and I love the smaller size, but I know that is not a favored view here in the US. The view seems to be that if it's small (excluding sports cars), it needs to be cheap. |
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05-20-2015, 01:39 PM | #33 |
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But the name plate just grows with the customer and the manufacturer inserts a new nameplate under the previous compact one. It's very sensible.
So your 1 series is about as big as 20 year old 3 series, your Civic has effectively been replaced by a FIT etc etc. Mind you, I was shuttled in a new 5 series last week, staggered by how small it is. I dunno why but it looked smaller inside than my brother in laws 8 year old 5 series. Weird. |
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05-20-2015, 01:45 PM | #34 |
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The F30 3er is bigger than the E39 5er, the F10 5er is the size of the E32 7er but actually has more interior space than the E38.
I continue to want an E36 or E46 sized rwd sedan with a manual and LSD, I don't really care who builds it. |
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I've driven a few ATS, not the V and it's a much more enjoyable car than the F30, but the engines and transmission (manual) are lackluster. The V likely fixes both of those issues. |
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I had the opportunity to drive a Tahoe here in Switzerland. It was around 2" higher than stock, and it looked soooo big. I think I still have a picture of it with my little Corsa, it was ridicoulous. I remember the roof of my Corsa was below the exterior mirror of the Tahoe. The Tahoe made me feel somehow like the king of the road. So big and high that even the biggest Range Rover looked small to me. But it was ridicoulous. Wondering if the Tahoe would enter that parking or fit in that spot is not fun Fact is I like small cars, and to me the X1 is already kind of too big.
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poorly marketed and aimed at two completely different demographics. the same issue audi had with the 3.2Q A3 S-Line, B6/B7 S4 Avant. beautiful car and hardly any sold and the ones that did people that saw them never knew they existed. similar issue with the acura wagon that was short lived but i think that also had to do with only being available in FWD (fail wheel drive). you're going after either a person who wants an affordable hatch or an enthusiast who wants a "hothatch". those two people rarely cross paths and their idea of "value" are two different things... the person shopping a base model 28i with absolutely no options is not the same person shopping a 35i m-sport fully loaded.
so who buys the car? obviously not too many enthusiasts and not too many value seekers. a 2012/2013 mdx is priced the same as a 2013/2014 x1 35i. so the person who shops value will most likely go with mdx. a 2012/2013 pilot is priced the same as a 2014 x1 28i. so the person shopping economic practical value is going with the pilot. in the end you have a rare car that needs a rare owner. very difficult task to move quantity when you specialize in rarity. this is only my theory and point of view... YMMV.
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Hi all,
I am a new 2015 xDrive35i M sport X1 owner. I am coming from a 2005 WRX wagon and this has been the absolute perfect match. I really loved my WRX but I was going to be facing about 5k in repairs in the future (at least that what the dealership claimed). So I was looking for a similar but higher end car. I happened to see an X1 a few months ago in Miami, first time I ever noticed one and really thought it was a great size and shape. Once I discovered there was a 3.0 turbo, I went for it. One thing I noticed when I was doing some research is that there are not a lot of cars in this space - fast luxury crossover hatchback. 500 miles in and loving it. |
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That's so funny. My GM drives a Mini, with personal plates the read "Beansy", which for our non-US friends is slang for very small. I'm 6-2/225 with a long torso, and I couldn't even get in the pass. side without crouching, which is difficult with a fused neck. |
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