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      03-30-2008, 05:03 AM   #35
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Originally Posted by Z4 Beemer View Post
A good point in there. Looking at values after 3 years in the likes of Autoexpress and WhatCar... the trend seems to be that its the most economical models/engines that hold their value slightly more than the models with less mpg. I guess the 520d is regarded as "more desirable" than the 530d.
With the exception of niche vehicles that is possibly true of most cars in the current climate. That may well even out though as more people used to large petrol engines switch to diesel because they may not be too happy with going back to four cylinders. Those figures are always based on estimates of past trends not necessarily future ones which are obviously unknown at this point, so the impact of taxation changes for next year and beyond is still to be established.
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