03-15-2024, 05:11 AM | #23 |
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Good shout so perhaps my 540i G31 'M sport Edition' where they only produced 1000 5er series across the board in M sport Edition trim, will become rare I suspect that it may be in a numerical way but not in a sought after way.
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03-15-2024, 05:13 PM | #25 |
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Any 540i wagon counts, IMO. Most people buy the diesel, with the claim that the torque is what made them do it, but in reality they just wanted to save on fuel and get something close to B58 performance.
Even in Germany, the land of the wagon, I can count on my fingers the number of 540is I have run across. Diesel is the Devil's fuel. |
03-18-2024, 04:04 AM | #26 |
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I would say anything less that 1000 units per year in a particular market segment (North America for instance) would be considered rare-ish for BMW
Examples: E39 M5 G30 M550 F90 M5 ?? 1M coupe E30 M3 There are more but those are just off the top of my head without looking up production numbers |
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03-18-2024, 04:25 AM | #27 | |
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Since i've had the car (9 months) it's long term average is at 36mpg which is 4mpg better than my F31 340i was, so only guess that I don't drive the barge as hard |
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03-18-2024, 08:57 AM | #28 |
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There are only 330 545e in the uk according to howmanyleft.co.uk so I would regard it as rare, although there are 12 available to buy on Autotrader so not hard to acquire!
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03-18-2024, 09:40 AM | #29 |
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Is that all, surprised at that, thought more of those would have been sold
Having said that I think this came out hurt before covid and we know car sales during that were well down. So perhaps after all , not a surprise |
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As my 540i standard B58 gets around 32-35mpg |
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It was cold and the car was loaded with me, the wife, the kid, and a full trunk and rear pass. seat occupied with various odds and ends. Quite impressive.. |
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