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Originally Posted by headhunt3r
A counter point might be that the i3 still continues to hold value despite being discontinued and having been replaced with the i4 and iX.
Seems like the electric BMWs are back to the classic depreciation curve where the bulk depreciation happens in the first few years, then slows down a lot.
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the i3 breadbox has no real alternatives except the Soul EV, and once you've fallen in love with their unorthodox interior you just can't go back.
The iX still has the whole unorthodox interior thing going for it, but the iX5 would be a direct replacement.
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Originally Posted by Traum
Is leasing a good enough option to get around / minimize the EV depreciation problem? or does BMW give you a real shxtty residual anyway, so you still end up paying for all that depreciation in the lease payments?
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Leasing isn't it. I'm mainly looking at used iX 50 which comes to around high 60 to mid 70. The X5 PHEV is coming in around the same. The problem I have is I feel like the X5 would hold better over the next 4 years which is probably when I'd be looking to replace it whereas the iX I predict will be worth under 30k. My prediction would be a 10k spread between a X5 PHEV and a iX.
The iX is 40% residual after 36 months on a new iX 60 (the old 50 became a 60). It's a 120k + tax car, 40% residual means I'm more than 60k for 3 years. It really doesn't make sense when a lightly used 24 iX50 is going for 75k.