Hello,

I will be ordering/purchasing a new or used BMW soon. The problem is that I haven't decided yet which model to get. So I need your opinion and advice.

I'm going to spend ~30k€ for the car, and buy it tax-free (peacekeeping mission). BMW offers new cars for -15% for peacekeepers. I need to have the car delivered on early May 2007 at the latest. With these in mind, which of these would you recommend:

new (base car, without options):
525d Sedan 3/2007 facelift model (~28 800€ now, price may change)
330d Coupe E92 2007 (~29 500€)
X3 3.0d 2007 (~31 000€)


used car (from Germany, with options)
535d Sedan 2004 (~30-33 000€)
X5 3.0d 2004 (~30-33 000€)


I haven't had the time to test drive any of these, except the E92 (325i). Dealer said that E92 orders are late due to high demand, and it would take approx 5 months for the delivery (which would be too long in my case). I doubt if this statement is true.
Right now 525d Sedan 3/2007 facelift model is on the top of my list. With a new car I would of course get a better resell value. Does anyone know when I can order a 3/2007 facelifted model and when I would have the car? Thank you.