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Originally Posted by Ryephile
IIRC, most lower-end Bimmers like the 3-er keep a large percentage of their value for the first 3 years, and then after that they plummet rapidly...!
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certainly the bmwfs residuals reflect exactly what you say however i believe that that is because the early residuals(24-36mo.) are inflated to make the 24-36mo. leases attractive.; it therefore appears that there is a huge drop between 36 and 48 months. in an owned vehicle i believe that the depreciation is somewhat more linear, or more correctly it is still exponential but not skewed by manipulated residual values.