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The 1 Series and the 3 Series dominate the offer, the first in the compact segment and the second among family saloons, as a saloon and as a Touring estate.
The 2 Series covers the coupe, convertible and compact MPV formats, and the 5 Series the executive segment.
The X range, X1, X3 and X5, occupies the SUV ground, with running costs appreciably higher than the equivalent saloons.
Diesel dominates, with four- and six-cylinder units valued for their torque and their economy on long journeys. It is the coherent choice if your annual mileage is high.
Petrol is well represented on the 1 and 2 Series, and across all the sporting versions.
An automatic gearbox is fitted to most of the fleet, including the compacts. It is a proven design, but its servicing, a gearbox oil change at intervals, should be in the book.
xDrive four-wheel drive is common on SUVs and powerful versions; it adds components that need servicing.
Running costs are the real subject on a used BMW. Large tyres, often run-flats on the generations concerned, cost markedly more than a mainstream equivalent and cannot always be repaired.
On diesels, check the servicing of the emissions system and the oil-change history, which governs the life of the timing chain on several units.
On versions with adaptive suspension, rebuilding one component costs nothing like a conventional damper: test it during the drive.
A complete main-dealer service history is worth more here than a few thousand kilometres less on the clock.
A used BMW car suits drivers who cover significant distances and put road behaviour and equipment first, provided they build in a servicing budget above a mainstream car's.
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