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Originally Posted by kefz
The Audi A6L is not bad, but personally, i've always wanted a bmw. 
I haven test drove any of the e60, but dealer told me the 5xxLi has a better market due to the extra space compared to the shorter version which does handles better.
The luxury version only comes in wood trim for china market, mine has a painted metallic gray trim. Do you have pictures of your 530i interior? I'll try to snap a few pics of mine sometime this week. Luxury version in china means wood trim + loads of options...6 disc changer, rear video, rear table...etc. lol
Yep, all e92/93 are imported. But, e92/93 325i only comes in aluminum trim w/o idrive and the e92/93 330i only comes in wood trim w/ idrive. Pretty sucky huh. All e90s except the 330i are locally assembled.
Its true the e90 330i cost RMB 580k and the e92 330i cost RMB 626k...w/o 10% tax, 50k++ for plate number(in shanghai) and another 10k++ for insurance. 
Fully imported is the reason they gave, i say they quote the prices holding a knife to your neck. Anyway, prices in Singapore is worse, trust me. 
335i sadly, is still pending sales approval in china, too fast and powerful for the roads they say. lmao |
I don't have a E60 in HK or China. Those rear TV screens,tables would make the high more high class,those are optional equipement even on 750Li in HK. Most rich mainland chinese who add those options when they could afford an E60 or E66. With regard to technology,I think A6 L 4.2Q is superb. I really respect to the sun power energy generated sunroof very much. I heard you cannot pay for this option if you are getting a lowly 2.0T/2.4 or even 3.2Q.
335i is too fast and powerful??? More highways in China to blust the engine than HK.
In mainland China,luxury cars (uncountable S or 7) are mainly for business use. A6 L and long wheel base 5 are designed for governors to have better rear legroom and less arrogant image. The image of BMW is still better than an Audi in the mainland. However in HKG,an Audi might be more expensive than a Benz and BMW after higher factory maintenace cost,higher selling price and lower resell value.
More rich people are willing to pay for supercars. But sports sedan?? I don't think it would be as popular as HK as it seems not as aggressive as a super car or big sedan. Btw,what would be your next target??