Why do you need to ask for model debadging??

Are you brits really that conscious of what others think??????

No, Most people who own BMW's here are quite proud of them. De-badging only takes away the X5 silver sign from the back and sides, and presents a cleaner rear, plus puts a bit of mystery on what model of BMW we are really driving.

But I heard that EVERYONE has a BMW there because they are cheap and so how can there be any kind of exclusivity there owning a BMW???

I assume the moderator has jumped in regarding the deletion of the last post.

You know who you are...

Cheap, I dont think so. This car will be in the region of £50K, like to see how many people can actually afford that ! Most people buy BMW for their image and reliability, not because they are cheep.

A look at your autotrader.co.uk...reveals many many BMW's NOT necessarily new that are below 10k pounds !!!...sure 50k is a dam lotta money but thats for this particular car...by the way I think UK rapes you for gas and auto prices......

The cheapest brand new 3-series is 20.75k GBP(not far off 40k USD). the cheapest 1-series 16.5kGBP (about 30k USD). A very basic 3-series will be be worth 10k GBP (about 19k USD) after about 3 years.

But it's all relative.....each market is different. As to Petrol and Diesel prices, most of the cost is taxation and most of the 96.9p per litre I pay goes straight to Mr Gordon Brown in the UK treasury. (I use Shell V-max)

i wish my wait was as short as most above.

i ordered with a £1000 deposit last september to be number 50 on the list at my dealer, i checked last week and my expected delivery will be christmas.

my current x5d sport took 13 months to arrive.

Ordered my 3.0d in Febuary, Black Saphire, Saddle Brown, no model inscription, it's already made, left the factory and will be at the dealer at end of April 2007. Shop around, I found a cancellation and changed the spec, dare I tell you in the UK, I also got a discount!!
No model inscription in my neck of the woods is also to prevent the "have nots" from stealing the badges and scratching the paint.

Discount Where FROM ! I agree on the shop around, a local dealer to me quoted Christmas, and another mid-may.