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Looks nice but sees to me that the routine maintenance on BMW's is expensive. None of this drive for 3 years and only upkeep is LOF and tire rotations, wiper blades etc.Report: "BMW X1 at the New York Auto Show this week, is classed as a subcompact vehicle and will be the smallest luxury brand utility vehicle on the U.S. market. Weighing in at 3,527 pounds and 176.5 inches long—585 pounds lighter and 6.5 inches shorter than the current BMW X3—the X1 will start at $31,545 when it comes to the U.S. in the fall. It is a price well below the brand's 3-series sedans, making the X1 one of the least expensive ways for a young customer to get into luxury brands.Final mileage ratings aren't set, but BMW estimates the rear-wheel drive, four-cylinder X1 sDrive28i model will average 23 miles per gallon city, 34 on the highway. (By comparison, a Honda Civic sedan is nearly two inches longer, but gets 39 mpg on the highway.)"

All German(and by extension Euro cars) are expensive to maintain. It is like the old joke about what Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny and a reliable European car have in common? The answer is that none of the three existSadly if you want reliable luxury cars then you need to buy an Lexus or Acura. It used to be that the Benz only needed oil changes and gas and maybe a valve adjustment on the diesel models every 100,000 miles(about 160,900 or so Kilometers for our Canadian friends) and they were good to go. I would have no issue with buying a 400,000 mile 1970's 300D and driving it on long trips. But the new ones seem to pass everything but the repair shop

BMW is apparently going to be making a lot of changes to its line up. I've read where they will be moving the 1 series coupe up to a 2 series and calling the 3 series coupe a 4 series.

I'd rather have the new Buick thing, as underpowered as it probably is. At least it would be cheaper to maintain than a German car...