Does anyone have BMW series 1? is it a good car?

[Selena1987]

Is it considered as an luxury car?

[MrOracle]

BMWs are fantastic to drive when everything is in perfect repair, but modern BMWs are very expensive to maintain and tons of parts that used to be metal are plastic, and they get brittle and break. They have many known problems which are expensive to fix. I would expect to add $3000 a year for maintenance and repair on top of any other costs.

There is a very good reason that they don't hold their value - in 5 years, 85% of initial value is gone. If you have the budget, fine, but if not, it's easy to get into a bad situation.

Twice I've had friends who tried to sell me their car for less than what they owed on it just to get rid of it. Again, they drive great when everything is maintained, but those bills are steep.

[Wise4myage]

BMW's are very well made cars, but the upkeep is expensive.