BMW Malaysia has simply introduced a brand new value listing to go together with its transfer to supply prolonged guarantee and repair packages as separate price choices. Beginning January 1, 2021, all new BMW and MINI fashions will now include a regular two-year, limitless mileage guarantee, with decrease costs to go together with it. The earlier five-year guarantee and servicing (as supplied earlier than) continues to be out there, however now as price choices.
With the usual two-year guarantee, costs are decrease throughout the board, starting from between RM12,190 for the 218i Gran Coupé and M135i, to RM44,560 for the M8 Coupé and Gran Coupé. The discount for every mannequin matches the value of the elective five-year guarantee and repair bundle, so choosing the prolonged protection brings it again to the unique value once more.
Let’s take essentially the most reasonably priced BMW mannequin for instance. The F48 X1 sDrive18i with the usual two-year guarantee now retails for RM194,738 (with SST exemption included, efficient till June 30, 2021), which is RM13,630 cheaper than earlier than. If you’d like the five-year guarantee with free service bundle, you’ll should high up precisely that, due to this fact bringing the value as much as parity.
The transfer additionally makes the 218i Gran Coupé successfully cheaper, transferring from RM211,367 (with five-year guarantee and repair) to underneath the magic RM200k mark, at RM199,177 (with commonplace two-year guarantee). Likewise, essentially the most reasonably priced 3 Sequence is now priced at RM226,763.65, down from RM239,883.65. Choose to have the prolonged protection? Go for the elective bundle, and pay the identical as earlier than. No extra, no much less.
In essence, the prolonged guarantee plus free service bundle has merely been made elective – there isn’t any value enhance right here, and also you’re not getting short-changed both. Let’s simply say that is one technique to broaden the model’s enchantment right here in Malaysia. In any case, wouldn’t a sub-RM200k BMW tickle your fancy?
Whereas everybody loves the thought of a less expensive BMW, we’d assume that added peace of thoughts isn’t value sacrificing. It’s possible you’ll, in fact, select to buy the prolonged guarantee bundle individually at any level all through the primary two years of possession, and even move the fee on to the subsequent proprietor in case you plan to drive it for lower than that. Resale worth down the road might also take a success if the usual guarantee expires (nearly-new BMW with no guarantee, no manner), however you’ll additionally should stability it out with the additional price of extending it.
So, what do you assume? Pay much less for a shorter guarantee protection, or pay the identical as earlier than for further peace of thoughts? How would you go about this? Tell us, beneath.
