Bmw 3 Series price increased, so buy it better to buy Audi A4L?

The mid-size car market for luxury brands has always been a hot field, after all, you can buy BBA at the right price, you can also harvest a good passenger space, for most people, it can take care of the "face" and meet the needs of the car. In this class, the Mercedes-Benz C-Class, BMW 3 Series and Audi A4L are all models that cannot be avoided. In terms of sales performance in the last month, the Audi A4L has become the "winner" of the three-car trolley. Recently, the BMW 3 Series also released a new model after the redesign, so after the redesigned BMW 3 Series, sales have the opportunity to surpass the Audi A4L?

After the BMW 3 Series changed the price and configuration, the BYD A4L has an advantage?

After all, the BMW 3 Series is a small modification, and its appearance, space and power have not changed, but the adjustment focuses on the configuration and price level. Specifically, the price of the BMW 3 Series has increased by 1600-11000 yuan, and many standard axle and long-axle models have restored various functions such as automatic parking assistance system, driving recorder, mobile phone wireless charging and Wi-Fi hotspot. So, how should the BMW 3 Series and Audi A4L be chosen? Let's first talk about the configuration and price of the BMW 3 Series after the redesign.

The configuration comparison is based on the main volume models of the two vehicles, namely the BMW 3 Series standard shaft version of the "2022 modified 325i M Sports Night Suit" and the Audi A4L "2022 40 TFSI Luxury Dynamic". After the BMW 3 Series of low-end models undergo a remodeling, the automatic parking assistance system Plus and the driving recorder have been added to the configuration of these two practical functions, so how about the upgraded BMW 3 Series compared to the Audi A4L?

Overall, the BMW 3 Series and Audi A4L configuration performance is comparable, BMW 3 Series two new configurations do enrich its active safety and driving assistance and other aspects of the functionality, such as active braking, passive pedestrian protection and 360 panoramic image and other configurations, in the Audi A4L is lacking, or need to add additional money to choose. Of course, the Audi A4L also has a reasonable point in the configuration, such as the A4L extra front seat heating, the main co-pilot waist 4-way support, etc. can bring a more comfortable car experience, and, after all, from the hand of the light factory, the Audi A4L lighting configuration is also more than the BMW 3 Series "fancy" a lot, equipped with steering auxiliary lights, headlights rain and fog mode, and 30 colors of in-car mood lights and so on.

The redesigned BMW 3 Series has been upgraded in the configuration, and the price has also increased a lot accordingly, taking this popular "325i M Sports Night Suit" model, its price has increased by 7,000 yuan, and the current guidance price is 333,900 yuan, but even so, its guidance price is still nearly 10,000 yuan cheaper than the Audi A4L's "40 TFSI Luxury Dynamic Model". Of course, the guidance price is on the surface after all, the price of the two cars in the end or depends on the terminal landing price, at this point, audi A4L seems to have enough confidence.

Combined with the terminal market situation, although the guidance price of the BMW 3 Series has risen, it is interesting that its discount range is more generous than the original. According to the calculation of the full purchase of the car, the price of the naked car after the BMW 3 Series "325i M Sports Night Suit" is about 300,000 yuan. Audi A4L has, as always, a relatively large terminal discount, if you buy the hot model "40 TFSI luxury dynamic type", the price of the naked car can be as low as about 280,000 yuan. Details can be found in the following table:

However, although the offer is very attractive, the current car situation of the BMW 3 Series is very tense, and the pick-up date even has to wait until about 45 days, while the Audi A4L next door is relatively abundant, and most areas can basically mention the existing car on the day of purchase.

BMW can also be comfortable, Audi also has four-wheel drive?

The difference between the BMW 3 Series and the Audi A4L in terms of configuration and price after the redesign is the focus of attention, but it cannot ignore the difference in other product strengths of the two vehicles. In terms of space, compared to the standard shaft version of the BMW 3 Series, the long-axis version is more favored by consumers, which has a wheelbase size of 2961mm, which is 53mm more than the Audi A4L. From the actual riding experience, the BMW 3 Series, which has more advantages in body height, whether it is the front or rear, has more headroom than the Audi A4L. In addition, in the rear seating space, the performance of the two cars is basically the same, but the Audi A4L with the seat back is straight, and the long ride is not as comfortable as the BMW 3 Series.

In terms of power, the Audi A4L is the same as the BMW 3 Series, the whole series is a 2.0T engine, and both provide three different high and low power adjustments, and the performance of the power parameters is basically the same. Among them, the 3 Series and A4L's 2.0T low-power maximum horsepower are only around 150Ps, which does not seem to match its luxury brand identity. As far as the two-car 325i and 40 TFSI models are concerned, the front-facing Audi A4L may be faster to get started, but the front-facing and rear-drive BMW 3 Series can bring more driving pleasure. In addition, the top of the two vehicles have added a four-wheel drive system, but compared to the BMW 3 series four-wheel drive system, adding quattro four-wheel drive on the Audi A4L can get a stronger performance experience, it is worth mentioning that Audi also put the quattro four-wheel drive system to the 40 TFSI, for consumers, undoubtedly further increased the availability.

Finally, let's take a look at the maintenance of the two cars and the information of the used car:

The maintenance cycle of the BMW 3 Series is 10,000 kilometers at a time, and there is no free maintenance. The price of small maintenance is 1128 yuan, and the price of large maintenance is 3775 yuan. The total maintenance cost after three years of driving 60,000 kilometers is 12,087 yuan, and on average, the annual maintenance cost is about 4,000 yuan. Although the Audi A4L is also 10,000 kilometers of maintenance, but the replacement price of accessories is slightly higher, the price of small maintenance is 1291 yuan, after three years of driving 60,000 kilometers, the total cost of maintenance is 17,000 yuan, and the average annual cost needs to be apportioned is about 5600 yuan. Relatively speaking, the annual maintenance cost of the BMW 3 Series is about 1600 yuan cheaper.

As for second-hand cars, we learned from a mainstream used car platform that the "2015 328Li fashion model" of the BMW 3 Series should have landed at about 450,000 yuan at the time, and after driving 69,000 kilometers, the price of second-hand cars was 159,800 yuan.

The "2015 35 TFSI Automatic Comfort" of the Audi A4L should have landed at about 360,000 yuan at that time, and after driving 40,000 kilometers, the price of the used car was 156,000 yuan. Considering the longer mileage of the BMW 3 Series, the retention rate of the two cars seems to be equal.

summary

Bmw 3 Series after undergoing a facelift, adding some practical configuration at the same time, the price has also risen a little, on the surface seems to be less friendly to consumers, but the real foothold in its volume of low-to-medium models, amplified terminal discounts are enough to offset this difference. Compared with the Audi A4L, the BMW 3 Series still continues its original excellent performance in terms of luxury and comfort. In this way, perhaps after the BMW 3 Series is further eased, the competition with the Audi A4L will be more "fierce".