New car advice.

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It's time for me to figure out what I'm going to get next for April delivery.

My requirements are:

German
Petrol
Leather
Nav
Xenons/led lights
Auto
Has to be new

Budget is £30-37k roughly.

Few cars I'm thinking of.

Golf R
Audi S3
Audi A4 of some sort (not really looked at these yet)
BMW M240i
BMW 330i M sport
Mercedes of some sort?

Anything else I should consider? Any of these stand out as been the best to go for?

Thanks.
 
Of your list I'd go for the 240i as well. Mercedes don't have anything with the performance of your list within budget as the A45 is over £40k new. If you're willing to go 6 months to a year old you could probably squeeze a C43.
 
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No reason apart from I fancy something german next. Is there any options that are a must in the 240i?
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.:SAmSuNG:. said:
My requirements are:

German
Petrol
Leather
Nav
Xenons/led lights
Auto
Has to be new
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A new M240i will come with these options as standard with two caveats. Spec the ZF8 auto, and spec Pro Nav as the standard nav is tragic.

In terms of options, I'd go with the following in order of importance (if we consider the auto option to be ticked already): Adaptive suspension > Pro Nav > Estoril Blue paint > Harman Kardon > Heated leather > Lumbar support > folding door mirrors plus whatever you deem necessary/fancy having.
 
Are the more expensive lights worth it? I need to be able to flat beam them for Germany.

I'm shocked it's not heated front seats as standard. I'm only keeping for a year so just going to go with the free white paint if I do as I won't get that money back.

Do the active dampers make a big difference?

Thanks for the replies so far.
 
Any reason you're only keeping for a year? I'd have thought it'd make more sense to buy a couple year old car with that factor in mind.
 
I have to buy new to get military discount and avoid paying the VAT. If I keep it longer than a year it will depreciate below what I paid for it new.
 
LED lights vary in their need for adapters for continental/UK driving.

Mine are LED, also levelling/dimming etc but they kick up a little at distance. Peugeot say to use adapters.
 
From looking I think the normal xenon lights would be fine. Seems the only must have options are the pro nav and adaptive suspension.

Waiting to hear back from bmw to see if they will let me borrow a 2 series for a day to see what they are like.
 
I don't get decent military discount on AMG cars only normal mercs so can't really afford one of those.

With the budget I posted i didn't take into account any discounts. I will actually spending £25-30k on these.
 
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