Hey everyone, my brother is looking to purchase a vehicle for med school and I wanted to help him out to get the best deal possible. He likes the BMW X5 because it is very spacious and likes the Porsche Macan because it’s a Porsche and drives really nicely. Although both vehicles are not comparable in terms of size, they are both comparable in price.
The fully specced out X5 without M package is around 72k and Porsche Macan Base that we built online came around 66-70k depending on color and wheels. I like to pride myself that I’ve purchased two vehicles already in 2021 that were great deals. One was 2021 GLE 53 AMG for 7% off MSRP before incentives, and the second was 2021 Ram 1500 Limited for 16% off MSRP. Both were brand new.
However, times have changed in less than 2 months where I have contacted every single BMW dealership in the state and they offered no discounts at all even with hard negotiating. I am not happy about that so I recommended my brother to buy a Porsche Macan instead since Porsche barely gives any discounts even pre COVID-19 and their residuals/used market price is much much better than BMW. Porsche in my area said they are only selling @ MSRP but no markups ever.
Is this the right advice? If neither BMW or Porsche is offering any discounts, going with Porsche is a no-brainer right? I welcome any new advice or your thoughts on this so I can help my brother get a new car. Also, should I ask Porsche dealerships in other states if they can do less than MSRP on a custom-built 2022 Macan? I want to know what other Porsche dealerships are offering right now. Thanks alot for your help!
Given I have had both to drive (leased), I would say Porsche Macan for the better drive experience. It drives so much better than the BMW so if your brother is a driver type, get the Porsche.
BMW has changed a lot since the original / older E53 and E70 models which were “driver” SUVs of yesteryear - but these new X5 have become more “mom friendlier”, softer, and disconnected…
Porsche also allows for total personal customization which BMW does not.
I am looking currently at the Cayenne for 3 row seating which my wife wants.
Funny I am in the same boat. Originally wanted a Cayenne and thought it was a little expensive. So I figured bmw would be cheaper with incentives but no one is budging on msrp.
With the Cayenne I have dealers willing to do 5% off orders in Oregon.
Can’t get a cayenne or any other Porsche with 3rd row as fare as I know . I do think it would be a really tight squeeze to put a 3rd row in a cayenne , car is not that big…