Oldest car on the motorway.

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Leasing and finance deals mean that going new can be cheaper.

I mean citroen c1 and similar size are about 100 ish a month, something larger and quicker m140i is about 280, 5 series size cars in the late 300's to 400's. Most of the big manufacturers love to shift new metal.

The other thing from the big three premium bunch is that holding their value still slightly better means on lease they can work out more cost effective. That is before discounts most BMW dealers will give you 20% discount ish on models that have been on sale for only a few months or for m models about a year (initial deals tend to be worse).