I have a bmw 330d sport on a 53 plate. bought it at 1 year old and it's been a grate car, only let me down once at 100,000 for a fuel pump, and aperently this is a known prob at 100,000 they go! The handling is spot on. they are very easy to drive and pull like a train. realy good on the motorways too . Do understand parts and labour for these are much more more than FORD! The achilles heel of this car is SNOW! apart from that realy good, just use good oil in them and my service interval is over 18,000 now! I am still happy with mine 8 years on!