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The model moves the price more than the badge does. On the same year, a 2018 X5 went for AED 64,000, an X6 for AED 53,000 and a 520 for AED 48,000. Two years newer, a 2020 X5 sold at AED 154,000 against AED 70,000 for a 2020 520 — the X5 changed generation in 2019 and the newer shape commands it. Live asking prices on our UAE listings run between AED 11000 for an early-2010s car and AED 475000 for a current-year one.
Average for the premium segment: taken across the model curves we can measure, BMWs average about 46% of their value after five years in the UAE.
Mercedes is the softer, plusher choice with a slight edge on badge value here. BMW's case is chassis feel, plus cars that arrive in better mechanical order than the class average.
Better than the badge's running-cost reputation implies, on every measure we track. Across more than 4,000 BMWs we have inspected in the UAE, 13% carried a mechanical fault in the engine, gearbox, suspension or steering, against the 17% we would expect for cars of the same age and mileage in the Emirates, and 8% showed an electrical fault against 12% expected for comparable cars. Bodywork agrees: 52% had evidence of previous panel repair where 60% is the expectation for cars of this age here. Panel history is normal in this market, so judge the standard of the work, not its presence.