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BMW buyers don't have the option of a capped-price servicing plan, but the company does offer owners a different way of ensuring the costs are kept under control when it comes to maintenance.
The BMW Service Inclusive plan requires customers to pre-pay for their servicing, allowing the cost to be covered off in finance or leasing packages and reducing the need for concern about paying for maintenance further down the track.
Service Inclusive is available for up to five years or 80,000km for internal-combustion models or six-years with unlimited kilometres for fully electric vehicles, with reasonable costs involved in doing so (considering you're dealing with premium cars). BMW claims there are different packages available for different buyers, starting from three years or 40,000km.
There are varied levels of cover, though. The Service Inclusive Basic plan is what we're focused on here, and it includes typical consumables like oil, filters, brake fluid and spark plugs. There's a Service Inclusive Plus plan to cover brake discs and windscreen wiper blades, as well as clutch components for manual models.
It's worth noting pricing for the BMW Service Inclusive Basic package for the 7 Series, 8 Series, M models and i8 is only available via BMW Australia dealers. All of these models can be upgraded to the more comprehensive Service Inclusive Plus plan at an extra cost.
With a longer period of cover than all of its luxury rivals, and the prices are surprisingly affordable. Trusting your car to tell you when it needs maintenance mightn’t be to all tastes, but the level of care is hard to ignore. 8/10
See the table below for the average cost per service for each of the models in the BMW range, but note there is no maintenance schedule applicable to each of the different variants listed, as the models run a "condition-based servicing" system, where the car will tell you when the next service is due.
| Model | Years Warranty | No. of Years Capped Servicing | Total Capped Cost |
| 1 Series | 5 | 5 Years / 80,000km | $2,380.00 |
| X1 | 5 | 5 Years / 80,000km | $2,380.00 |
| iX1 | 5 | 6 Years / Unlimited km | $2,250.00 |
| 2 Series | 5 | 5 Years / 80,000km | $2,380.00 |
| X2 | 5 | 5 Years / 80,000km | $2,380.00 |
| iX2 | 5 | 6 Years / Unlimited km | $2,250.00 |
| 3 Series | 5 | 5 Years / 80,000km | $2,475.00 |
| X3 | 5 | 5 Years / 80,000km | $2,475.00 |
| iX3 | 5 | 6 Years / Unlimited km | $2,300.00 |
| 4 Series | 5 | 5 Years / 80,000km | $2,475.00 |
| i4 | 5 | 6 Years / Unlimited km | $2,300.00 |
| X4 | 5 | 5 Years / 80,000km | $2,475.00 |
| Z4 | 5 | 5 Years / 80,000km | $2,415.00 |
| 5 Series | 5 | 5 Years / 80,000km | $3,375.00 |
| i5 | 5 | 6 Years / Unlimited km | $3,350.00 |
| X5 | 5 | 5 Years / 80,000km | $3,275.00 |
| X6 | 5 | 5 Years / 80,000km | $3,275.00 |
| iX | 5 | 6 Years / Unlimited km | $3,475.00 |
| X7 | 5 | 5 Years / 80,000km | $4,075.00 |
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