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If you drive 50K Km a year at a moderate speed the 730d is more than enough. If you are asking for fuel consumption the 730d is also the best choice.
You must decide if you want to pay around 100€ more a month driving a 740d instead a 730d.
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That's the million dollar question, isn't it... Would it be that much more?
Looking at the specified combined consumption, 730d 5,6L/100km, 740d 5,7L, 740d xD 6.0L.
Now of course specified numbers has to be taken with a grain of salt but with a lot of different cars I've tried out on my commute I've been able to get within 10% with most of them. An Audi A4 Avant 3.0 TDi was the glaring exception with 19% above.
And my E65 740d that has a specified combined at 9.7L I drive at 8.5L.
But just as an example let's add 10% to the 730d and 20% to the 740d.
I drive about 4200km/month
5.6L + 10% = 6,16L/100km gives 258.72L/month
5.7L + 20% = 6.84L/100km gives 287,28L/month
Average price of diesel in Sweden is 1.5EUR/L which would give a monthly cost of:
730d: 388,08EUR/month
740d: 430,92EUR/month
That's 42.84EUR difference per month that I'm quite willing to pay for the extra power and torque.
The reason I also want power in the engine is because there are only a few places along the way where I can overtake slower cars, buses or trucks and those stretches are not that long so I'll want to get past them as quickly as possible.
But really, as long as I can get it below what my E65 drinks I'll be happy!
