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BMW M3 CSL

EstablishedRank #10

E46 · 2003–2004 · 355bhp · RWD · NA · Automatic

Carbon roof, airbox howl, 1,383 built. The purest NA straight-six M car, held back only by its SMG gearbox.

Est. value now
$145,000
CAGR 2015–2025
+9.8%
Recent CAGR
+4.7%
Units built
1,383

Estimated value trajectory

+$88,000 since 2015
$145k$101k$57k201520172019202120232025

Illustrative estimates for a condition-2 example, not sale records. Confidence in this trajectory: high.

How the score is built

Desirability82 × 0.30 = 24.6

Motorsport history, cultural weight, end-of-era status, analogue purity

Scarcity85 × 0.25 = 21.3

Production run and, where known, surviving population — log scale, weighted to survivors

Momentum53 × 0.25 = 13.3

Annualised growth over recent years — what it is doing now

Trajectory75 × 0.20 = 15.0

Growth already achieved — weighted lowest, since it is priced in

Running-cost drag-6
Appreciation score68

Stage: Established

The run has already happened. Growth has slowed and the gains are in the asking price.

Long-run growth +9.8% per year against +4.7% recently — decelerating by 5.1pp. Running-cost risk is rated 7/10, deducting 6 points from the score.