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BMW M3

LatentRank #33

E30 · 1986–1991 · 212bhp · RWD · NA · Manual

The homologation touring car that defined the M badge. A mature market that has already done most of its climbing.

Est. value now
$117,000
CAGR 2015–2025
+7.5%
Recent CAGR
0.0%
Units built
17,970

Estimated value trajectory

+$60,000 since 2015
$121k$89k$57k201520172019202120232025

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

How the score is built

Desirability89 × 0.30 = 26.7

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

Scarcity48 × 0.25 = 12.0

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

Momentum25 × 0.25 = 6.3

Annualised growth over recent years — what it is doing now

Trajectory64 × 0.20 = 12.8

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

Running-cost drag-5
Appreciation score53

Stage: Latent

Never had a run, and is not moving much now. The market has yet to re-rate it.

Long-run growth +7.5% per year against 0.0% recently — decelerating by 7.5pp. Running-cost risk is rated 6/10, deducting 5 points from the score.