BMW M3
EstablishedRank #36E36 · 1992–1999 · 316bhp · RWD · NA · Manual
Long the forgotten M3, sitting between the icon and the V8. That gap is closing as E30 money moves down the range.
- Est. value now
- $37,000
- CAGR 2015–2025
- +9.4%
- Recent CAGR
- +4.9%
- Units built
- 71,000
Estimated value trajectory
+$22,000 since 2015Illustrative estimates for a condition-2 example, not sale records. Confidence in this trajectory: high.
How the score is built
Motorsport history, cultural weight, end-of-era status, analogue purity
Production run and, where known, surviving population — log scale, weighted to survivors
Annualised growth over recent years — what it is doing now
Growth already achieved — weighted lowest, since it is priced in
Stage: Established
The run has already happened. Growth has slowed and the gains are in the asking price.
Long-run growth +9.4% per year against +4.9% recently — decelerating by 4.5pp. Running-cost risk is rated 5/10, deducting 4 points from the score.