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BMW M3

EstablishedRank #36

E36 · 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 2015
$37k$26k$15k201520172019202120232025

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

How the score is built

Desirability72 × 0.30 = 21.6

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

Scarcity28 × 0.25 = 7.0

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

Momentum55 × 0.25 = 13.8

Annualised growth over recent years — what it is doing now

Trajectory73 × 0.20 = 14.6

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

Running-cost drag-4
Appreciation score53

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.