BMW M5
ClimbingRank #23E39 · 1998–2003 · 394bhp · RWD · NA · Manual
A naturally aspirated V8 super-saloon with a manual gearbox. Cheap examples are financial traps; good ones keep climbing.
- Est. value now
- $40,500
- CAGR 2015–2025
- +10.4%
- Recent CAGR
- +5.3%
- Units built
- 20,482
Estimated value trajectory
+$25,500 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: Climbing
Still gaining meaningfully — 5%/yr or better over recent years.
Long-run growth +10.4% per year against +5.3% recently — decelerating by 5.2pp. Running-cost risk is rated 7/10, deducting 6 points from the score.