As Chris and others mentioned while the GTS is over priced this is irrevalant as they are all sold out and its ultra rare and it’s brilliant BMW made it, it’s a special car. But the ‘standard’ E92 M3 [esp. one with the ‘Cup’ pack or one of the limited editions with the CSL wheels and black grills etc] are 95% the car the GTS is and still look great with it bonnet bulges, vents, flared front and rear arched – looks completely different to a 320d Coupe etc. And with a performance exhaust and updated air intake would sound nearly as good.

Whereas the CLK Black is twice the car a standard CLK C63 [*****in my opinion***] as the proportions of the standard one look plain wrong. The amount of bodywork between the rear arches and bottom of C Pillars for example makes it look odd. It’s a great car but looks wrong in my opinion – looks too much like a CLK200CDI. But the Black Series looks amazing with it flared arches etc - its worth the sticker price for the looks along [as the previous model CLK Black]! And they now have looks to match the noise and performance it makes whereas the ‘standard’ ones don’t. I know some people want this in the standard one, ultra subtle looks & monster performance, so I am not slagging the car or anything.

911 GT3 4.0 – again, a totally amazing car in every way – but I would want one without the silly stickers and would like to have it in a solid colour –black with black wheels please. I’m sure Porsche would do this for you – what’s another £20k getting it sprayed black when you are spending near 200k on it anyway 

erm - that's exactly why people pay over the odds and it's not exactly rocket science is it??

There are only X cars, if you want one you have to pay what the market asks and if you're selling you're a berk to price lower (someone can always bid you lower - it's a free country and all that - never mistake sticker price for 'value').

Disclaimer: I realise I am on the Internet and thus may just have explained the bleeding obvious to a 9-year-old or a troll.

Chris, one other thing, please use the Internal GoPro more in your post production.

POV - Looking from the side window as though we're a parrot on your shoulder is much more fun.

We might even learn a thing or two about driving in the process!

In the GT3 you have to use both in order to avoid the "ding dong" going off for not wearing the seatbelt. I use a little dummy to put into the seatbelt clamp to avoid it when i wear the harness.

Really enjoyed that. Recongnized quite a few road sections in the video I think, A470?

Err no mate i am not a 9 year old or a troll .

I ask because pretty much all cars depreciate with extremely very few exceptions.....McLaren F1, Ferrari F40.....so i was surprised that the 997 GT3 RS 4.0 actually appreciating in value. I mean what cars currently on sale are actually APPRECIATING....? I was just surprised because if you look at 996 GT3/996 GT3 RS these depreciate like any other 911 though maybe at a slower rate of depreciation given the much more exclusivity nature of the road cars in question.

An example of a rare car would be the M3 CSL....this depreciated from launch and prices have kind of stabilised now. Just because a road car is rare does not automatically guarantee the value will appreciate in future. Though prices for the M3 CSL may well do given time.

Yes i know how demand and supply work.

Because porscheophiles are stark raving mad. But bully for anyone who's got a 4.0RS because they'll make a packet on it. Presumably CH is offering to put new tyres on his for £190k

However an interesting point was raised about these three 'specials' concerning what you get for the extra cost over the models they are based on. That would make for a very interesting comparison video, C63 Black vs C63, 3.8 GT3RS vs 4.0 GT3 RS and regular M3 vs M3 GTS. I bet the 3.8 RS is less than 3 seconds slower than the 4.0RS, especially round Anglesey, for starters.

Ooooh GTR V 911 video, thats only been done about a thousand times

Yes this would be very very interesting comparison for the future.

I am pretty sure the 3.8 litre version of the GT3 RS would be quicker than the BMW and Mercedes-Benz tested here.

You never have to use both, you just run the inertia reel around the back of the seat then use the harnesses if you don't have a dummy clip.