M3 Depreciation Long term

[marting]

Depreciation is always huge during the first few years of a cars life, but what sort of price drops do you experience after the first three years of ownership?

I've seen quite a few calculators out there that predict the first three years of depreciation, but how does this stack up in say year 4 and 5?

Any help with my man maths would be great!

[darreni]

Look at current E46 prices at the ages you mention, no reason to think the E92 won't follow the same path.

[Nedzilla]

As with all bmw M cars......it wont be worth a carrot in a few years time.Great for second hand buyers,but you must be mad to buy a new one.

[marting]

Exactly what I'm thinking, I'm considering a 2008 E92 at the moment, alot of car for the money... I wonder if the launch of the 2014 model will influence second hand prices?

[Nedzilla]

marting said:

Exactly what I'm thinking, I'm considering a 2008 E92 at the moment, alot of car for the money... I wonder if the launch of the 2014 model will influence second hand prices?

They will keep dropping.I bought an E46 m3 in 2007 when it was 4yrs old for £25k and thought it wouldn't lose much more.I sold it for £10k albeit nearly 5 yrs later.

[Yanto]

marting said:

Exactly what I'm thinking, I'm considering a 2008 E92 at the moment, alot of car for the money... I wonder if the launch of the 2014 model will influence second hand prices?

It definitely will.

Great car, but supply/demand will surely force it into the same depreciation curve as E46.

[davey68]

Like most car's now, people want more than performance. Car's that average 20mpg with high tax/running cost's will continue to depreciate heavily I'm afraid. Sad but true.

[andygtt]

They will depricate hard until they reach 10k then steadily drop to 5k then settle!

They will hold between 5-10k because they then become a desirable 'cheap' track day car.

All iMHO

[contracttor]

For rough numbers look at the 3yr from new depreciation percentage and use that for yrs 3-6. Eg.

Year Val Dep %
new 86000
1
2
3 39000 45.3
4
5
6 17500 44.9
7
8
9 7500 42.9

ETA e63 M6 used in example (year 9 is a guess)

[Boogsie]

Isn't the spares value higher than that though?