M3, M5 or C63AMG?

[finmac]

Wondering what's the best bet in terms of purchase price, driveability and slowest depreciation?

E90 M3 saloon
E60 M5
AMG saloon

[anonymous-user]

They'll all cost huge amounts new, depreciate like a lead balloon, and all be utterly wonderful to drive. Second hand, they'll all be amazing value for money, but if you want the lowest 'whole life cost' (price to buy, reliability, but with that level of performance, etc, etc) I'd take a punt on an IS-F.

I know it wasn't in your original list, but hey, I thought of all of those, and then bought an IS-F. Worked for me

[roystinho]

I'd say the C63 would depreciate the least, depending on what price point you're buying obviously.

[rix]

had ham said:

I know it wasn't in your original list, but hey, I thought of all of those, and then bought an IS-F. Worked for me

What's the auto box like on the IS-F?

[finmac]

Sorry, should have said they would all be second hand budget around £25k ish.

ISF? To be honest I had forgotten about them! Interested to hear your ownership experiences..... Cheers

[davepoth]

The way I figure it, I'd never be able to properly exploit the performance of the BMWs. I would be able to exploit the noise of the C63 a lot though.

[ensignia]

RS4.

[pete higham]

I have just come back to manchester from harrogate in a c63 and jesus christ!!

I want one!

[mannyg]

ensignia said:

RS4.

Agreed. The RS4 has a reputation of being a great car and was made in significantly less numbers than the M3 (3 or 4x the yearly sales in the UK).

Also, the later M3 might be a fantastic vehicle, but so is the e46 and you can see where prices are now.

[roystinho]

davepoth said:

The way I figure it, I'd never be able to properly exploit the performance of the BMWs. I would be able to exploit the noise of the C63 a lot though.

This. A friend is thinking about getting the M3. If he does I'm gonna slap him for not getting the C63. Then I'm gonna go and buy one myself and sit outside his house revving it all day long

[bompey]

It depends what your timeframe and appetite for big bills is. There are some great lease deals and for say 2 years at £500-600 per month you could be in a brand new C63/E63/M3/M5. The fact that it's brand new with a warranty gave me piece of mind and I have placed my order. If you buy a 3-4 year old one that still costs say £30-40k you will drop a similar amount in depreciation and could still have large bills.

Bompey

[darreni]

finmac said:

Wondering what's the best bet in terms of purchase price, driveability and slowest depreciation?

E90 M3 saloon
E60 M5
AMG saloon

M3 CSL, it'll be worth at least what you paid for it when the time comes, if not a little more.

Oh, they drive quite well too.

[Nohedes]

The C63 has a great engine but about as much traction as teflon slippers on laminate flooring. In the M3 you'll enjoy the corners more than the straights and the BMW V8 doesn't exactly disappoint aurally.

[jjr1]

The ISF is cheap as chips to buy will return 25mpg easily, costs nothing to service or maintain and is easily as much fun as the alternatives .......

90,000 miles in one so I know what I am talking about.

[Leins]

darreni said:

M3 CSL, it'll be worth at least what you paid for it when the time comes, if not a little more.

Oh, they drive quite well too.

+1

Briefly thought about some of the cars stated here, but for me the CSL was just so much more exciting

[Paul48]

C63 all day long. I have one, a coupe with the performance pack upgrade. This car has M3s for breakfast and then lunches on M5s. Seriously a genius of a car. And the noise......!

[Amirhussain]

Paul48 said:

C63 all day long. I have one, a coupe with the performance pack upgrade. This car has M3s for breakfast and then lunches on M5s. Seriously a genius of a car. And the noise......!

E60 M5 has 507 bhp, C63 has 450, don't think its going to 'lunch' it?

[mackie1]

C63

[billzeebub]

E93 M3 Vert for me

[-Z-]

Amirhussain said:

E60 M5 has 507 bhp, C63 has 450, don't think its going to 'lunch' it?

Performance pack may mean he has 487bhp.

Vids on youtube of them pulling away from F10 M5s, let alone the e60.

See:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBIeOmdzVJo&fe...

And

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlDVhHZNdn4&fe...