The Official Bring A Trailer (BaT) Thread

[Slideways]

Nice car but a little taken aback by the selling price, is this really where the market is now on a clean, reasonably well sorted build with moderate milage?

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/20...-m3-coupe-240/

Keep in mind that you are competing with dealers on BaT. This has its issues.

[BlueBimmers]

Nice car but a little taken aback by the selling price, is this really where the market is now on a clean, reasonably well sorted build with moderate milage?

I'd say no, two motivated bidders kept the price rising. Otherwise it would have settled around the price paid in 2023.

[TexaZ3]

It's basically an almost new, extremely limited M-Spec Nur.

I might be in the minority here, but GT-R34 driving experience is definitely not $440k, no matter what spec of a car that is. Its kinda meh to be honest.

[Consum3r]

Nice car but a little taken aback by the selling price, is this really where the market is now on a clean, reasonably well sorted build with moderate milage?

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2004-bmw-m3-coupe-240/

[DJAM3]

I can't say I have much knowledge about Nissan but 444K seems a bit steep IMHO.

It's basically an almost new, extremely limited M-Spec Nur.

[Nate047]

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1996-bmw-m3-85/
Can't imagine how much it'd cost to replicate this.

You don't have to imagine, all the invoices are all there lol

This car is really sick and well known. I'm genuinely curious how it will do though because it does have flaws, and the reserve must be super high. My guess is this will be the highest selling modified E36 by far, but not in GT / LTW territory.

[01SG]

All the same factors that make an NA M3 pull up to $200k (icon status, a symbol of the best of its time, way more of an analog thrill machine than most modern cars) – plus it's rarer on these shores, has more cult status from Gran Turismo and Fast & Furious, and has a much stronger record of dominance in racing (e.g. the R32 generation broke a couple of racing series). And however easy it is to argue that BMW peaked with any given M3, it's far easier to argue that Nissan peaked with the Skyline GT-R.

As we know, when it comes to sale values, all these factors tend to multiply rather than add to each other...

This, and take into account that the special edition M3s are almost as expensive. E46 CSLs and E36 LTWs have sold over 300k I believe.

[IamFODI]

I can't say I have much knowledge about Nissan but 444K seems a bit steep IMHO.

All the same factors that make an NA M3 pull up to $200k (icon status, a symbol of the best of its time, way more of an analog thrill machine than most modern cars) – plus it's rarer on these shores, has more cult status from Gran Turismo and Fast & Furious, and has a much stronger record of dominance in racing (e.g. the R32 generation broke a couple of racing series). And however easy it is to argue that BMW peaked with any given M3, it's far easier to argue that Nissan peaked with the Skyline GT-R.

As we know, when it comes to sale values, all these factors tend to multiply rather than add to each other...

[MathewM3]

$444k!

I can't say I have much knowledge about Nissan but 444K seems a bit steep IMHO.

[stephen]

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1996-bmw-m3-85/

Can't imagine how much it'd cost to replicate this.

[IamFODI]

Crazy. How do we get parts for that thing? I guess if one can pay $444k, that's not a concern. Asking for a friend though...

Someone close to me has an R32. He says Nissan has started bringing parts for that car into the US through their regular parts channels. IDK if they also do that for R33 and R34, but I feel like it'd be weird if they didn't.

Also, if I were a parts wholesaler or retailer and saw people dropping that kind of coin on these cars, I'd be adding some parts to my catalog like yesterday. I'd imagine, if there aren't already a lot of sources for parts for these cars, there will be soon.

[PSUEng]

$444k!

Crazy. How do we get parts for that thing? I guess if one can pay $444k, that's not a concern. Asking for a friend though...

[Nate047]

$444k!

Jesus Christ 😂

[Keith_MN]

Here this is way cooler

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/20...n=Model_Update

$444k!

[0-60motorsports]

Doesn't it... I'd run black with blue speck CocoMats, but I know this crew doesn't care for them



maw

YES that would look good.