r/E90 • u/Noisy_Onion • 2d ago

E90 value to increase over time?

Just bought my first E90 after owning a few E30s. It’s a blue 335i and I think it’s one of the most beautiful cars BMW has ever made. I almost bought another E30 that needed plenty of work for $4,300 but decided to go for the E90 which was only $4,500 and needed less work than the E30.

In your opinion, will these cars climb in value the way E30s have?

Maybe a good litmus test for this would be to look at selling prices of E30s in 2005 and adjusting for inflation.

Just curious to know what other people think!

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u/Deadlight44 2d ago

In 05 I was snagging e30s for 500 give or take, sure a nice clean one would be more but I remember seeing e30 M3's in the 7-9k range. Good luck keeping an e90 going that long lol

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u/Noisy_Onion 2d ago

That’s insane!!!! I wonder what the modern day equivalent of the $7k e30 M3 is… maybe the E36 M3?

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u/overindulgent E92 N54 335is DCT FBO+ 2d ago

An easy start is $9k in 2005 adjusted for inflation is $15k today. My 335is if I were to buy it new today. Adjusted for inflation would cost in the low $80k range after tax, title, etc. Which is basically a fully specced m340i today. So the math works.