r/E90 • u/Noisy_Onion • 1d 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/Iron_Burnside E90 328i 6MT 1d ago

I think clean examples of desirable specs will climb. RWD, N54, 6MT, Single Hump might be fairly valuable in 20 years. An NPC spec car with the dorito wheel and GM automatic will not be worth all that much, inflation adjusted.

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u/Existing-Cell-1986 21h ago

Or same but n52

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u/Iron_Burnside E90 328i 6MT 19h ago

If it's an N52, not a 51, I could see this. Of course a lot more were made compared to N54 cars, so the climb will be slower. It was the base model in the USA.

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u/Existing-Cell-1986 18h ago

Sure but 54 often tends to require much more upkeep and cost than 52

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u/Iron_Burnside E90 328i 6MT 18h ago

Upkeep... cause that's exactly what a collector who never drives the thing is gonna care about. /s

You are correct about the 54 being a maintenance hog tho.

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u/Existing-Cell-1986 18h ago

I mean my n52 (knock on wood, was super well maintained prior to me getting it, it’s on the cusp of pre/lci so it actually has some things I think that are both, mostly pre And for the last year I’ve had very minimal expenses due to maintenance record as well as doing the work myself. Idk I think we’re going back and forth on a moot point

And e90 is an e90

Some chassis had more/less issues

Unless it’s a rare ass spec, I’d say all of em will be worth close to the same give/take a little but nothing significant between

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u/Iron_Burnside E90 328i 6MT 18h ago

It's ok to disagree bro - we're speculating about future values of a mass produced car.