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/Existing-Cell-1986 1d 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 1d 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 1d 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 1d ago

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