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Markets / BMW / M3 (E30) / E30 M3 · Value my car
Data through Sep 24, 2026
0 dealer sales since Sep 24, 2026
11 auction sales since Aug 2026
0 listed for sale today
Median sold price · All years Thin sample
$0
Typical range $0 to $0
90-day change
NaN%
$0k to $0k median, 0 sales in last 90 days
Sales since Sep 24
0
Median 0 days to sell
For sale now
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Asking $0k median
Median miles
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Listed now 0
vs. original sticker
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MSRP $0k median

What is my E30 M3 worth?

Enter your car and we'll estimate its market value from the dealer and auction sales on this page, then show what you'd walk away with at auction, selling to a dealer, or listing it yourself.

Typical All years sells with 0 miles.
Weissach package (992 and 991.2 only)
Color
Special: Shark Blue, Lizard Green, Python Green, Voodoo Blue and similar.
Condition
History report
Estimated market value · 1991 E30 M3 Thin sample
$0
Only a handful of recent All years sales, so treat this as a starting point and get an appraisal.
Our recommendation: Sell to a dealer

An auction would net only about $NaN more than a dealer offer, which isn't worth the weeks of waiting and the risk of a no-sale. Take the dealer's money.

Online auction

Expected hammer price
$NaN
Likely range $NaNk to $NaNk. Suggested reserve $NaN.
Hammer price
$NaN
Listing fee (BaT Plus)
−$349
Detail, photos, inspection
−$1,500
You keep
$NaN
Buyer also pays a $NaN fee on top. About 3 to 6 weeks from submission to payment. All years auctions have run Infinity% over dealer prices (9 sales).

Sell to a dealerRecommended

Expected offer
$0
Typical offers $0k to $0k.
Market value
$0
Dealer margin, recon, holding
−12%
You keep
$0
Paid in a day or two, no fees. Dealers are sharpest when a generation turns fast; All years cars sell in a median 0 days.

List it yourself

Suggested asking price
$0
Expect to settle near $0.
Likely sale price
$0
Ads, detail, inspection
−$1,000
You keep
$-1,000
Most money on paper, but plan on 0 or more days, strangers at your house, and handling payment and title yourself.
Closest comparable sales by mileage
SourceMilesPrice
1988, Bring a Trailer0$34,250 High bid, no sale
1988, Cars & Bids51,100$120,000
1990, Collecting Cars59,378$66,000
1990, Bring a Trailer72,000$53,000

How this is built: a price-vs-mileage curve fit to 0 dealer sales (thin). Weissach, color, condition and history adjustments are starting assumptions until we have enough tagged sales to measure them. Auction fees are Bring a Trailer's current schedule (buyer pays 5%, capped at $7,500). This is an estimate, not an offer.

Price trend by generation

Median sold price per month for the 0 generations with enough sales to chart. The 997 cars trade too thinly for a monthly line; their sales are in the table below.

* partial month · points need 3+ sales
Feb*MarAprMayJunJulAugSep*

Price vs. mileage, All years

Only 0 All years sales in the window, too few for a mileage curve. Individual results are in the model-year and recent-sales tables.

By model year

Sold results by model year. The 2011 figures include the RS 4.0, a 600-car run that sells at a large premium to the standard 997.2.

Model yearGenerationSoldMedian priceMedian miles

Color premium, all

Median sold price by exterior color, colors with at least 5 sales.

ColorSoldMedianvs. White

Where they sell

Share of all E30 M3 sales by dealer state.

StateSalesShare

Auction results

The 13 most recent E30 M3 auctions across Bring a Trailer, Sotheby's Motorsport, Bonhams, Barrett-Jackson and Hagerty, from Old Cars Data. Hammer prices are what the car actually sold for; reserve-not-met rows show the high bid.

GenerationAuction salesAuction medianTheir median milesDealer medianDealer milesGap
all9$71,50079,000$00+Infinity%

Read the gap with care: most of the all auction cars were Weissach-package cars, and a few auction results per generation is a small sample. The 991 cars come in 5 to 7 percent under dealer asks at similar miles, roughly the room you'd expect between a dealer's asking price and a hammer price. The 997.1 figure is a single 33,780-mile car and says little about the generation.

EndedCarPlatformMilesResult
Sep 24, 20261988 E30 M3 allBring a Trailer166,000$59,500
Sep 23, 20261988 E30 M3 allCars & Bids51,100$120,000
Sep 23, 20261988 E30 M3 allBring a Trailer79,000$128,000
Sep 21, 20261989 E30 M3 allCars & Bids183,500$43,500
Sep 17, 20261988 E30 M3 allBring a Trailer0$34,250 High bid, no sale
Sep 17, 20261991 E30 M3 allCollecting Cars74,874$156,000
Sep 16, 20261987 E30 M3 Collecting Cars99,673$76,000
Sep 15, 20261990 E30 M3 allBring a Trailer72,000$53,000
Sep 14, 20261990 E30 M3 allCollecting Cars59,378$66,000
Sep 11, 20261988 E30 M3 allBring a Trailer97,000$73,000 High bid, no sale
Sep 4, 20261990 E30 M3 allBring a Trailer185,000$71,500
Sep 3, 20261987 E30 M3 Collecting Cars122,452$55,200
Aug 29, 20261991 E30 M3 allBring a Trailer87,000$80,500

Where the All years sells best

The same generation, venue by venue: how many came to auction, how many actually sold, and the median hammer. Enter your mileage in the value tool above and the sell page narrows this to cars like yours.

Best venue for this E30 M3: Bring a Trailer

Bring a Trailer is the only venue with enough All years results to judge: 5 All years sales, 71% sold.

VenueResultsSoldMedian hammervs. dealerTheir milesLatest
Bring a Trailer Best fit75 (71%)$71,500n/a87,0002026-09-24
Cars & Bids22 (100%)$81,750n/a117,3002026-09-23
Collecting Cars22 (100%)$111,000n/a67,1262026-09-17

Sold results only set the medians; reserve-not-met and withdrawn rows count against sell-through. Dealer median for the generation is $0. A venue needs at least 3 results and 2 sales to be recommended.

Recent dealer sales

The latest dealer sales with an advertised price.

SoldCarColorMilesPriceState

Generation guide

What changed between generations, and how each is trading against its original sticker.

All years

1988 to 1991
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