1988 BMW M3 with M5 V10 for $224,500

[mark0006]

Insane price and insane build.





From the article:
Everyone knows about the crazy prices for BMW E30 M3s, but this one even shocked us more as the seller wants $224,500 ”“ and it's not even a stock model!

24 pictures and full article

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[Simon13]

dreamer springs to mind

[ImysE30]

Crazy yanks

[mark0006]

He probably spent that much on the car, but that doesn't mean it is worth that much.

[Cypriotgeeza]

Insane car! I would love to have a go in that

[KW355]

Mine must be worth at least $220000 then

[LondonTom]

He probably spent that much on the car, but that doesn't mean it is worth that much.

I'm struggling to see where $200k could be spent?

[ross_jsy]

He probably spent that much on the car, but that doesn't mean it is worth that much.

I'm struggling to see where $200k could be spent?

IIRC it's essentially an m5 with a e30 m3 body grafted on top. So purchase price of m5, purchase price of m3 and a professional workshop building it. I can see it racking up. It's not your usual engine conversion.

Does that mean it's worth a quarter of a million dollars? Pfft

[ross_jsy]

I stand corrected. They actually purchased the motor, subframes etc:

http://www.pipermotorsport.com/blogs/ne ... franken-m3

I remember the build thread, the fabrication was insane

[magpie]

that rear Axel set up

[bss325i]

It's an E92 front and rear axle.

[glenn]

Mine must be worth at least $220000 then

I let you have it too cheap, keith

[HairyScreech]

It's pretty much a short wheel base E9x with a V10.

Dread to think what the steering/suspension geometry works out to. Expect it has some pretty bad manners when pushed.

[Demlotcrew]

Looks like it has about £30k worth of electrics/control ECU's so very east to see where the budget would be spent on custom fabrication and the hours spent integrating all the different aspects of the build.