BMW 3 Series (E46)

E46 3SERIES CARSTOCKSPECIALTY
$3.5K ▼ $2.5K (−42.0%)12 mo
BUILDINGStill gathering enough sold history to call this market.
Insufficient comps · 0 sold comps
Fair value$3.5K ($3.1K–$3.9K)
Typical ask$4.8K
Recent sold
Current valueInsufficient
12-mo trendRoughly flat · 5-in-10 up
Buyer: Too few confirmed sales to anchor a fair price — treat the number as a rough guide.
Seller: Thin sold history here; comparable sales are limited — price conservatively.
Watcher: Not enough confirmed sales yet — worth a watch as data accrues.

Flagged undervalued because inventory -0%.

What It's Actually Worth

Blended value of a standard 12 yr, 50k mi example, ~$3.5K now. The green line weighs confirmed auction sales most heavily (the amber dots — what cars actually hammered for), blends in fast-selling "just-missed" listings, and lightly smooths out month-to-month composition noise.

2015-01 2026-08 $6.4K $3.2K
━ blended true value ● confirmed auction sales (dot size = volume)
◫ 3 confirmed sales (3 auction)·11 sales tracked·27 months tracked·since 2015-01·2289 active listings

Auction Scorecard live

Live now — calling it before the gavel

We're currently tracking 4 open auctions in this market. Here's our predicted hammer range for each — check back after they close.

ClosesCarSourceOur predicted range
open 2002 · 111k mi ebay $1.9K–$6.8K ($3.5K)
open 2000 · 112k mi classic $1.9K–$6.8K ($3.5K)
open 2006 · 84k mi classic $2.0K–$7.2K ($3.8K)
open 1999 · 89k mi classic $2.0K–$7.2K ($3.8K)

No-lookahead: predictions are made before each auction closes; the scorecard grades confirmed sold auctions only (no-sales excluded). A modeled estimate, not a guarantee. Data-backed market intelligence, not a guaranteed prediction. Figures are modeled estimates from asking prices, sold comps, and public economic indicators; they can be wrong. Not financial advice.

Where We Think It's Headed

Probability and range, not a single number. Wider = less certain (not bigger gains).

Forecast pendingWe need ~12 months of history to model where this market is headed.
HorizonDirectionProbabilityConfidencePast accuracy
6 mo FLAT 50% Low
12 mo FLAT 50% Low
24 mo FLAT 50% Low

Data-backed market intelligence, not a guaranteed prediction. Figures are modeled estimates from asking prices, sold comps, and public economic indicators; they can be wrong. Not financial advice.

If You’d Bought in 2015

$100K invested 2015-01 → today (11.6 yrs), this car vs where else you could've put the money. Rebased to 100 at the start; the dashed line is inflation (break-even).

$58.0K$404K$349K$431K$202K 2015 2026 502 100
━ This car $58.0K━ S&P 500 $404K━ Gold $349K━ Luxury $431K━ Housing $202K₿ Bitcoin ×292 (off-scale)
Lost ground to inflation. The BMW 3 Series (E46) roughly 0.6×'d your money (a real 59% LOSS to inflation). It LAGGED the stock market by about 86% — the same money in the S&P 500 would be larger. It trailed housing (-71%). (Price only — a real round-trip also loses ~10–20% to buy/sell fees and carrying costs.)
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Economic Drivers

We map every market against ~35 economic indicators — equities, rates, luxury demand, credit, housing — to find what leads its prices. This market needs a bit more confirmed sold history before those signals are reliable; it will appear automatically as data accrues.

Why We Think This

Appreciation Momentum
69
Undervaluation
65
Liquidity
42
Speculation Opportunity
51
Depreciation Risk
56
Overvaluation
57
inventory -0% inventory trend slope
asking trend +0.3%/mo median asking trend slope
sale prices -1.5%/mo median sale trend slope
26% of listings cutting price price drop frequency
new-listing velocity 2% of active new listing velocity
60 days on market median days on market

Current Inventory Snapshot

Active priced listings2289
Median fair value$12,311
Avg deal score56/100

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Recent Signals & Alerts

Data-backed market intelligence, not a guaranteed prediction. Figures are modeled estimates from asking prices, sold comps, and public economic indicators; they can be wrong. Not financial advice.