All E46 M3 owners

[iseedipp]

i never really thought that we were lucky or privledged i thought as the m3 as just another car I owned but i read today that from 2002-2006 there were only 40,467 E46 M3's sold in the United states, feel lucky if you own one feel even luckier if you own two cheers fellow ///M's

[BUFFBOY]

wow

what about australia ??/

how we find these statistics ?

[1q2w3e4r]

There's probably safely on or under a thousand in Aust going off those for sale.

[iseedipp]

i found my statistics at barnes and nobles, i was surfing through a magazine i believe Road and track, all i know is it had a pic of the new m3 on it and there the numbers were.

[deilenberger]

That's not particularly "rare" - rare is an M-Coupe (about 6,000 of them in the US from 1998-2002).. They are still holding their value quite nicely.

[iseedipp]

Originally Posted by deilenberger

That's not particularly "rare" - rare is an M-Coupe (about 6,000 of them in the US from 1998-2002).. They are still holding their value quite nicely.

thanks mister obvious. There's a reason the m coupe was rare though, and the resale on them isn't that good.

[DROPTOPKINGM3]

Even if there were 1,000,000 id still feel lucky.

[tdc]

Originally Posted by iseedipp

thanks mister obvious. There's a reason the m coupe was rare though, and the resale on them isn't that good.

True, the M-coupe was ahead of its time in terms of style. When it was first released most people disliked it, to say the least.

However, you will find that now the public opinion on them has done a complete 180 and tons of people covet them a great deal (myself included - I'd trade my M3 for a pristine 01-02).

As for the resale on them, you are sorely mistaken. They still command high 20's to mid 30's. That's pretty damn good resale if you ask me!

[PBR]

Can't remember where I read it, but someone referred to the M Coupe as the "unholy union between an hot dog and a roller-skate". I'm afraid imo, that it's a car for the strict purists.

[tdc]

I absolutely LOVE the E36/7 M-Coupes. I lovingly refer to it as the clown shoe.

[ArBrnSnpr]

Reminds me of a certain vehicle used by a pair of guys named Ace and Gary off Saturday night live.

[illmaticspeed]

Personally I love M Coupes, but they do remind me of a Civic hatchback.

[GERMAN]

i love the Mcoupe as well. but my heart is with the M3

[Nelson]

I want a shoe!

[Rascasee]

Originally Posted by iseedipp

i never really thought that we were lucky or privledged i thought as the m3 as just another car I owned but i read today that from 2002-2006 there were only 40,467 E46 M3's sold in the United states, feel lucky if you own one feel even luckier if you own two cheers fellow ///M's

We are lucky to be experiencing M3 ownership, but it's not because it's rare. 40K+ cars is just a production car. I owned one of 1300 or so F40s and that is thought to be high production.