CS vs. GTS Depreciation

[Germanauto]

Was at BMW Seattle yesterday...///M4 GTS with only a few thousand miles going for ~$85,000.

Holy depreciation.

[IB M]

Originally Posted by Germanauto

Was at BMW Seattle yesterday...///M4 GTS with only a few thousand miles going for ~$85,000.

Holy depreciation.

Makes me wonder where CS prices will be in 18 months. If they settle in the same ballpark or even down to high 70s it will still be less than half the depreciation of the GTS.

[Germanauto]

Originally Posted by IB M

Makes me wonder where CS prices will be in 18 months. If they settle in the same ballpark or even down to high 70s it will still be less than half the depreciation of the GTS.

There was a beautiful San Marino Blue M3 CS sitting three cars down stickered at around $115,000.

After seeing how much value that GTS and all the other CPO cars in that row have lost after a few thousand miles it just seems like a waste to me. Buy that CS new, drive it for a few months, and you will have flushed $40,000 down the drain.

[IB M]

Originally Posted by Germanauto

There was a beautiful San Marino Blue M3 CS sitting three cars down stickered at around $115,000.

After seeing how much value that GTS and all the other CPO cars in that row have lost after a few thousand miles it just seems like a waste to me. Buy that CS new, drive it for a few months, and you will have flushed $40,000 down the drain.

I'm thinking that CS would sell at $105k or $10k off, and is worth $75k in a year so yeah about $30K up in smoke.

Most GTS sold at sticker so they dropped about $45k in two years. I bet the GTS will hold near $85k and low mile examples may even appreciate over next 10 years.

I'm out about $20k in value after two years on my basic ‘17 ZCP ($72k to $52k) but I've done 30k miles on her.

All in all M3s are a money loser, that said they are a smile maker. You have to enjoy the ride to justify the money spent.

[HPIA4v2]

Originally Posted by Germanauto

There was a beautiful San Marino Blue M3 CS sitting three cars down stickered at around $115,000.

After seeing how much value that GTS and all the other CPO cars in that row have lost after a few thousand miles it just seems like a waste to me. Buy that CS new, drive it for a few months, and you will have flushed $40,000 down the drain.

At least @Bellagio LV when you flush $40K, they give you a suite with an escort for free, make the night of your life

[Germanauto]

Originally Posted by HPIA4v2

At least @Bellagio LV when you flush $40K, they give you a suite with an escort for free, make the night of your life

Loll

[mrmoua2u]

Cheapest one i found for sale so far is $86k with 1900 miles.

Plus an used blue CS with 3k miles for $90k.. dropping fast!!

[Circuit Hunter]

In my opinion the CS will be more valuable than the GTS as time goes on. The GTS is just not that attractive, the orange accents turn off a lot of people regardless of the performance increase over the CS.

[Darth One]

Originally Posted by HPIA4v2

At least @Bellagio LV when you flush $40K, they give you a suite with an escort for free, make the night of your life

But in my case I only have use of the suite for the night and the escort for 3 minutes. I'll take the GTS

[IB M]

Originally Posted by Circuit Hunter

In my opinion the CS will be more valuable than the GTS as time goes on. The GTS is just not that attractive, the orange accents turn off a lot of people regardless of the performance increase over the CS.

Interesting thought. The GTS is more rare, has more HP with water injection, has more hardware with roll cage and wing etc ...

but I agree the CS is more visually appealing, is also rare-ish and is wearing better looking shoes. Should be interesting to watch.

[CanAutM3]

Originally Posted by IB M

Interesting thought. The GTS is more rare, has more HP with water injection, has more hardware with roll cage and wing etc ...

but I agree the CS is more visually appealing, is also rare-ish and is wearing better looking shoes. Should be interesting to watch.

I also think that the CS can be more appealing to a larger crowd due to its greater practicality as a daily driver. The GTS is street legal, but it is only really meant to be driven to and from the track. Some more hardcore enthousiasts might be willing to live with the compromises the GTS offers on a daily basis, but it is a rather limited crowd.

As for production volumes, I think they will be fairly close between the M4CS and M4GTS allocated to the US.

That being said, the CS should depreciate at the same rate as a normal M3/4 IMO.

[nbennettksu]

Originally Posted by Darth One

But in my case I only have use of the suite for the night and the escort for 3 minutes. I'll take the GTS

escorts make you use condoms, those add like 8 mins.

So I'm told.