Fifth gear says e30 are On the rise

[shameson]

the good part about them increasing in value is they will attract more mature, responsible owners... Not kids that just want a car to slide around their neighborhood.

+1

[MR E30 325is]

I stumbled across this when I was helping my buddy pick out an E30.

E30's I would have paid 2-2.5k a couple of years ago are going for 4-5k today.

Makes me happy to have one, but shit, I need another one bad.

[Wschnitz]

The good part about them increasing in value is they will attract more mature, responsible owners... not kids that just want a car to slide around their neighborhood.

This +1

[nando]

Im thinking a RHD E30 335Ix touring in RHD is the best possible combination.

there are no RHD ix's

also, these are german cars. german cars aren't supposed to be RHD.

[flyboyx]

out of curiosity, (unless you deliver mail) why would you want rhd? novelty? to be different perhaps?

at least for me, it would be kind of a negative.

[reelizmpro]

Because it's JDM, Australian, UKDM yo.

[MT325is]

Screw getting a subi as my next car, need to find another e30!

[LJ851]

E30, i know my dick's on the rise.

[tcvd]

Ya with frank ocean buying up touigs and m3s and shit no wonder all these wtb ads are popping up on the craigs.. Luckily theyre all looking for "low mileage cars"....

[VAE30FTW]

The good part about them increasing in value is they will attract more mature, responsible owners... not kids that just want a car to slide around their neighborhood.

This,

I refuse to sell any of my cars to a kid, teenager. only selling to 30+ plus year olds that want a well sorted and taken care of example.

[atmobenzin]

there are no RHD ix's

also, these are german cars. german cars aren't supposed to be RHD.

Over here in Europe tourings have little to no value. Swapped car will also always be less valuable than all original one.

[Kevinl]

Over here in Europe tourings have little to no value. Swapped car will also always be less valuable than all original one.

Send all the tourings over here

[E30Strube]

The kids are what are driving up the price. Simple supply and demand. The E30 is a nice, reasonably priced (at least right now), rwd, fun to drive car. The demand will drop once the prices escalate beyond some point. What that price is becomes anyone's guess. People aren't buying the E30 and storing them in a garage with the idea that it will be a money maker.

[agent]

The kids are what are driving up the price. Simple supply and demand.

Kids wrecking them maybe, though I think the more significant driving force has been SpecE30 and the part-out market that primarily exists - and has been thriving - as a result of it.

[blasphemy101]

The cost of used cars in general (at least in the US) has increased in the past couple of years. What 5th Gear says about the price of an E30 in the UK is going to have very little impact on E30 prices in the US.

I don't think you'll ever see standard E30s going for pristine M3 prices...