E36 M3 values have appreciated substantially over the survey period, with clean examples moving from $8-12k around 2016-2018, to $15-25k by 2020-2022, to $25-40k+ for low-mileage or rare-spec examples by 2023-2025; commenters frame this as long-overdue collector recognition while noting recent softening for typical examples (most data from 2020-2025 listings).
Market appreciation trajectory 2015-2026
BMW E36 M3 (US-market, 1995-1999) · value-and-market