Bullwings

87-89 911 G50 Carrera

01-02 E38 m-coupe (S54). Only 660 units produced.

rob-2

Nothing says ugly like this

mosesbotbol

Well, I pay money every month for a car one way or the other. For me, the investment is the residual value for the car 3-5 years down the road isn't far off from what I paid for the car. Not looking for the car to make me money...

waltk88

I believe there were 678 S54 engined E38 M Coupes produced for the US. The rest of the world got another 434 units.

EricJT7

I think there shouldn't be much of any depreciation if any on an a fairly nice example of an air cooled 911, NSX, or e30 M3.

Bullwings

The "clown shoe." I love them - classic shooting brake design. It doesn't garner much unwanted attention from non-enthusiasts and is an awesome car to drive. If i were looking for a driver's car from BMW, this is it. At around the same price, i'd take it over an E30 M3.

And yes, i stand corrected on production numbers, but the point is essentially the same.

ChiHonda

Threadjack alert. I will build one of these one day.

879

I'm going to give you a relatively risky option:

The 996 Turbo.
Pros:
-It can be had in automatic, although that has proven to not help a car retain value most of the time
-Can be had in the 40k range
-Fast
-Stellar build quality
Cons:
-996
-Could depreciate more but demand has gone up as they have gone down in price therefore keeping the price where it's at... generally

Bullwings

^^^996 has the potential to be a collector in the regard that it is the only 911 that does NOT have the circular bug eyes.

My bro has a 996TT - awesome car to drive and with the wide body, still looks good. From a driving dynamics standpoint, Chris Harris has said that it's his favorite turbo - even over the 997.

vader1

I have not researched them myself but SakiGT posted in another thread some Tesla roadsters have hit the $50k mark. That might be worth looking into.