Green BMW M3 Competition G80, three-quarter front view

BMW M3 (G80)

2021– · 3.0L twin-turbo S58 · manual available · RWD/xDrive
7.0 / 10
Involvement 7.5 / 10
Miles actually driven7.5
Bought to drive, not to flip7.0
Track-day sightingscontext · not scored5.5

Reference — shown, never scored

Handling · Base manual (non-Comp) RWD8.4
Power-to-weight · commitment zone273 hp/t
473 hp · 1,730 kg

Why 7.0: The grille argument never stopped; the cars got driven anyway. Manual take rate healthy, wagons and sedans doing family duty at speed — the M3 brief, intact.

DougScore 68 / 100Weekend 34/50 · Daily 34/502021 M3 (G80) · dougdemuro.com

Market value

Median asking price, good condition · $75k (2021) → $57k (2026), trending down · illustrative data

$57k$75k20212026$57k

The long version

The internet spent two years arguing about the grille while actual buyers quietly optioned three pedals in respectable numbers and used the car as intended — a sedan that turns school-run duty into a back-road blast without anyone noticing the switch. Values have slid steadily since launch, ordinary depreciation for a car that isn't being hoarded, which is itself a sign of health: nobody's protecting a G80 as an investment, they're driving it down in value the normal way. The styling debate turned out to be noise; the ownership pattern underneath it is the most conventional story on this list.

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