Driver who paid more than $100,000 for BMW M5 let it go for $18,000
- This BMW M5 cost $100,000+ when it was new
- This one has done 92,500 miles
- It sold for less than $18,000
Published on Mar 03, 2025 at 7:13 PM (UTC+4)
by Alessandro Renesis
Last updated on Mar 04, 2025 at 9:37 AM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Tom Wood
A BMW owner in Arizona sold a BMW M5 F10 for a fraction of the original price.
The BMW M5 can age like milk, depending on the model, whereas other are like fine wine.
Some variants hold on to their value quite well, while others don’t, and this BMW owner found out the hard way.
This BMW M5 had cost its owner over $100,000, and they let it go for less than $18,000.
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Why this M5 was so cheap
There are a million things to consider when it comes to the value of a used car.
Ironically, the original price is not always very high on that particular list.
That’s the case with this BMW M5 F10, a 2013 model, which had an MSRP of $107,025 when it was new, and it now sold for $17,750.
At this point, most people would be tempted to look for the inevitable catch, but there isn’t one because this M5 aged just fine and doesn’t come with any specific flaws or damage, aside from the usual marks and signs here and there.
And it’s ‘only’ done 92,500 miles, which is not that much for a 12-year-old car.
When all is said and done, this is probably because the V8 that powers this car doesn’t change the fact this is just a generic sedan.
This explains why the average selling price for a 2013 BMW M5 is around $37,000, (way) less than half the retail price when it was new.
Is the BMW M5 a good buy?
One of the reasons why car people love the M5 is that it looks just like a regular sedan, but it goes like a rocket.
This model, the F10, has twin-turbocharged 4.4-liter V8 with 553 horsepower, and it does 0-60 in 3.7 seconds.
Every new M5 is more expensive – the current model costs way over $100,000 – and more powerful than the one before it, especially now with the new hybrid engine.
Generally speaking, most M5 models from the modern era depreciate quite quickly.
This is partly due to the fact that collectors and buyers see older models, the one Mate Rimac owns for example, as being romantic.
