Some people get to have all the fun, don’t they? Although it seems as though the person behind this ridiculous collection of BMWs didn’t want to have too much fun, because they’re all now heading to auction with remarkably few miles on their respective clocks.
Referred to as The Best of M Collection, they're set to be sold by RM Sotheby’s in Munich later this month, and yes, we have noticed the 2002 Turbo, Z1, and Alpina Roadster V8 sneaking in there.
But what else is in the collection? Well, after the 2002 Turbo, the second oldest of the lot is an example of the very first M-badged car, a 1980 BMW M1. Getting younger from there, you’ve also got a 1990 M3 Sport Evolution and a 1992 E30 M3 Cabrio.
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Clearly, this particular collector was a fan of M3s, because you’ve then got a 1995 E36 M3 Cabrio in glorious Dakar Yellow paint, plus a ’95 E36 M3 GT in British Racing Green. The latter is actually one of the highest mileage cars in the collection, with just over 70,800km covered in its 30 years of life.
Next up is a 2000 Z3 M Roadster (also in Dakar Yellow) that was delivered new to Japan and has just 3,200km on its clock. That perhaps goes some way to justifying the punchy upper estimate of around £70,000 (around P5.46 million). Yikes.
You’ve then got an E46 M3 Cabrio and a Clownshoe Z3 M Coupe, both from 2002, before a 2003 M3 CSL and that Z8-based, auto-only Alpina Roadster V8 from the same year. RM Sotheby’s estimates the Alpina could sell for £330,000 (around P25.75 million).
You’ve then got a pair of Z4 Ms—a coupe and a roadster—before perhaps our favorite lot of all, an E92 M3 GTS from 2010. Fewer than 150 were made, and this one has only covered 175km so far—criminally low mileage. You’re then looking at an even more rare 2011 M3 CRT with just 167km on its clock, before you get into the 2012 1M Coupe and the 2016 M2 Coupe.
We’d probably be content with all of the above, but there’s also a 2016 M4 GTS, a 2017 M3 30 Jahre Edition, and then two G82s in the form of a ’23 M4 CSL and the ridiculously titled M4 Edition 50 Jahre BMW M.
Some quick Top Gear maths tells us that if every car here sells for its maximum estimate, the whole collection could fetch as much as £3.1 million (around P241.9 million). Wonder if they’re offering a discount for selling them all as a job lot?
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NOTE: This story first appeared on TopGear.com. Minor edits have been made.
