Is it Worth Buying a Used BMW i8 in 2022?
Originally posted on February 9, 2022
It’s hard to find a good deal on used cars in this current automotive market. That’s especially true for sports cars, as we’ve seen even modest sports cars sell for comically high prices on the used market, more so on auctions sites such as Bring-A-Trailer. However, there are still a few nuggets on the market, sports cars that haven’t skyrocketed in value just yet and could be worth buying right now. One of which is the BMW i8, a car that was underappreciated while it was on sale but could be seeing a bit of a resurgence.
During the final years of the i8’s production, it wore an MSRP sticker price of $148,495 for Coupe and $164,295 for Roadster, which was almost 911 GT3 or Audi R8 V10 money. So you can see why customers saw superior value elsewhere. Though, the BMW i8 was so much more than the sum of its parts.
Which makes the fact that you can get a nice BMW i8 for under $75,000 astonishing. Think about that for a moment; for around $70,000, you can either have the brand-new BMW M4 or a carbon-tubbed, mid-engine, plug-in hybrid supercar that looks like a spaceship. Is the M4 a better driver’s car? Yes. Will it be as cool in ten years? Almost certainly not.
Will Likely Appreciate In Value
Automotive appreciation is a helluva thing. It seems that the only factor in whether a car appreciates is its intrigue. Quirky cars seem to appreciate far better than normal cars, even sporty ones. Which means cars like the BMW i8 might become very desirable in the coming years, especially as customers’ desire to not hurt the planet as they enjoy their sports cars grows.
Read the full article here:
https://www.bmwblog.com/2022/02/09/buying-used-bmw-i8-2022/
