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I believe this car has been used properly, including some hill climbs etc. Isn't it 1 of 3 sold in NZ? Two Mineral Grey, and the other is Frozen Grey?

Has anyone seen manual F80 M3's in NZ? And did BMW NZ bring any in? I guess there aren't any Comp packs?

Surely there is more than 3 in NZ? I know of a pale green one in HB that was imported within the last 24 months, and a car collector based in who purchased one in new.

The title is wrong, it’s an E46 not an E36.

There are x2 NZ new, x3 UK imports in NZ.

It was a $1 reserve auction as well.

Its sold earlier in the year for 44K done 9,000kms less.

Two pre production CSL's wasn't it? Including the ex BMW Driver training car that I believe was crashed by a young tech "taking the long way home"?

As well as this pre series management car I see there are also 5 other early VIN 2000 E46 M3's in NZ. They are all marked "Development veh. w/out preservation". Of those I believe one is the first ever RHD SMG E46 M3.

Along those lines yes. Remember proper production for RHD E46 M3's didn't kick off till 2/2001 and this car is a 2000 build.

Its a pre series management car that came into NZ with just 212kms on it. My guess is that BMW NZ imported it as they bring a few pre series management cars in. Also worth noting this is the 14th RHD E46 M3 to be built.

Just wondering if there would be more F10 M5 imports than NZ new? I thought this could be the case from when the pound was weak when the cars were new?

https://www.turners.co.nz/Damaged-Vehicles/Damaged-Cars-for-Sale/bmw/m-series/15919713 & http://www.manheim.co.nz/damaged-vehicles/000000000005258599/2002-bmw-m3-coupé?referringPage=SearchResults

http://www.manheim.co.nz/damaged-vehicles/000000000005221403/2002-bmw-m3-convertible?referringPage=SearchResults

A written off project car popped up on a NZ Facebook page yesterday. It turns out that it is meant to be NZ new? Does anyone know how many NZ new 3.0 4 door E36 M3's were sold? https://carjam.co.nz/car/?plate=tx9595

Im one of the people that have commented on the FB thread. I saw the car at OCD when I was last in Auckland back in August and was disappointed in some of the panel gaps and paint (front drivers corner), thought I could see that its a well loved car. As for your prices, this car has essentially been put together with 2 written off cars so your figures are incorrect. Say less than 2K for a damaged Touring and 15K for a written off M3? Yes there is a lot of time thats gone into this build, but if you have the donor M3 it helps a lot (like any conversion). Question? Whats a E46 318CI worth thats been converted into an M3 by using a written off M3 as a donor?

Is the factory manual E60 gearbox just the same out of the E39? From what I have read the V8 ratios don't suit the V10?

Nothing M Technic about this car parts from it being registered as "M TECHNIC" . . . The options don't show any of the below from factory: LSD Body kit M Suspension M Steering wheel

Thats the car Tom.

Lots of kms, but would have been a cool car: http://www.manheim.co.nz/damaged-vehicles/4984802/1992-bmw-m5-sedan?referringPage=SearchResults

Why better off from the US? The have a number if different changes to the rest of the world.

Maybe 95% would be LHD. The will be Japanese new. For example all of the Japanese allocation of E46 M3 CSL's are LHD.

Driven either?

Well for starters they will be LHD.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLU6QiAoybM