Last year wasn’t just a record sales year for BMW across all models, but it was also the best year the M3 has ever had since it went on sale 40 years ago. That’s right, in 2025, BMW sold about 71,500 M3s. Wild.
What also makes this impressive is that BMW has split the M3 and M4 off, so these numbers only include the M3 sedan and, in places outside the U.S., the M3 Touring.
Of course, it’s not shocking that the M3’s sales were so impressive. Regardless of how it looks, it’s one of the best-driving sports sedans on the market today, and one of the very few that still offers a manual gearbox.
Now, it’s hard to compare this with competitors, since sales data for specific trims like the Mercedes C63 or Cadillac CT4 V Blackwing isn’t available. However, we can put it in perspective. In the entire seven-year production run of the E36 M3, BMW sold about 71,000 cars. The five-year run of the E90/E92/E93 M3 was about 69,000 cars. So, in one year of G80/G81 production, BMW exceeded those overall production numbers. That’s pretty amazing.
We’ve reached out to BMW to clarify if the M340i is included in those sales numbers, and will update when we know more.
