Part of the allure of buying the full-fat M model over the base model is performance. But there are several other benefits often used to sell the more expensive car over the entry level version. Value, for example. An oft-repeated mantra of M car owners (and to-be M car owners) is that the M version will hold value better, ostensibly due to enthusiast appeal, lower production numbers, and overall desirability. When we took a look at deprecation across M and base models last year, we found that the premise mostly held up. One year later, how do the numbers look? We consult the data from iSeeCars and find out how much value M cars lose over five years compared to base, non-M counterparts.
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