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      10-27-2019, 09:46 AM   #34
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Dude, there was no "1er" in BMW's line up during the model years of the E30 from 1983 thru 1991 (US market). The E30 WAS BMW's "1er" relatively speaking because there was no model in BMWs' lineup below the E30, so your analogy makes zero sense. The E30 came in a 2-door sedan, 4-door sedan, 4-door wagon, 2-door convertible, and the M3. During the E30 period, BMW produced a 3-series, 5-series, 6-series Coupe, 7-series, and the 8-series Coupe (at the very end).
The point was that the production numbers of the 1er were a fraction of the 3 series cars from any generation, including the E30, which bodes well for future collectibility, and the OP has a 135is, which is the rarest of the 1ers.

The odds of seeing a 1er in the wild are about the same as seeing a 911 from the same era, so not unusually rare, but not particularly common, either.
Don't hold your breath. Look at Z8's and M Coupes if you want to see what sorts of numbers actually result in strong resale. The 1er is no where near those numbers and further, has the hugely unfortunate situation of having a wildly better and rarer model built on its basic chassis, the 1M.
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