So there's this guy who is selling a BMW E46. He's trying to get 59,900€ (71,038 USD) out of it... no joke

As you might have guessed, this is not a typical BMW E46. It’s an extremely rare Hartge H50, which is basically a BMW E46 3-Series with an E39 M5 engine, a better chassis and some small cosmetic changes.

CarAndDriver.com:

“Shoehorning the M5’s potent V-8 and six-speed manual into a BMW 3-series body is no mean feat. It’s no longer than the original six, so the fire wall remains untouched, but it is much wider-so much so that the steering column had to be routed through the left exhaust header, and the oil circulation must pass through the left engine mount. Otherwise, it’s a stock motor with a reprogrammed chip and a revised engine speed limiter that will allow the tach needle to spin to the far side of seven grand. Oops!”

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To hook it up, we had to let in the clutch at little more than idle speed, and even then the car would still smoke the fat 265/30ZR-19 Pirelli P7000s if we went abruptly to full throttle. Then, if we shifted out of first gear too exuberantly, the tires would spin well into second. All this with a fairly decent weight distribution of 53 percent up front and 47 percent in the rear.

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It’s set up tautly, with lowered and stiffened springs, firm shocks, and beefy bars, and it will understeer at the limit as its maker intended until you get on the loud pedal.

By clicking this link, you can view the H50’s sales ad, most of the information is in English. The Notes are in Finnish though, so let me quickly translate them for you:

Sleeper
A collector item, very rare
2 cars made
Hasn’t been in a wreck
Engine E39M5 made by Manhart Racingin for Hartge, everything else is made by Hartge
VIN number is Hartge’s (Not BMW’s)
Only cash, no exchange

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So what do you think, is it worth almost 60k€?