But which would you rather have???? I've had both and I know which corner I'm sitting in!on a par with the MX5
I paid £6000 for my 3.0 z3 with hardtop last summer (2014) with 50k miles and I was told recently its only worth £3,500 but I know it should be around £6000.I bought a pristine low mileage Z3 3.0 M Sport (not M!) for £6,000.
About the same price as a similar age MX5. (My friend recently bought a nice one for £5,000)
The Z3 3.0 will wipe the floor with an MX5 and in my opinion is a much better buy. Don't get me wrong the MX5 is a great car, but the 3.0 Z3,is in a different league, and with the M Sport suspension it handles pretty well too.
I previously had a 2.8 Z3 and that was a bit wayward when pushed.