[Image Source: Australian CarUpdate]

By Gunnar Heinrich

Blame it on the hopeless vanity of those with the requisite funds in Essex and Cheshire. Blame it on the insatiable need by the velocity-crazed few to outrun the speed cameras. Or blame it on the weather.

Whatever the reason (and I'm sure it actually must have something to do with the car itself) the British love the new BMW M3. So much so, that they've bought every last one slotted for UK delivery.

That means that all 2,000 '08 models have been spoken for at an average price of £55,325 ($110,179 - weak dollar (!)).

Something tells me that a few profiteering owners will be flipping them for a tidy profit on the used car market.

[Source: Australian CarUpdate via Autocar]