2012 BMW 3 Series 328i
Vehicle Details
328i
San Rafael, CA 94901
Is this 2012 BMW 3 Series 328i a good deal?
OAV verdict: Fair Price
Why: Listed at $8,499, comparable market range $5,500–$10,888, based on 17 comparable listings. Days on lot: 135 days (market average 164 days).
Market price position
$8,499 · within market range
- Comparable range
- $5,500 – $10,888
- vs. market
- $2,999 above low · $2,389 below high
- Comparable vehicles
- 17
Market Retail Price (MRP™)
$8,194This vehicle $8,499 · $305 (4%) above MRP
MRP™ is the midpoint of the comparable market range — the representative price the market is asking for similar vehicles. How MRP works.
True Retail Value (TRV™)
$10,486This vehicle $8,499 · $1,987 (19%) below TRV
TRV™ is the average paid price for cars like this in the last 60 days (sold data through 2026-08-14) — an estimate, not an appraisal. How TRV works.
Comparable vehicles nationally recently sold in an estimated 12–64 days.
Market Breakdown
Local = comparable listings in the same metro. Regional = comparable listings across the broader state or multi-state region. Both ranges are rebuilt from the market snapshot shown above.
Green Life Motors
San Rafael, CA
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About This 2012 BMW 3 Series
Listing updated: Aug 14, 2026Listed by an independent dealer in San Rafael, CA · On lot for 135 days · VIN verifiable at NHTSA
This used 2012 BMW 3 Series 328i is listed at $8,499 by green life motors in San Rafael, CA 94901. It has 75,265 miles on the odometer (dealer-reported, not independently verified by OAV). The exterior color is Blue. It features a RWD drivetrain with a 2.0L I4 engine and Automatic transmission.
OAV's AI-powered Price-to-Market analysis rates this vehicle as Fair Price — priced at market value. Based on 17 comparable listings matched to this vehicle, the estimated market range is $5,500 to $10,888. The local market range in CA is $7,079 to $9,995. These comparisons match year, make, and model and may currently span trims and configurations (trim-level matching is rolling out).
This vehicle has been on the lot for 135 days.
Analysis powered by OAV's patented inventory standardization technology (U.S. Patent No. 12,236,477).
Market context
This listing is part of OAV's broader San Rafael, CA sedans market analysis. OAV compares vehicles using local and regional price-to-market ranges, days-on-lot, comparable count, and demand signals where available.
How this deal is rated
OAV compares this 2012 BMW 3 Series against similar vehicles currently available in the local and regional market — same make, model, and year range (currently across available trims and configurations; trim-level matching is rolling out), filtered for comparable mileage. Based on where this listing falls in that comparable set, it is rated:
- Great Deal — priced below the typical range for comparable vehicles.
- Fair Price — priced within the expected range for comparable vehicles.
- Overpriced — priced above the typical range for comparable vehicles.
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How this listing is verified
This vehicle listing was aggregated from an independent dealer in San Rafael, CA, one of 57,000+ U.S. dealerships in OAV's nationwide inventory network.The VIN WBA3A5C58CF340882 can be independently verified via the U.S. Department of Transportation's NHTSA VIN decoder, and safety recalls at NHTSA's recall database.
Vehicle attributes (year, make, model, trim, mileage, location) are standardized using OAV's patented methodology (U.S. Patent No. 12,236,477), which normalizes naming conventions and deduplicates cross-listed inventory across the dealership network. Listing data is processed daily; Price-to-Market analysis uses comparable vehicles within the same geographic market.
2012 BMW 3 Series Market in CA
CA Market Listings
360
Average Price
$11,395
Price Range
$3,800–$199,997
Avg Days on Lot
164
Based on all 360 2010-2014 BMW 3 Series listings in the CA market, the average asking price is $11,395. This listing at $8,499 is $2,896 below the broader CA average (25% below the CA average). This is a wider, all-trim comparison across CA; OAV's price verdict above uses the closer comparable set. Comparable prices in CA range from $3,800 to $199,997. Similar vehicles spend an average of 164 days on dealer lots in this market.
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