In its latest video, BMW Group Classic shows off the one-of-one 1996 E36 M3 Compact. Despite the car’s small proportions, BMW still threw in the S50B32 straight-six engine from the M3 Coupe ...

Risk It All With This V-12-Swapped BMW E36 Compact. A 400-hp V-12 in BMW's smallest E36 sounds like a recipe for delicious instability. By Brian Silvestro Published: Dec 17, 2021 9:42 AM EST.

One of these was the BMW 3 Series Compact. There were 2 versions of this car: the E36/5 and the E46 Compact. The first one was introduced in 1994 and it was supposed to be BMW's small-hatchback.

The E36-generation BMW 3-Series Compact is far from the most desirable two-door coupe out there but this particular example is special. Very special. Watch Also: Youngster Showing Off Tuned BMW ...

BMW is celebrating 50 years of the 3-series, which debuted in spring 1975. We’re currently on the seventh-generation car and number eight arrives in 2026. At launch the first E21 it was exclusively ...

The E36 3 Series Compact is the best kind of E36. And I promise I’m not saying that because 318ti owner José Rodríguez Jr. forced me. It’s the smallest and lightest E36, the funkiest looking ...

BMW E36 M3 Buyer's Guide Whether or not you tune the car up, the E36 is a paragon of design virtue, if not a leap in overall quality. The E30 is dorky and lovable in 2021.

Back in the day, the BMW E36 Compact was the car you’d pick if you needed anything like what a 1 Series Coupe offers you today. It was small, cheap an easy to use around town. However, it was ugly.

North America would never receive the E36 station wagon, though the Compact hatch that debuted in 1993 would preview the 1-series and 2-series cars that came years later. Related Story BMW 3 ...

Success at a price. While BMW is generally credited with inventing the compact prestige car segment with the original 3-Series of the '70s, the concept is in some ways a victim of its success.