The second-gen E36 BMW M3 models followed in 1995 with the first use of a straight-six making 240 horsepower. For the 2001 ...

Thinking about buying an original 1980s M3? Too late. Hoping to tuck one of the last naturally-aspirated straight-six M-performance BMWs in your garage with a mint-condition early 2000s M3?

E36 BMW M3 (U.S.-spec) E36 BMW M3 (Euro-spec ... offering a visceral driving experience that set the tone for future M3 models. Powering the E30 M3 was a 2.3-liter S14 inline-four engine ...

Daily driver: $8000. Garage queen: $14,000 plus. Why You Want an E36: The second-gen M3 was born of BMW’s desire to grow the model and the M division as a whole, and as such, it was aimed at the ...

But not if it's under the hood of an E36 M3. This car is a supporting wall in the house that BMW built ... Let's look at the '95 model year first. These cars "do not employ OBDII engine management.

Unlike the E30 M3 that came before it, BMW's E36 M3 (1995–99 ... and loudest knock against the U.S.-spec E36 is that it didn't receive the European model's higher-revving individual- throttle ...

BMW E36 M3: European Spec vs ... It deserves those 1990s best-handling laurels. Our test model was a special “Lightweight” variant sold in limited numbers for the North American market ...

BMW takes the wraps off the second-generation M3 at the 1992 Paris auto show. Based on the E36-generation 3 Series, the new M3 trades the prior model's four-cylinder engine for a 286-hp 3.0-liter ...

If it's anything like the U.S. model, then it's inferior in many ways to the European counterpart. The E30 hadn't sold that well, and BMW of America wanted to make the E36 M3 cheap ($35,000 when new).

The results of lining up a BMW E36 M3, E46 M3, and an M2 Competition are ... between 3.0-liters and 3.2-liters depending on the model year and market. Those with the 3.0-liter produced 286 hp ...

Also, it's listed for sale at a whopping $96,000. Being a European-spec model, the E36 BMW M3 for sale here has more power than U.S. market cars, which were initially offered with BMW's S50B30US ...

Instead, the new model became a refined ... the 1993 title to BMW works driver Johnny Cecotto. Although BMW retired the E36 M3 GTR from its factory program a year later, the race cars delivered ...