After production ended, the E36-generation BMW M3 sort of lived in the shadow of its siblings. Introduced in 1992 as the successor to the motorsport-bred E30 M3, it refined the formula rather than reinventing it…
BMW doesn’t talk much about numbers unless they matter. 18 million matters. Since production began in 1975, the BMW 3 Series has been built more than 18 million times. No other BMW model comes close….
BMW sold the original 3 Series only as a two-door sedan, but back in the day, there was a way to buy a convertible. A German coachbuilder filled that gap in the E21’s lineup with…
BMW is celebrating the 3 Series’ golden jubilee this weekend at the 2025 Goodwood Festival of Speed. To properly mark 50 years since the E21 debuted, the luxury automaker has brought all seven generations of…
BMW’s favorite son turns 50 this year, and as diehard 3 Series fans ourselves, we’re here for it. Continuing our trend of 3 Series-related coverage, we’re taking a look at the special edition 3 Series…
As BMW marks the 50th anniversary of the 3 Series, BMWBLOG is exploring the model’s storied history and contribution to the automaker’s success. We’ve already analyzed the first and second generations—that is, the E21 and…
The E36 isn’t as storied as many of the other 3 Series generations. It wasn’t the first, it didn’t revolutionize performance the way the E30 M3 did, and the later E46 quickly surpassed it in…
A lot of people know about BMW’s mainstream entry into the electric vehicle world, the underrated BMW i3 (no, I won’t stop talking about it). Some even know that BMW was in the EV game…
The US-market E36 M3 is quite a bit different than the European model. Due to numerous cost-saving measures BMW took to get it to the new world, many look at it less fondly than the…
Want be a big fish in a small pond? You can purchase an E36 M3 Lightweight. Known as the most motorsport iteration of the motorsport 3 Series of its day, a 1995 BMW M3 Lightweight…
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