For those of us in our 30s, it's time to face facts. Restoring an E36-generation BMW M3 in 2025 is about the same time gap as restoring a 1967 Chevrolet Chevelle would have been when the E36 was ...

To gauge our modifications, we tested Project M3 against a stock E36 M3 sedan to represent where we started, and an E46 M3 Convertible (not ideal but all we could find) to show where we were headed.

My first M3 was a Dakar Yellow Coupe, so it only made sense to make this journey come “full circle” with a Dakar Yellow Sedan as my last build.

No BMW M3 has been as maligned as the U.S. spec E36 but Jason Cammisa says that it saved the M brand in America by Stephen Rivers February 13, 2022 at 09:25 ...

This might be the cleanest BMW E36 I've ever seen. Spectacular color combo, mint paint, and beautifully executed M3 engine swap. The owner's story is a good one, too.

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).

Due to the typical headlights and small kidney grille, this one-of-a-kind build still looks like an E36 BMW M3 at the front.

The E36 BMW M3 is a revolutionary model in the German manufacturer's history of sports cars as it was the first to be fitted with a 3.0-liter, inline-six. This model features the larger U.S.-spec ...

The USDM E36 M3 is not the most-revered of BMW’s classic performance cars, but they’re starting to look cooler and cooler the older they get. This one, in particular, stopped us right in our ...

The E36 M3 debuted in 1995 with a 3.0-liter variant of the S52. In 1996 displacement jumped to 3.2 liters, where it stayed until the end of the E36's run in 1999.