3 SERIES E36

About the 3 Series E36

The E36 was the 3 Series that grew up. It arrived in 1990 as a four-door first, noticeably larger, with each pair of round headlights behind a single glass cover and a new central-arm rear axle that gave a 3 Series a wider track at the rear than the front for the first time. Every launch engine made at least 100 PS, and the six-cylinders gained twin cams and four valves per cylinder: 150 PS in the 320i, 192 PS in the 325i. The 1992 coupe was its own design rather than a two-door sedan, and the Compact and Touring followed. In 1995 an aluminium-block 2.8 gave the 328i 193 PS, rated at 190 hp in the US. BMW sold 2,745,780 E36s.