The E36 M3 is the follow-up series production model after the original and groundbreaking E30 in the 1980s. Introduced in 1992 and manufactured until 1999, it was the first M3 to utilize a ...

Liam Krie is a Communications graduate and dedicated writer with a passion for the automotive industry. Liam is enthusiastic about research, motorsport and keeping up to date with current affairs. The ...

At the turn of the millennium, the tuning industry went into overdrive with E36 M3 upgrades, with off-the-shelf items ranging from mild to wild. Therefore, we were excited to get our turn at building ...

Regardless of which side of the pond you find yourself on, there should still be E36-generation BMWs driving around, such is the brilliant nature of the engineering behind this 1990-introduced 3 ...

When most people think about building a dedicated track car, their knee-jerk reaction is to strap on a turbo and churn out some big power. While it’s always fun to go fast, a true racing enthusiast ...

When ranking the greatest BMW M3s of all time, the E36 generation tends to land low on the list. In production from 1992 to 1999, the E36 suffered somewhat from middle child syndrome, produced between ...

The E36 M3 is probably the least loved M3 out of all, despite the popularity it enjoyed; after all, the task of replacing a car like the E30 was going to be tall order for every car. Carfection chose ...

The 1995 BMW M3 arrived at a turning point for performance cars, when raw homologation specials were giving way to more refined, everyday coupes. Instead of diluting the formula, the E36 generation ...

What were you doing in 1992? Were you even alive? Gerhard Richter was. He was BMW's head of E36 chassis development when the E36 M3 made its debut. And what a debut it was. As Gerhard said at the time ...

We recently had the opportunity to track-test all four generations of BMW’s legendary M3. If you’re like any of our editors who didn’t get to go—so, any of us not named Robinson—reading about the ...