Watch as this S54-powered, lightweight E36 reaches the final stages of its assembly, with a gigantic carbon airbox and neat 3-D printed interior bits.

It was called the M3 Lightweight and was introduced to the US market in 1995. Only around 125 or so E36 M3 Lightweights were ever made, making them far rarer than the E46 CSL. To find one at all ...

No longer a homologation special, but still an outright high-performance vehicle, the E36 M3 ditched its predecessor’s S14 four-pot in favor of a larger, M-built, naturally-aspirated, inline-six.

1995 E36 M3 GT – 350 produced. The M3’s switch to six-cylinder power for the E36 had already yielded a big jump in output to 282 hp (286 PS), ... 2003 E46 M3 CSL – 1,383 produced.

A bit jerky at low speeds, the SMG II was exclusive to the CSL. But more on the Coupe Sport Lightweight later. More powerful and torquier than the E36 M3 Evolution, the E46 M3 belts out 252 kW and ...

1997 BMW M3 - Mission Complete Project E36 M3 After several years in the making, we finally conclude the build of our E36 BMW M3 project car. Paul Piola Writer Jan 05, 2012 ...

Power initially came from BMW’s DOHC 3.2-liter inline-six (pulled from the E36 M3), which punched out 240 horsepower and 236 lb-ft of torque. ... the M3 CSL focused heavily on reduced mass.

We could have dropped in the E36 M3 R, but these were Aussie-only and essentially built for a race series. Dismissed. Perhaps we could have chosen the left-hand drive E36 M3 GT.

If you're like me—and God help you if you are, legitimately—you've browsed the website of Ohio's Enthusiast Auto Group and said "Yeah, one day when I get on, I'm going to dump $85,000 on a ...

And it was the danger that the M3 became too sporty. With the E36 M3 we showed a rear wing as well, and it was decided not to go with it because it was the idea to be a bit more withdrawn politically.