In my opinion, the E36 is the starting point for what the M3 ... a car built to allow BMW to compete in the German touring car championship (DTM). It got a bespoke wide body, a new front splitter ...

DTM Fiberwerkz also sells CSL-style carbon front ... 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 ...

The second iteration of the M3 based on the new E36 3 Series was no longer a homologation ... Though it continued to campaign the E30 M3 in the DTM, the emergence of new grand touring (GT ...

But what started out as a DTM replica suddenly became an example of mission creep. Burstein wanted a rollcage (it's an OMP unit) and the Euro-spec S50B32 engine from an E36 M3. "Putting an E36 ...

In the US, the E36 M3 sort of lives in the shadow of its predecessor, the legendary E30. In Europe, the story is a little different. There, the M3 got a real BMW Motorsport engine, the 282-hp S50 ...

The results of lining up a BMW E36 M3, E46 M3, and an M2 Competition are pretty obvious but that doesn’t make this video from CarWow any less enjoyable to watch. The German car manufacturer has ...

The E36-generation BMW M3 may not be the most desirable of M3 models but there is one variant of the E36 that really gets enthusiasts excited. We are, of course, talking about the BMW M3 ...

Last year, SRO Head of Engineering Claude Surmont, who is responsible for the Balance of Performance (BoP) in the DTM, showed that he is not afraid to get a grip on cars like the Porsche 911 GT3 R ...

As you might expect, the pictures were absolutely excellent. So, which would be your preferred old M3 for a proper drift car build: E36 or E46?