Raised around cars, professionally trained in elite restorations, and now helping run his family’s specialty auto shop—Michael Spyropoulos’s gearhead resume is strong. His personal project car, a ’97 ...
The BMW E36 M3 is considered to be one of the better-handling cars of all time, and was awarded "Best-Handling Car" award by Car and Driver magazine in 1997. Available as a saloon, a coupe or a ...
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 ...
An old BMW E36 with 300,000 km gets tested on the dyno after receiving a cheap $800 eBay turbo kit. The video follows ...
Searching the web for unique BMWs we stumbled upon this hidden jewel. Not only is this car impressive, but it is also for sale, on Craigslist. The ad says that this 1992 E36 has been heavily modified, ...
John has a BCom Degree with a background in corporate Marketing. He has been in automotive journalism since 2014 and has worked at CarBuzz since Feb 2024. John has written for Magneto, the BMW Car ...
The 1994 BMW 318is didn't have a lot of power from the factory. Its 1.8-liter engine was only good for 138 horsepower, so it's not surprising that so many people swap in more powerful engines, ...
After the E30 generation set the stage, the newer E36 helped make the M3 wildly popular worldwide. But while most buyers were treated to the legendary Euro-spec S50, US enthusiasts had to settle for a ...
A 1990 BMW M3 that has been transformed into a track car is currently up for sale through Bring A Trailer. This E30 M3 was most recently sold in 2014 as a rolling chassis and while it retained its ...
Modifying a car to comply with California emissions regulations is notoriously difficult. There are still ways to perform engine swaps that both improve your car’s performance and abide by the state’s ...
In the March issue we tackled some common and not-so-common power adders for the S50 3.0 and S52 3.2 motors found in '95-99 BMW E36 M3s (and some first-generation Z3 M Roadsters). We followed that in ...
Examining engine technologies from differing eras is never a fair comparison. New engineering developments can quickly change the playing field; that's why a turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder ...