Motoring Con Brio

7 Responses to “Not something you see every day— E36 M3 Touring”

1. Lovely. I can’t believe how fantastic a good design can make a wagon so sexy.

   Jared said this on June 14, 2012 at 8:57 am

2. Not something I’ve seen *ever*. Is this a factory creation? Was it a one-off, or part of a series? Did it start as an E36 Touring that got converted, or an M3 sedan that became a wagon?

   brennerl said this on June 14, 2012 at 11:12 am

   • i believe this is an E36 (non-M3) Touring that got converted. i don’t think any were made by BMW M GmbH, one-off or otherwise.

     motoringconbrio said this on June 14, 2012 at 11:16 am

   • bmw did wise up with the E46— but still not enough to put it into production.

     http://www.bmwblog.com/2011/04/01/never-built-bmw-e46-m3-touring

     motoringconbrio said this on June 14, 2012 at 11:19 am

     • OMG! I think my heart just stopped.

       I wonder how many big buckets of cash it would take to liberate that E46 M3 Touring, and get it on the road?

       It would probably require a few large buckets of the right connections at BMW and various government agencies too.

       Based on the increased usability of the E36 and E90 M3 sedan variants, it was a pretty big enough miss on BMW’s part not to at least have an E46 M3 sedan.

       A E46 M3 wagon would have been light-years cooler though. Pretty sure I would have been offering to sell body parts to afford one, if it had been available.

       brennerl said this on June 14, 2012 at 11:51 am

     • you can make a facsimile, but it’ll cost you, as you might expect:

       http://www.rogueengineering.com/bmw/2002WAG.html

       they do turn up for sale from time to time though:

       http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2000-323IT-E46-M3-Touring-Wagon-S54-Drivetrain-Susp-Brake-Conversion-Fikse-UUC-/140722413419

       this link may also be of interest. *very* trick custom build:

       https://motoringconbrio.com/2011/01/19/e46-m3-four-door-is-the-bees-farkin-knees

       motoringconbrio said this on June 14, 2012 at 12:02 pm

3. Just to add, that was my car. Sold it a few months ago but if you have any questions, feel free to ask.

   Gerard McGovern said this on June 17, 2012 at 3:29 pm