Here's why the BMW E36 is the SUPERIOR BMW | Deep Drive
The BMW E36 is arguably very underrated. Its a beautiful machine with nearly unlimited potential. In this video I go over the specs, reliability, an its background to better equip you on your buying purchase.
The E36 BMW 3 series from 1992-1998 its one of the most reliable BMWs ever made, in my opinion.
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0:00 Not all Beemers are equal
0:14 Essential background info
0:46 Engines/Models options
2:17 Modification potential!
3:00 Prices
3:29 Reliability
4:34 Nitty Gritty Breakdown
I love my 1998 328is. It has 210,000 miles, the first car I've owned to pass the 200k mark. It still doesn't have rust problems. These are the best project cars for the money period.
Thanks ALOT for all THE advice, REALLY wish I had a great friend with all this knowledge. Good luck again thanks man
Im not perfect and I make mistakes, but I genuinely like helping others. Thank you for the appreciation, my friend!
i like the way your word annunciations sound man, if its not a accent and is a speech disability you are doing great and sound relaxing, keep up the good work also my e36 is at 245k and pulling strong, my dream has been to gift it to my son, years before he was even born
That would be amazing! Has anything been rebuilt so far? And, I appreciate it. People act like anything out of the ordinary is not okay. But, I beg to differ. Thank you
Nice video
E36 and e39 > every other bmw
Its confusing but the model that got 138HP is the 318is model, the normal 318i only came with 115HP (318is=DOHC / 318i=SOHC)
Makes sense. Thank you for letting me know nicely! Hope you are doing well
The 325 also only had 170,not 189
*Here's a few missed and incorrect information corrected* Some of the images talking about the motors are incorrect due to the scarcity of finding high quality images, I knew this. The compact sedan was available from 1990s I did not talk about the convertible options, not sure why. One of the first cars I have ever driven was a convertible E36. Loved it and spun out of control onto oncoming traffic. Do not learn to drive a manual in the rain. The 325I actually has 170ish HP and with the 328I update received the 190HP. The engine was very much capable to compete with the M3, so BMW nerfed the engine. When I mention aftermarket parts I am talking about high quality replacements, not cheapo ones. There is a lot of controversy here and people either stay OEM and others say you should go after market with high quality metal replacements. Do your research
It was a good video anyway.
ya, was going to say @ 2:13 you talk about the S52, but actually show a S50b32 which is 321hp.
Actually the m50 and m52, (325i and 328i) have 189 hp and 190hp, the difference is that the m52 engine produced more torque. also bmw never “nerfed” the engine because it competed to closely to the m3, an m3’s engine is and always has been a modified version of their highest output engine in a class (3 series, 5 series etc) hence M50, S50, M52, S52 etc. I’d suggest doing a little bit more research before making videos because younger people just getting into these cars can be misinformed, anyway good luck to your future videos 👍🏻
@@jemhollanders8024 only 325 owners cry the 325 made 190 hp when mea while bmw themselves claim it was 170. I literally have old sales brochures from the m50 325(the things dealershis handed out to potential customers)from 95 that says clear as day 170 hp...not 190hp. It's also why the ZF transmission was necessary on the 328 when the 325's used the getrag.
I bought a 328i in Denver last week for $10k @46k miles
a 200k mile e36 w half the parts missing is no less then 6-7k up here in pa 😔
I’m actually visiting in PA rn. There isn’t much of a car seen here. You are better off driving a couple states away to save a couple grand.
Prices for a good 328i are easily double that in Germany (especially the coupé) overlapping the low end market of the M3 by a pretty big margin. In germany the modelrange is very large for the E36 (316i, 318i, 318is, 320i, 323i, 325i, 328i, M3 S50B30, M3 S50B32 (321Hp) and lets not forget about the Alpina B3 3.0L with basically an S52B30. Even a very rare Alpina B8 (V8 4,6L 333Hp) Version was offered. All variants up to the 328i+Alpina were available as Sedan, Coupé, Touring and Cabriolet. The M3 was available as Sedan, Coupe and Cabriolet. The hatchback Compact was only available as 316i, 318i, and 323ti. The 323ti is an absoulute banger and still pretty cheap in Germany, comes stock wich a M52B25 wich easly can make around 200Hp and weighing in at only around 1300kg its practically as fast as a e30 M3 (0-60 in under 7sec! Feels much faster than it is xD). The red Compact shown in the video is the 1 of 1 E36 M3 Compact currently sitting somewhere in storage at BMW in Munich. Sadly USA missed out on the godlike S50 powered M3s (wich was falsely shown in the video at times) as well as the amazingly underrated 323ti compact.
Would you recommend an e36 for a daily? Might look into getting one
Yes if you stay on top of the maintenance. Also depends if you're comfortable doing your own work. You can take it to a shop but that can get expensive. I've had my E36 328is since 2007. I got it with 133K miles and it now has 250K. Up until 2016 the car was my daily driver. You just have to keep up with maintenance on these cars. A lot of things are preventative maintenance. So for example if you have the intake off go ahead and take care of any vacuum lines or sensors that are under there so you don't have to go through the labor again. One thing to absolutely change is the cooling system on these. Personally I've had to redo mine 3 times. However, I experimented with some aftermarket stuff that plagued mine. Just put good quality OEM parts and you'll be fine. You can definitely daily drive this car and it will be pretty reliable. The ideal scenario would be to have a spare car that way you can take the E36 down for maintenance. However, you can absolutely drive this as your only car as long as you know what you're getting into. Mine was my only car for years. If I were to buy one today, I would bring the car home and budget a couple weeks to address everything it needs. Fresh fluids, cooling system change, etc. Then just drive it. Good luck!
No...I wouldn't
I think u skipped 323is 1998 only i believe. I have one
Decent video, but I'm assuming this video is for Americans looking to buy a E36 because you've left out half the model range (I'm guessing they weren't sold there). You have the 316i 1.6 liter with M40 or M43 engine, 98 or 103hp 318i 1.8 liter with M40 or M43 engine, 111 or 114 hp 320i 2.0 liter with M50 or M52 engine, 148hp And there were also diesel engines! Not available in coupes or convertibles though: 318tds with M41 engine, 89 hp 325td with M51 engine, 114hp 315tds with M52 engine, 141 hp
e36M3 all day
Hey dude u forgot the vert
You talked about all but did not mention the convertible?..
For some reason I didn't feel the need to mention it. I felt like it was a standard option. One of the very first cars I've ever driven was a convertible E36. Granted, the tops motor was broken
@@AutoMotivate lmaoo I know your a authentic e36 driver for that 🤣 I had to replace my broken motor and I ended up having the hardtop so it eased the headache...
E36 CA prices are taxed
Isn't this car recognized by everyone already?
To an extent, but not in the way I am talking about. Everyone wants to do LS swaps and drift them around, which is great. But, there is more to the car
I have s52 with 308k
No love for the convertible m3, barley vids on my whip
Felt like the convertibles was standard, which is why I might have missed them. I actually learned to drive in a convertible e36.
A 325 had 170hp,not 189. It wasn't until the 328 came out did it bump to 189-190. Prices ain't goin anywhere but up bud...the days of cheap e36's are OVER
no
@@DIDIMIKK yea...the transmissions tell the truth.
Actually 328i has 193 hp just like the 325i. 170hp is the 323i wich is with the same engine as the 325i M52B25 also early 325i come with the M50B25 engines wich are with cast iron blocks.
My 92 e36 325is 5 speed is my ferrari
Some incorrect images and information presented, good video and presentation though
Mind pointing out a few? I cross check majority of the information.
@@AutoMotivate Will address only what's mentioned in the video and assuming this video is focusing on only the US E36 models. The production was actually from 1990 to 2000 (compacts), was offered as a cabriolet(convertible) in the US, pic of E30 touring instead of E36 touring, smallest engine offered in the E36 was the m40/43b16(international markets), 328i released 2nd half of 1995, a pic is M52TU and not a M52 when discussing the 328i, talking about S52B32 but showing the S50B32, OEM cooling replacements almost always better than aftermarket unless using high end products with the OEM radiator or Z3M radiator is best direct replacement for 6 cyl e36's. Just a few nitpicks here and there but overall good video bro.
Will for starters ur hp numbers are off. The 325 was always 170hp(more like 150). When the m52 328 was made,it was such an improvement in performance they literally had to nerf the intake to restrict the air and capped the hp @190 otherwise the 328 would have near the same 230-240hp(more like 220-230hp) of the m3 that was 10k more. The OEM cooling system ISN'T garbage. If a oem water pump has 180k miles on it when it goes bad,that doesn't mean it's garbage. DON'T REPLACE IT WITH AFTERMARKET GARBAGE. THAT is where the " bad cooling system" myth came from. I've drove my 328 for 3 years on the orginal 140k+ pump,summer time ONLY,a 1500+ mile trip and full A/C sitting in bumper to bumper on numerous 90°+ days and NEVER had an issue. This generation takes 20+yr old car and picks a sport where u REDLINE a car around a track for HOURS on end...and then say a cooling system is garbage. No,not garbage. Just not used to idiots operating them. Metal impeller pumps are a shame,BUY OEM IF U WANT THE PARTS TO LAST!
U picture a m54 when u mentioned the m52 motor being invented. Then u showed a 3.2 motor,u showed a motor not available in the US
@@sunnnybraaahs I appreciate the respectful critique and the time you took to elaborate. For some reason I decided there was no need to mention the cabriolet. I read from many forums that they wouldn't use OEM replacements because they are made of the same plastics that fail in the first place and aftermarket metal replacements. Thank you again!
The 325 had 160-170hp,not 189hp
I’m pretty sure the e36 325i had 189hp in the North American market
Nope, they had 189 hp
The E30's they had about 169hp the e36 was 189hp
325 started in ~93 with 170 then moved up to 189 in 95 Vanos then ~~190 in the 328 did 323 drop down to 170?
@@danc2014 no
I think you compared it to the wrong cars. This cars real competition in period was the 993 911.
Still doesn't explain why the E36 is the Superior BMW...
Superior as in the only m3 that didn’t get factory wide body fenders. Sorry the e30 is superior😅
Never knew these cars had such low hp 😮
It is relatively low. The cars are pretty light, so it makes up for the lack of power.