BMW has been filling up every possible niche in the last few years. This tendency isn't new for the Bavarian car manufacturer. In the past, various models were produced to do the same thing but some ...

When BMW was getting the E36 3 Series ready, it also wanted to have a smaller version to compete with the hot hatches of the day. Thus, the E36 Compact was born. The body style was primarily designed ...

Back in the day, the BMW E36 Compact was the car you’d pick if you needed anything like what a 1 Series Coupe offers you today. It was small, cheap an easy to use around town. However, it was ugly.

The E36 3 Series Compact is the best kind of E36. And I promise I'm not saying that because 318ti owner José Rodríguez Jr. forced me. It's the smallest and lightest E36, the funkiest looking and the ...

The E36-generation BMW 3-Series Compact is far from the most desirable two-door coupe out there but this particular example is special. Very special. Watch Also: Youngster Showing Off Tuned BMW E30 To ...

Garret Donahue, a Southern California native, has been involved in car culture for the majority of his life. From organizing local group drives to attending open track days, Garret dives deep into the ...

This is part two of our continuing Living Legends series, where we take a retrospective look at the cars that have, by hook or by crook, managed to withstand the test of time. The first part of this ...

The BMW 3 Series compact was never the best-loved model in the E36 line-up, despite being a bold move for BMW. A smaller hatchback variant of the 3 Series E36 was always part of the plan, but it would ...

The E36-generation BMW 3-series was a tremendous sales success for BMW when it debuted in late 1990, and continues to introduce new fans to the marque to this day. Almost 25 years after its debut, BMW ...

While never mass-produced, a BMW pickup isn’t entirely unheard of. We’ve seen several truck-shaped creations emerge out of Munich, including one based on the X7. German coachbuilder Karmann had a ...