Pretty much no difference other than style, electronics, horsepower, and torque, and maybe balancing.Ī correction needed here if you dont mind. The E46 M3's have 333hp with a 3.2L double VANOS engine The E36 M3's have 240hp with a 3.0L single VANOS engine I owned a 95 E36 and I am on my second E46, they are both great cars. On top of that the E46 is far more luxurious. The E46 is 4.5 0-60 and 12.8 capable out of the box (manual clutch version, the SMG is a tick or two slower in a straight line), the E36 is a 5.5 0-60 high 13 car stock. The E46 (2002-) came with SMG II, GREAT for the track and the auto mode is also good for commuting, SMG I did come on the Euro E36 but not the federal version. The E36 is far more tunable (the 95 the easiest since it was OBD I) HP gains on the S54 motor (E46) are few and expensive. The E46 has better performance by a decent margin in every category though the E36 arguably has better turn in and "feel" and the 95 in particular was more balance in terms of over/understeer, this is due to 235 rubber all around, the later E36s had more understeer dialed in with offset rubber and the E46 has even more. Federal E36Ms (95-99) had 240 hp, the E46M (2001-current) has 333, contrary to the above post BOTH have 50/50 weight distribution.
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