The BMW M3 E46 returns in Drifting Challenge Part 10 with full-throttle slides, high-rev sound, and pure M Power control.

Enter Reinhard Könneker, an ex-Porsche engineer who’d worked on the all-conquering 917 and other projects under the late, great Hans Mezger while at Weissach. At BMW, he worked on the F1 engine, and ...

A highly desirable 2002 BMW M3 E46, finished in the factory-correct Imola Red, is being offered for sale as a well-preserved, unmodified example of one of BMW’s most celebrated performance cars.

If that classic BMW soundtrack is what you’re after, there’s no better M3. Hell, there may be no better BMW. At its launch we clocked the M3 from zero to 60 mph at 4.8 seconds.

BMW offered the E46 M3 in just coupe and convertible body styles, despite one of the car’s main competitors of the time, the Audi RS4 Avant, coming in wagon-only form.

Read the first in a series of articles following the progress of European Car Magazines project BMW E46 M3. Read the plans and see pictures of what is in store only at European Car Magazine Online.

More powerful and torquier than the E36 M3 Evolution, the E46 M3 belts out 252 kW and 365 Nm. That's 338 horsepower and 269 pound-feet in old money, with power and torque peaking at 7,900 and ...

Unlike BMW's E60 M5 and E92 M3, the E46's SMG and manual options use the same gearbox, allowing for cheap conversion from one to the other – a process made simple less daunting by following the ...

BMW built one E46 M3 Touring and locked it away at BMW M headquarters in Garching. However, if you happened to see the E46 M3 wagon (aka "M3 T") that I drove on the street, you'd be forgiven for ...

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For many BMW enthusiasts, the E46-generation M3 stands as a high-water mark. Here's a a third-generation M3 with desirable options and low mileage. Equipped with the Competition package, this is ...

A converted BMW M3 E46 sedan is currently on sale in the United Kingdom, giving us a look at what might have been if BMW decided to build a four-door version of this generation M3. Other than the ...