Minneapolis Street Sighting: BMW E36 M3

I have written about BMW's famous M3 numerous times, and aside from the much-lauded E30, the E36 is my favorite; I will delve into all of the details why, but I just love these. Rather than write about the car in depth (which I have done numerous times before), I will let the pictures do the talking. Obviously, the pictured example probably makes more than the stock 286 horses, and it probably weighs a bit less, so these two aspects will only enhance its performance.

Rather than ride on the stock wheels, the owner of this example has done it up with a set of E46-spec CSL wheels, and he has fitted the decklid with a M3 Evolution spoiler. Normally, I'd call it out as "rice", but I think it works here, mainly because the stock headlights have been replaced with meaner-looking grayed-out units. Oddly enough, the stock rubstrip has been left in place; and it works.


Normally, I'd reserve space down below to critique this vehicle for all its worth, but here I'll let the (at the time) wonderful photography do the talking. I like these, and this has been my favorite example to shoot.