Contents
	Introduction and Acknowledgements	6

	M3 time line	9
Prologue	BMW’s motorsport tradition – including the M1 Supercar	10

Chapter 1	E30 – the original M3 1986-1991	24
Chapter 2	E30 in motorsport – World Champions, European Champions, and so much more	46
Chapter 3	E36 models – the first six-cylinder cars	64

Interlude	Blood relative – the M5 evolves as a ‘sister’ car	82

Chapter 4	E36 Evolution – more power, more performance, more variety	94
Chapter 5	E46 range – refining a great formula, 2000-2006	110
Chapter 6	E90 models – with a mighty new V8 engine	134
Chapter 7	More motor racing – DTM, world events, success around the world	168
Chapter 8	Fifth-generation M3s, and the first M4s – from 2014		184
Chapter 9	New in 2020 – the sixth-generation range develops		202

Appendix A	Not forgetting – M Roadsters and Coupés, 1 Series M Coupés, 	M635CSis, X5Ms and more – an entire M family	214
Appendix B	BMW’s four-cylinder engines from 1961	228
Appendix C	BMW’s sweet and silky ‘six’	231
Appendix D	New six-cylinder engines for the 21st century	234

Specification charts:
	M3 E30 type	238
	M3 E36 type 	240
	M3 E36 Evolution type	241
	M3 E46 type	242
	M3 E46 CSL type	243
	M3 E90/92/93 types	244
	M3 and M4 F80/82/83 types	246
	M3 and M4 G20 types	248
	Performance summaries	250
	M3 production		251

	Index	252