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 ...

Probably because few BMW aficionados fancied the three-door hatchback derivation of the storied 3 Series, its Compact version lived and died over just a couple of generations. Compare that with the ...

16 Dec 2013, 09:05 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica // 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 ...

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 ...

You can either talk about an entire generation, a certain body style, or get real nerdy and pick out a specific model or ...

“It’s a perfect place to sit and operate the machinery. The seat and pedals are just-so. Visibility is astounding through ...

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 ...