1996 BMW M3

1996 BMW E36 TOURING — EURO RHD M3-SPEC BUILD

106,934 MILES | EUROPEAN RHD | 6-SPEED MANUAL | RWD
Okay... NOW THAT WE HAVE THE WHOLE STORY... Forget the normal M3 ad. Because this isn't a normal M3. Actually... BMW NEVER EVEN BUILT THIS CAR. This is the E36 M3 TOURING BMW SHOULD HAVE BUILT. European right-hand-drive wagon. Full custom M3-spec performance build. 6-speed manual. Rear-wheel drive. Limited-slip differential. Air ride. Custom high-end audio. And... OVER $40,000 INVESTED. Now we're talking.

YES... IT'S A WAGON. And that's exactly why you want it. Everybody has seen an E36 Coupe. Everybody has seen an E36 Sedan. But an E36 Touring rolling into Cars & Coffee looking like BMW's secret M Division project? EVERYONE TURNS AROUND. This is what happens when somebody looks at an E36 Touring and says: "BMW SHOULD'VE MADE AN M3 WAGON." Then instead of complaining about it on a forum... THEY BUILT THE DAMN THING.

THE M3 TOURING BMW NEVER MADE. BMW never offered a factory E36 M3 Touring. So if you're waiting to find one... GOOD LUCK. This build takes the practicality and unmistakable shape of the European E36 Touring and combines it with an M3-spec performance build. It's not pretending to be some factory unicorn. IT'S SOMETHING BMW NEVER GAVE US. And that's what makes it cool.

OVER $40,000 INVESTED
Yes. $40,000+. Not $4,000 worth of eBay parts and an M badge. This is a serious enthusiast build with serious money invested into making it something completely different. At some point somebody stopped looking at receipts... And just kept building. THEIR WALLET'S LOSS. YOUR GAIN.

THREE PEDALS + SIX GEARS
6-SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION. Thank you. Because building something this ridiculous and putting an automatic in it would have been a crime. Three pedals. Six gears. Rear-wheel drive. Limited-slip differential. EXACTLY HOW THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE.

AND THE STEERING WHEEL? Yep. Still on the right. EUROPEAN RIGHT-HAND DRIVE. Your first drive will feel different. Your second drive will feel normal. By the third... You'll wonder why everybody keeps putting the steering wheel on the wrong side. And when you pull into a BMW meet? WATCH PEOPLE WALK OVER.

AIR RIDE
Park it. Drop it. Stand back. YEP. The stance completely changes the personality of this wagon. Then bring it back up and drive it. This isn't somebody's imaginary Photoshop E36 Touring build. IT'S REAL.

CUSTOM HIGH-END AUDIO
Because apparently whoever built this wasn't satisfied with stopping at the drivetrain. Custom high-end audio system. Another piece of an already ridiculous build. Performance. Style. Sound. Practicality. PICK A CATEGORY. IT'S PROBABLY BEEN MODIFIED.

AND IT'S STILL A WAGON. That's the best part. You get all this madness... And there's still room in the back. Take it to Cars & Coffee. Take it on a weekend cruise. Take it to a BMW show. Take your stuff with you. HOME DEPOT IN AN M3-SPEC E36 TOURING? WHY NOT?

THIS THING IS A CONVERSATION STARTER. Pull up in a new M3? Cool. Pull up in an E36 M3 Coupe? Very cool. Pull up in a right-hand-drive E36 Touring with an M3-spec build, 6-speed manual, air ride and $40K+ invested? "WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?!" Exactly. That's the reaction you're buying.

THIS ISN'T FOR EVERYONE. And we don't want it to be. If you want something stock... Keep scrolling. If you want something subtle... Definitely keep scrolling. If you're looking for another ordinary E36... THERE ARE PLENTY OF THEM. But if you want something that makes BMW people stop mid-conversation and walk across the parking lot... HERE IT IS.

COLLECTOR? This is not about claiming it's a factory M3 Touring. It isn't. BMW never built one. That's precisely the story. You're buying a custom European RHD E36 Touring transformed into a one-of-a-kind M3-spec enthusiast build. Something different. Something usable. Something you can actually take out and enjoy. And something almost guaranteed to start a conversation anywhere BMW enthusiasts gather.

OVER $40K INTO THE BUILD. Think about that before trying to duplicate it. Find the right European RHD Touring. Get it here. Build it. Source everything. 6-speed. Performance work. LSD. Suspension. Air ride. Audio. Labor. Time. Headaches. OR... BUY THE ONE SOMEBODY ALREADY FINISHED. That's usually the cheaper option. And definitely the easier one.

THE MARUTI WAY
No recon fees. No prep fees. No games. Advertised price includes the $499 dealer fee. Tax and DMV excluded.

BOTTOM LINE
1996 BMW E36 Touring
106,934 Miles
European Right-Hand Drive
M3-Spec Performance Build
6-Speed Manual
Rear-Wheel Drive
Limited-Slip Differential
Air Ride Suspension
Custom High-End Audio
Over $40,000 Invested
One-of-a-Kind Enthusiast Build
This isn't the car for somebody searching: "1996 BMW M3 near me." WRONG CAR. This is for the person searching for something they probably didn't even know they could buy. A European E36 Touring. Right-hand drive. M3-spec. 6-speed. Air ride. $40K+ invested. A WAGON BMW NEVER HAD THE GUTS TO BUILD. If you're looking for another E36 M3... KEEP SHOPPING. If you're looking for something TRULY DIFFERENT... YOU JUST FOUND IT. And please... Don't call us next week saying: "Hey, remember that crazy right-hand-drive M3 wagon?" Yeah. We remember. SO DOES THE GUY WHO BOUGHT IT.