Bought mine six months ago and must admit its a wonderfull car.After a wide research I sold my Mazda Etude 1.6iSE 2002 in favour of this car. My car has everything you can expect from a modern car, two air bags, driver and passanger, six CD radio tape with RDS, 110kw of raw power and add ABS what more can you expect on a car? I will never sale it even if given a blank cheque, never. Took the car one day for a spin and out-sprinted my friend who drives a Golf 5 GTI.Off the line, it needs to be pushed very hard but once in motion it keeps pulling strong and keeps going on and on. I clocked 190km/h and my friend was watching my back and never allowed him to overtake. The car can handle 235km/h with extra power to spare. Wonder how at BMW they managed that. Rule of the game is to keep the car up to date service wise and you will never regret the union with this extremely good German machine at its best.

My old girl is now 20 years old. She is getting to the age where things arnt working as well as they use to. However she is a pleasure to drive, comfortable, quite economical and she has the grunt if you need it. I am very impressed with the Quality of workmanship that is still evident even the car was built 20 years ago. Unfortunatly like everything, eventually things start to fail, but i will get these things fixed and keep this beautiful car running. I love it to bits, i just hope she doesnt make me broke.

110kw of power 150bhp this car comes in a full house abs power steering side inpact bars 6 cyl 24 valve dohc safe and reliable very strong on the open road gets a good top speed and dose so fast very fule effic on the high way 10 out of 10 considering my bmw e36 320i automatic is a 1992 meaning its 17 years old.

Very nice car in general. Handles very well, smooth ride with lots of power, but slow during initial acceleration, drinking fuel, but becoming quite economic on open road (7-10l/100km a/t). Still has lots of power at high speed, and fun in sport mode. Original sound quality quite impressive and nice on-board computer (95 model). Very smooth running engine. Services can be expensive, but I haven't had any major issues or engine problems.

I bought a BMW 320i a month ago...the best..this is my third BMW and I will not change her for anything... The best by far... what more can you ask in a baby like this? She is now 15yrs old but still drives like new. A must for any BMW lover. Very economical on fuel.

These cars are getting old now. But if you find one which has been well looked after. I'm sure you will get years of trouble free motoring from it.

Apart from the niggles I have experienced, my BMW 320i has been extremely reliable and overall, an excellent machine. It is hard to imagine that it is thirteen years old. The overall experience is better than that of many newer cars I have ridden in. he fuel economy is good and the car is extremely reasonable to maintain if you deal with independent garages. Although my car is equipped with 15" wheels, the ride quality is not bad at all. Steering feel is excellent and the driving experience sublime. What lets it down is that the central locking is incapable of locking, and it appears difficult to repair. Some of the door trim has come undone and rattles seem plentiful. The demister does not seem to work. The headlights do not seem powerful enough.

Stock without any modifications and the car is super fast, as fast and maybe faster than a lot of new cars on the road. The car must be revved up to perform. The sport mode is just awesome and pulls the car for more power at whatever speed. Auto gearbox very silky smooth and this car always has some reserve power left. Kick down at 160 kph and the car drops a gear revs up and pulls up to 190 and beyond. this car is damn fast. Even some 3.0 can have problems catching up on highway.

Standard Review:
I've had my 320i coupe for 2 years now as standard. It's pretty sluggish there doesn't seem to be an awful lot of power for a 6 cylinder, 2 litre injection. It's very underpowered for 150bhp. Off the line it's slow, you really have to hit the high revs to get it moving. Hit 3rd gear and you will see what it's made of; it lacks low end, which many cars have in abundance. But on the other hand it has mid range and top end to keep pulling and pulling, which many other cars don't seem to have. The noise that the engine makes as standard is tremendous! With its tough aluminium block and 6 cylinders, some say it's the best engine noise out of the 3 series even better than the m3!

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Modified Review:
During the 2 Years of ownership of my 320i coupe, I decided I needed more power to get it moving and get rid of the sluggishness so my first modification was a custom made cold induction kit. It gave me a little more noticable power, but more noticable was the aggressive roar I got from the engine. The more it settled in, the more it started to sound like a V8. I coupled this together with a custom made and programmed ECU chip, which to my utmost surprise gave me a much more noticeable power increase. You could finally call it a sports car, it was quicker off the line and it pulled much harder to the red line. But it is more noticeable at mid range and top end. Not only that, it also had great effect on fuel. The chip's fuel management made the car increase its MPG considerably after the above modifications. Naturally once you gain some power you want more, so in came a custom made, big bore, throttle body (or as some might call it the butterfly valve) to allow more air into the engine, hence increasing power output, after this modification the car became more responsive and aggressive.

Overall at standard the car is more suited to the 'older generation', it's more of a cruiser with its sweet singing 6 cylinder 2 litre engine and its good looks. At standard I give this car 6 out of 10.

Modified it all of a sudden becomes a pretty powerful beast of a car. As explained there's more power output, hence it's quicker off the line and pulls harder to the red line. Overall it becomes a much better car than standard, so when modified I give this car 9 out of 10.

I bought a BMW 320i E36 4 months ago for $3500 NZ and invested another $1000 in two rear shocks, a transmission flush and fluid replacement and some upholstery repairs. For $4500 in total is a great car, looks and runs great and still has some style. Anyway, if the car lasts for the 3 years I need it it will be the best buy in my life, considering how much fun I have everyday going from home to work in Wellington.