History; Models - BMW LCI 3 2015 Series Operating Manual

3￿Series LCI
1.￿Introduction
1.1.￿History
The￿first￿3-Series￿BMW￿was￿introduced￿in￿1975￿as￿a￿technical￿further￿development￿of￿the￿2-Series.
This￿means￿that￿the￿BMW￿3￿Series can￿celebrate￿40 years￿on￿the￿road￿this￿year.
Outlined￿below￿are￿the￿six￿generations￿of￿the￿3￿Series.￿The￿data￿is￿based￿on￿the￿four-door￿Saloon￿(with
the￿exception￿of￿the￿two-door￿E21).
Explanation
Sales￿period
1.2.￿Models
The￿following￿models￿will￿be￿available￿for￿the￿market￿introduction￿as￿a￿Sedan￿and￿Sport￿wagon￿version:
Gasoline￿models
• BMW￿320i￿/￿320xDrive
• BMW￿328i￿/￿328i￿xDrive
• BMW￿340i￿/￿340i￿xDrive.
2
E21 E30
1975 1983
and and
1983 1990
Diesel￿models
•
E36 E46
1991 1997
and and
1998 2005
BMW￿328d￿/￿328d￿xDrive
E90 F30
2005 since
and 2012
2012