Chassis No.: WBABE51090JG17980

€4 800 | Sold

Look M3 Follow-up maintenance Car to be serviced French registration Chassis n° : WBABE51090JG17980 Technical control not valid At the end of the 1980s, BMW wanted to develop a car to compete with the trendy little bombs like the Volkswagen Golf GTi, the Peugeot 205 GTi and the Renault 5 GT Turbo. However, there was no question of copying what the competition was doing: that would be too expensive and the Bavarian manufacturer also liked to cultivate the difference. The range of the time starts with the 3 Series E30, more bourgeois than sporty, and the very powerful M3 is far too expensive to compete on the GTi market.

So the Bavarian company decided to launch the 318i into the arena, upgrading it to the 318is, for Sport. In terms of appearance, the car features some of the gimmicks of the famous M of Motorsport, a spoiler and a spoiler to match, and superb BBS rims. For the front end, the 1,800cc M40 4-cylinder engine is upgraded to an M42, with a 16-valve dual overhead camshaft cylinder head and Bosch Motronic electronic fuel injection to produce a welcome 136 hp. With the advantage of rear-wheel drive over the small GTi, the 318is "did the job" with 41,234 units sold between 1988 and 1991. The following year, the 318is E36 replaced it, with the same recipe and the same M42 engine increased to 140 hp.

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The newcomer had put on weight and changed its style, but its price still made it one of the most desirable sports coupes of its generation. Between 1992 and 1999, 191,053 units were sold. The presented car, in arctic silver metallic, was sold new in France in October 1993 in the Loire department by the BMW Saint-Germain Auto Sport dealer in Saint-Etienne. Its service book shows regular maintenance up to 150,000 km. The file then includes a large number of invoices justifying regular attention, but indicating that the car received a very slight shock to the left rear in 2005.

The car, which appears to have been repainted, has been fitted with many of the M3 E36's specific features, including the headlights, lights, spoiler and - most importantly - the wheels and interior with its sought-after buckets. The car, a real alternative to the GTi's of the time, is sold as is, to be serviced, with in particular some work to be done on the front axle (counter visit of the CT: shock absorbers and front suspension ball joints).

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