One of the lesser known and certainly one of the most rare M3 variants was the only M3 Compact ever built. For this one-off, BMW chose to fit the Z3 M running gear in the body of an E30 ti Compact, not to mention the whole catalogue of the most exclusive E36 generation parts bin components.
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