One Reason Why the US BMW E36 M3 Makes It the Worst M3 Ever

The one reason why the US BMW E36 M3 is the worst M3 of all time is because of one letter "M." The US models of this track terrorizing machine came with one essential difference, the M50 motor instread of the European-Spec S50 motor.



The US model engine was really a reworked 328i motor with different tuning, the power output of this motor was 240 HP.

The European M3 motor was the S50, this motor had higher compression, more aggressive tuning, and individual throttle bodies. This came in the earlier 286 HP engines or the later 3.2L 321 HP engine.



Pretty much the US model M3 came with the slower, cleaner burning, fuel efficient 328 motor. Everywhere else in the world people got the S-series BMW race motors with ITB.

US can be boring sometimes.