BMW 3 Series E46

Дата актуальности: 2026-08-13 Период семейства: late 1990s–mid 2000s depending body Кузова: Sedan, Touring, Coupé, Cabriolet, Compact; M3-specific variants Статус: начат в редакционная глава; полный аудит продолжается редакционная глава.

The E46 model family marks the transition from M52TU-era powertrains to M54 and later diesel/common-rail revisions. This first block intentionally avoids pretending the whole E46 can be described from three headline models.

Touring family

BMW Group Classic:

• public debut: IAA 1999;
• sales from October 1999;
• technical family metadata: 01/1999–05/2005;
• more than 400,000 Touring built in Regensburg;
• 320d was the most popular Touring variant.

BMW 328i Touring

• launch-era Touring;
• M52B28TU;
• 2.8 l;
• 193 PS;
• Double VANOS;
• Euro 3.

Production dates will be fixed after the dedicated body card is fully reconciled with family metadata.

BMW 325i Touring

• M54B25;
• 2.5 l;
• 193 PS in Archive narrative;
• certain US states received M56 SULEV instead of the normal M54 configuration.

This creates a required US regional engine row: 325i Touring M54 ≠ 325i Touring M56 SULEV.

BMW 330i Touring

BMW Archive technical card:

• 06/2000–05/2006;
• M54B30;
• 2979 cm³;
• 231 source-hp / 170 kW;
• 0–100: 6.7 s;
• Vmax: 250 km/h;
• DM 68,100.

⚠️ DATE CONFLICT: E46 Touring aggregate page ends the family at 05/2005, while this individual 330i Touring card says 05/2006.

No automatic truncation.

BMW 330i Sedan

BMW Archive:

• 06/2000–02/2005;
• M54B30;
• 2979 cm³;
• 231 hp / 170 kW;
• 0–100: 6.5 s;
• Vmax: 250 km/h.

North America — Performance Package / ZHP

BMW Archive specifically documents a North American 330i Performance Package:

• model years 2003–2005;
• common enthusiast name: ZHP;
• up to 238 hp / 175 kW;
• revised sport chassis;
• transmission/powertrain and appearance changes.

This is stored as: REGIONAL FACTORY PERFORMANCE PACKAGE

not as an M3 and not as a separate global generation.

Detailed: ../../special-editions/regional/BMW-E46-330i-ZHP.md

E46 M3 boundary

BMW M confirms the E46 M3 belongs to the 2000-era generation and uses the S54 family.

A full M3 E46 audit — including:

• standard M3;
• SMG II;
• Cabriolet;
• CSL;
• CS;
• GTR road car;
• regional versions

— is intentionally deferred to редакционная глава so the special-edition/homologation matrix is not half-built.

Sources

• E46 Touring family

www.bmwgroup-classic.com/de/modelle/bmw-klassiker/product-description-page.ad-1039-1.bmw-3er-touring-e46.html

• BMW 328i Touring

www.bmwgroup-classic.com/de/modelle/bmw-klassiker/product-description-page.ad-1022-1.bmw-328i-touring-e46.html

• BMW 325i Touring

www.bmwgroup-classic.com/de/modelle/bmw-klassiker/product-description-page.ad-1020-1.bmw-325i-touring-e46.html

• BMW 330i Touring

www.bmwgroup-classic.com/en/models/bmw-classics/product-description-page.ad-1023-1.bmw-330i-touring-e46.html

• BMW 330i Sedan

www.bmwgroup-classic.com/en/models/bmw-classics/product-description-page.ad-867-1.bmw-330i-e46.html

• BMW M — E46 M3 history

www.bmw-m.com/en/topics/magazine-article-pool/bmw-m3-e46-portraet.html