BMW M3 Convertible (E36), US model

Two versions of the BMW M3 Coupé were sold in the US market from April 1994 onwards but by contrast only a single US version of the M3 Convertible was marketed there. It was only available on the North American market sometime after the model was revised (from April 1998). It shared the same engine with the revised version of the BMW M3 Coupé, which already went on sale in January 1996. The six-cylinder inline engine (S52B32 US) was based on the M52 engine from the BMW 3 Series (E36) and delivered an output of 243 hp. In contrast to the coupé, the customer had a choice between a convertible with a manual five-speed gearshift and an automatic five-speed transmission. A total of 6,269 examples of the US version of the BMW M3 Convertible were built and they were all produced at the Regensburg Plant.