Description
Specifications
Date of production: July 1978
Make: BMW
Series: E21
Model: 316
Body type: 2 dr saloon
Chassis number: WBAAG3309B5887620
Sequential number: 87620
Engine code and number: M41, 5887620
Engine type: cast iron block with hemi chambers, aluminum head, 1573 cc, 4-cylinder in line, SOHC, Solex 32 DIDTA carbureted, 90 bhp at 6000 rpm and 167 Nm at 4000 rpm
Transmission: Getrag 242, 4sp manual
Body color: Fjord Metallic, 037
Interior color, trim: Marineblau, cloth
Odometer reading: 58959 km
Description.
The E21 was BMW’s first 3 series in history. It featured a Paul Bracq-designed body with trademark ‘Hofmeister’ kinked C pilar. It also introduced the concept of driver-oriented dashboard and center console. The engine was designed by professional race car driver Baron Alex von Falkenhausen to have hemispherical combustion chambers which several US and European manufacturers use to this day.
This E21 316 was ordered in 1978 in most elegant Fjord light blue metallic with marine blue cloth interior. Its owner proactively fitted a factory supplied set of covers for the seats in the front and back. After 40 years and only 58500 kms he sold it to its second and current owner.
This E21 remains in an astoundingly preserved condition with no signs of wear anywhere on the car and operates like a near new E21. Interestingly all window and engine bay stickers, factory seals and tools present as the day the car left the factory.
