Note: This car has been imported to the Netherlands from the USA. Check your local import rules to register it in your home country before bidding.
Highlights
- USA title and Dutch Import documentation
- All duties and VAT have been paid
- Comes with window sticker and over $5,500.00 extra options installed
- CLEAN CARFAX with 18 service records, to confirm service history, damage free past and original mileage
- Desirable 6 speed sequential manual gearbox (option 793) with manual overdrive
- Seller can assist with worldwide transport and shipping
The Appeal
The E46 BMW M3 is widely regarded as a fine driver's car, combining a good balance of power, handling, and everyday usability. This 2002 convertible example features the Sequential Manual Gearbox (SMG), offering the engagement of a manual with the convenience of an automatic when desired. Finished in classic BMW Schwarz (black), this M3 presents an opportunity to acquire a well-documented example with comprehensive service history.
This particular M3 Convertible includes an array of factory options totalling over £4,400, including the Premium Harman/Kardon Sound System, Xenon headlights, and Park Distance Control. The vehicle's provenance is well-documented with a clean CARFAX showing 18 service records, confirming both its maintenance history and damage-free past.
History and Paperwork
- First registered in 2002 in the USA
- Clean CARFAX report with 18 service records documenting maintenance history
- Original window sticker included, detailing factory specification and options
- USA title and Dutch import documentation available
- All import duties and VAT have been paid, simplifying European registration
- European registration is the responsibility of the buyer
- Matching numbers 3.2L inline-6 engine
- Current mileage stands at 108,374 miles
- Seller can assist with worldwide transport and shipping arrangements
- Installed Options:
- [793] Sequential Manual Gearbox: $2,400
Rear park distance control
[508] Park Distance Control: $350
[521] Rain Sensing Windshield Wiper: $100
Auto headlamp control
[522] Xenon Headlights: $700
Auto-leveling feature
[674] Premium Harman/Kardon Sound System: $675
(10) speakers with (2) subwoofers
Vehicle-speed-sensitive equalization
Upgraded amplification
Cold Weather Package: $700
Heated front seats
Retractable headlight washers
Ski bag
19" M Light Alloy Wheels Double Spoke Polished (Style 67) with Mixed Performance Tires
Lumbar Support
Original Shipping Charge: $645
- [793] Sequential Manual Gearbox: $2,400
The Condition
- Heated door locks
- Heated windshield washer jets
- Dual M-designed heated power mirrors with exterior mirror memory & reverse-gear-activated passenger mirror auto-tilt-down
- M-oval design fog lights
- M3 badged door sills
- Clear turn signal lenses front/rear
- Front fender vent “gills”
- Flared front/rear fenders
- Aluminum hood with power dome
- Front/rear body-colored bumper with hydraulic energy absorbers & front compressible elements
- Expandable cargo space with top raised
- Fully finished trunk
- Footwell lighting
- Dual visor vanity mirrors
- Auto-dimming rearview mirror
- Glove box with rechargeable take-out flashlight
- Prewired for CD changer & cellular phone
- Automatic climate control with microfilter ventilation
- Power windows with 1-touch up/down
- Instruments including oil temperature gauge, variable warning segment on tachometer
- M-design instrument cluster with aluminum finish-ringed dial & gray backgrounds with red needles
- External temperature display
- Tire pressure monitoring system
- Service interval indicator
- Check Control vehicle monitor system
- 4-function on-board computer
- Tilt/telescopic steering wheel
- Front center armrest
- Black high-gloss interior trim
- Coded driveaway protection
- Crash sensors automatically turn on hazard/interior lights & unlock doors
- Battery safety terminal
- Fuel cutoff (triggered by airbag deployment)
- Side-impact interlocking door anchoring system
- Child seat automatic safety belt locking device
- Rollover protection system
- Automatic height-adjustable front safety belts with automatic tensioners & force limiters
- Front door-mounted side-impact airbags
- Driver & front passenger airbag supplemental restraint system (SRS) with dual stage, dual-threshold deployment sensors
The Mechanics
- 3.2L (3,246cc) inline-6 engine producing 333 hp
- 6-speed Sequential Manual Gearbox (SMG) transmission with manual overdrive function
- (4) polished stainless-steel exhaust tips
- Drop-down tool kit in trunk
- 4-wheel ventilated disc brakes with BMW M vacuum assist
- 4-wheel anti-lock brake system
- Variable engine-speed-sensitive power rack-and-pinion steering
- Front 18" × 8.0" / Rear 18" × 9.0" alloy wheels with satin chrome finish
- Front P225/45ZR18 / Rear P255/40ZR18 performance SBR tires
- Gas-pressurized front struts & rear shock absorbers
- M-calibration suspension including stiffened dampers/springs, front/rear stabilizer & modified rear axle
- Wider-track aluminum 4-link rear suspension assembly
- Aluminum double-pivot strut-type front suspension
- Rear-wheel drive
- Digital motor electronics with on-board diagnostics
- Distributorless electronic ignition system
- Electronic throttle control with M dynamic driving control
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