After 16 years off the road, this BMW E46 M3 roars back to life—but the first drive uncovers lingering issues. A full black interior swap, new rear lights, and a strut brace restore the car’s looks, ...

The German luxury brand produced and sold over 3.2 million versions of the BMW 3 Series E46 (globally) between 1997 and 2006 (it went on sale in Europe two years before it entered the U.S. market).

All E46 M3s are powered by BMW’s beloved 3.2-liter naturally-aspirated inline-six with independent throttle bodies and pumping out 333 hp and 262 lb-ft (355 Nm) of torque back in the day.

Fans of the one-off BMW E46 M3 Touring Concept from 2000 will be ... going beyond the engine transplant of the M3’s 3.2-liter straight-six. The naturally-aspirated unit received a compressor ...