re: '95 M3 auto - YES

[Phil Marx <BMW@xxxxxxx>]

Jack Money wrote:
>it has been questioned:
>
>>>Was '95 E36 M3 available as an automatic?>>
>
>well according to many dealers i have spoken with the answer is no.
>however, according to the brochure for the '95 M3 i have in front of me
>(print date of 12/94), "for the first time ever on an M car, bmw offers a
>5-speed automatic transmission......."  i know that this brochure is for the
>'95 model year as it has some specs on the LTW.  that and i never had a
>brochure for the '96 model year.  anyone care to correct me?

It was first available in the last half of the '95 model year (which itself
was nearly two years long) and NOT available in the '96 model year (which
was only about 3 months long).  You are correct, sir!

- -Phil Marx

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