| Between the old-timey 2002 and the hugely influential E30, there was the E21. Over in Yurp, BMW shoppers could buy 315s and 316s and 323s and I don't know what all, but here in North America we know the E21 almost exclusively via the good old 320i. The 2002 overlapped E21 production by a couple of years; likewise, BMW showrooms in 1983 held the final examples of the 320i side-by-side with the brand-new E30-platform 318i. Here's an example of one of those end-times E21s, spotted last week in a Denver self-service wrecking yard. Either somebody pried off the little "i" on this emblem without leaving a mark, or we're looking at a European-market 320 trunk lid. Such are the mysteries of the junkyard. Almost 220,000 miles on the clock, extremely respectable for a Late Malaise Era car that probably got hooned every day of its life. This car is fairly straight, a bit of rust but nothing too terrible. Looks like somebody grabbed the seats right away, perhaps the same BMW aficionado that picked this nearby 2002 clean.
from The Truth About Cars http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com |
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