New Model - General Information: Overview

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Group 00
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Bulletin Number
00 01 92 (2120)


Woodcliff Lake, NJ
April 1992
Product Engineering


This Technical Information bulletin supersedes TRI 00 01 92 (2120) dated March 1992. It corrects the Fuel requirement listed on page 4.

Please remove and discard TRI 00 01 92 (2120) dated March 1992 from your TRI binder.

SUBJECT:
E36 Coupe General Information

MODEL:
318is, 325is








With the introduction of the E36 2 door, BMW expands the 3 Series modelineup to include a newly designed coupe model. Sharing only its front end with the sedan, almost all of the E36 coupe's body panels are newly developed. Its hood is 3.1 in. (78.7 mm) longer, its roof 1.0 in. (25.4 mm) lower and overall width is 0.5 in. (12.7 mm) greater.

Other body features include flush frameless side windows which cover the Bpillars, more steeply raked windshield and rear window, a lower trunk lid line and wider shallower tail light assemblies.


The E36 coupe aerodynamic drag coefficient is slightly better at C(D) = 0.32 (vs. C(D) = 0.33 for the sedan) and because of the lower profile its overall aerodynamic resistance is almost 2 percent less.