E46 325ti with SMG 6-speed
 

City car to drive in Paris (and weekend excursions away from the city) while I am working here as an expat. I take delivery next weekend. Sport package with a genuine SMG 6-speed!!!

Anyone more knowledgable than me know how many e46 ti's came with SMG from the factory? Most of the e46's I have seen are 4cyl where SMG would seem pretty useless. The few 325ti's were either 5speed manual or slush boxes, so it seems to me the SMG 6-cyl might be a rare car....

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Interior much more upscale than our E36/5

Awesome! I would love to have an E46 Ti over here in the states

Based on the chat on the E46 fanatics page,, Take very good care of the SMG it will punish you if you dont.. LOL

Dave

Nice car! Do you plan to try to bring it back to the States? John

Yes, I am aware of the fragility of the SMG. My wife's e46 M3 has the same transmission and has held up well so far (fingers crossed :D).

Thinking about trying to bring it back in two years. It would definitely be a cool addition to my e36 ti. I can find no evidence, however, of anyone ever having successfully imported an e46 ti.

I doubt it would qualify for a show and display exemption due to the relative commonality of the e46 compact in the EU, so am looking for some production info on how many SMG-equipped 325ti's might have been made. If I can make an argument that it is "technologically or historically significant" (i.e. low production numbers), then I might have a chance.

Any of you BMW and internet-savvy surfers know how to find production info on this model? In my experience BMW protects that stuff pretty carefully, so any leads would be much appreciated. I have two years to work the issue, so time is on my side!

the SMG2 is a wildly different animal than the SMG1. the SMG1 was a fragial beast... that people would beat to death.

Mine's a 2003, so SMG2. You still gotta take care of 'em. With only 192 hp on tap in stock form, the SMG can handle a lot more than the 325ti can dish...