Family Photo

[nebulous123]

Ask anyone in the know what the quintessential sports sedan is, and nine times out of ten they'll tell you it's the BMW 3 Series. It's the benchmark against which all others are measured, the target that every other luxury automaker has in its sights, and the very icon of what a luxury sports sedan should be. What's more, it has been all those things for three and a half decades, from the first model introduced in 1975 to the new sixth-generation model just rolled out last month.

With a hyphen or without, the 3 Series has come a long way, so to illustrate the fact, BMW has lined up all six generations for a family portrait or four, which you can check out in the high-resolution image gallery above, along with the detailed press release after the jump.

http://www.autoblog.com/photos/bmw-3...mily-portrait/

You can get the high-res shots too from the link

[Threehz]

Great picture, two beautiful cars then a bunch of mistakes ;)

[CrusherCurtis]

Great picture, two beautiful cars then a bunch of mistakes ;)

Whats the second beautiful car?

[nebulous123]

Whats the second beautiful car?

E21 probably. I love the E92 and E46.

[RUFFLZ]

wtf. at the rate bmw is going, the 7 series will eventually start looking like a damn limo SMH

[nebulous123]

wtf. at the rate bmw is going, the 7 series will eventually start looking like a damn limo SMH

hahaha seriously bigger isn't better. but I guess as the average american becomes more obese they have to keep making bigger cars

[RUFFLZ]

hahaha seriously bigger isn't better. but I guess as the average american becomes more obese they have to keep making bigger cars

lolol gotta make room for all that mcdee's somehow

[flying_violin]

Yeah, I gave three dudes a ride in my car today, and they complained about how cramped it was, how hard it was to get into and out of, how noisy it is (solid bushings!), and how old it was. Then I hit 6k rpm coming around a corner!

"I thought it was going to explode!"
"Sounds like all the gaskets fell out there!"
"Well, you can do that once..."

Etc, etc. Didn't help that the track pads kept squeaking every time we stopped, too. "Just WD-40 those brakes." "Nah, I'll pass."

But I really enjoy my car and wouldn't trade it for all three of theirs!

[Pantless Spency]

how come e92 is missing from this photo?

[DuMa]

interesting how the 2 best BMWs pictured are not sedans ;)

[nebulous123]

how come e92 is missing from this photo?

well, e90/92 same thing. BMW started giving the variations in the chasis a whole other E#.

[BlackbirdM3]

Here are a few more specific family photos that I shot a couple weeks ago at my cars first autoX





Its kinda cool to see how much bigger each generation has become.

Will

[nebulous123]

Here are a few more specific family photos that I shot a couple weeks ago at my cars first autoX

Its kinda cool to see how much bigger each generation has become.

Will

Those are some sick shots. I like that family picture better.

[BlackbirdM3]

Those are some sick shots. I like that family picture better.

We had another 2 door E92 there, but they had to leave early. The light really was past its prime by about 15 minutes when I shot those. Still its cool to see the evolution of the species.

On a side note, as the cars became bigger, the rear spoilers got smaller. The E46 and E92s are whales of cars.

Will

[McGyver]

all i saw from the M3 group was a bunch of parts cars for the e30...