Never even knew this was a thing.
Sounds like a rare car.
https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C952607
Sounds like a rare car.
https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C952607
E3 3.0 Si Estate
- Thread starter Wes
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That 3.0Si Estate is really cool!
Mike Goble
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I see why it's called an Estate, it would take my entire estate to buy it...
100 grand! Yikes.
jmackro
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Can't say I find it attractive. The rear of the car seems to droop. And the Hofmeister kink - which looks so great on the e3 and e9 - just looks fussy here since that line isn't carried into the rearmost side glass.
In my opinion, a much better-executed estate wagon, derived from a sedan, is the Volvo 122. The roofline was kept horizontal, and the pillars all match. But of course, this comparison isn't fair: BMW just built a few of these e3 wagons so couldn't justify investing in the tooling to do it right.
In my opinion, a much better-executed estate wagon, derived from a sedan, is the Volvo 122. The roofline was kept horizontal, and the pillars all match. But of course, this comparison isn't fair: BMW just built a few of these e3 wagons so couldn't justify investing in the tooling to do it right.
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Mike Goble
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I have a 1967 Chevy Nova "Estate Wagon"...
The funeral home market segment is really small...
while I agree with what you're saying, they followed the lines of the car, which is period styling for the early 70s. If they changed the roof line, hip line, and redesigned the top of the rear doors, it would be a massive amount of work that probably wouldn't net any extra sales.
jmackro
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Right! As I said in post #5: BMW just built a few of these e3 wagons so couldn't justify investing in the tooling to do it right.
It appears that they didn't sell any. The write-up on the "Classic Heros" site says: BMW Motorsport did build some estate versions (Kombis) for internal use and these cars acted as support vehicles to the rally campaign of the works 2002 TIs
I thought they were built by a coachworks company that did conversions on order, but I may be confusing that with the 7 series wagons.
jmackro
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You may be right. The "Classic Heros" site refers to BMW Motorsport building them, but in this context, "building" may just mean ordering them from a specialist and writing a check when they were complete.