E36 saloon rear leg room ?

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Post Thu Jun 19, 2008 5:58 pm

Chaps,

I've been offered a 93' 320i saloon for much cheapness. Is the legroom in the rear better than an E30 4 door / touring ?

I need a 2nd car as having the child's seat behind my drivers seat is not at all comfortable !!

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Post Thu Jun 19, 2008 9:04 pm

yes it is not a great deal but there is a nice improvement over an E30
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Post Fri Jun 20, 2008 10:50 am

Rear legroom in an E36 is still fairly abysmal IMO. There's a bit more floorspace but the design of the front seats mean you can't get your feet under the back of them like in the E30. Rear headroom is better than an E30 but still not great.
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Post Fri Jun 20, 2008 4:42 pm

E36 is longer/wider than E30,most goes into the rear seat area.BMW were slated in the press from E21 for poor rear seat area/access so built a 4 door E30 to improve things.E46 is better still in this respect.Nothing like an E30 from the driver's seat,though..George,look at roam '09,please...
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Post Fri Jun 20, 2008 5:00 pm

The 320 e36 is one of the best sounding engines they did e36 wise that is but also real juicy on fuel worse than a 325 or 328
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Post Tue Jul 01, 2008 1:23 pm

darkchild wrote:Rear legroom in an E36 is still fairly abysmal IMO. There's a bit more floorspace but the design of the front seats mean you can't get your feet under the back of them like in the E30. Rear headroom is better than an E30 but still not great.
What he said.
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Post Tue Jul 01, 2008 11:49 pm

BMJG wrote:The 320 e36 is one of the best sounding engines they did e36 wise that is but also real juicy on fuel worse than a 325 or 328
The 320 is defo not as bad as a 328 on fuel!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I had one,its not the most economical e36 but to say a 328 has a better mpg?No way!
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