£13,500 • £12,500 - £15,000
1982 BMW 316 (E21)
United Kingdom • 8 Nov 2025
Vehicle Details
AI Listing Summary
This 1982 BMW 316 (E21) is a late production model, well-optioned and recently recommissioned. It features a Polaris Silver exterior with a navy blue interior and has under 40,000 miles, presenting in excellent condition.
Condition
8
The car is described as being in great shape with a virtually immaculate cloth interior, excellent bodywork, and an odometer reading of under 40,000 miles. It has also been recently recommissioned, including a full brake overhaul, new exhaust, new carburetor, and new period correct alloys. Within the last year, it has had a full gearbox rebuild and new clutch and brake master cylinders.
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Manual
Transmission:
WBAAG1207C6983907
Chassis No:
Odometer:
39,907 miles
UOB 780Y
Reg Number:
RHD/LHD:
RHD
It’s 1975; Jaws was selling out cinemas and breaking box office records, Bohemian Rhapsody was on the radio all day long, jumpsuits, platform shoes and waist-high flares brighten up the High Street, Margaret Thatcher has just become Leader of the Conservative Party, Brian Clough has take over at Second Division Nottingham Forest, and BMW introduced their new 3-Series.
The brainchild of Paul Bracq, BMW's Director of Design from 1970 to 1974, and introduced to replace BMW’s various '02 models, few could have predicted just how much of a success the 3-Series would become throughout the subsequent five decades and currently, seven generations.
Many aspects of the E21’s design have lived on in later 3-Series, the dashboard angled toward the driver, the short overhang at the front, the crease line along the body, double-kidney grille, twin headlamps, and the Hofmeister kink at the C-pillar.
Built initially in two-door form only, the newcomer made use of BMW's existing and well tried over...
Points of note
£3,200
Lowest Price (Since 2020)
£6,733
Median Price (Since 2020)
£13,500
Highest Price (Since 2020)
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MOT Information
Expired
Expired on Aug 21 2024
Latest MOT Mileage
39,591 miles
Registration Date
1982-08-04
MOT History
Passed
On Aug 22 2023 with 39,591 miles
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