This E46 wagon have, in my opinion, a very nice spec. @maxgestic sent us these lovely photos from its recent trip to Germany. Furthermore, the car was just awarded the Best Daily Driver prize at Shedfest 2026 this past weekend.
This car is a right-hand-drive E46 330i touring facelift (internal code EN52), produced from August 2001 through June 2005. A total of 1,324 units were built: 454 with manual transmission, 867 with automatic transmission and 3 with SMG.
The exterior color is Imola Red II (paint code 405). Only 14 EN52 cars were painted in this color. It was available for the E46 Touring from April 2001 until the end of production.
The upholstery is Black standard leather (interior code N6SW), the most common interior option for this model. 686 N6SW cars were configured with this interior.
Imola Red II color was only sold in combination with the M Sport package. Worldwide, only 26 E46 Tourings were ordered through BMW Individual without this package.
In summary:
- 1,324 EN52 cars (E46 RHD 330i Touring facelift)
- 686 EN52 + Black Standard leather
- 14 EN52 + Imola Red II
- 10 EN52 + Imola Red II + Black Standard leather
- 6 EN52 + Imola Red II + manual transmission
- 4 EN52 + Imola Red II + Black Standard leather + manual transmission. All sold in the UK, but only this one is on the road with valid MOT.
The last image shows a table listing the 1,117 E46 tourings manufactured in Imola Red II worldwide. Of those, 178 have Imola Red II / Black Standard leather combination (8 pre-facelift and 170 facelift).
Congratulations to its owner for such a great car!
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What an incredible time I had at @shedfest.official 2026, great show and Bruno won the best daily driver of the show award, so stoked about this first ever trophy I have gotten at a car show, thank you awarding my little BMW this trophy and award!
Thank you everyone at the @autoalex team for organising this incredible show, will be back next year
Credit @xe6ct for these incredible photos!
On board footage from my lap around the Nordschleife during the TF session on the 29th of April 2026, absolutley loved it, did two laps, first one (this video) 12:13 and then a second lap at the end of the session a 11:35, both with cautions sadly
#bmw #nürburgring #nordschleife #e46 #respecttheregion
