The BMW 3 Series is a compact executive car manufactured by the German automaker BMW since May 1975. The 2004 BMW 325i is a part of the fourth generation of the model, known as the E46. This particular BMW 325i features a 2.5 Liter engine with a 5-speed automatic transmissionw with RWD drivetrain. The 3 Series has been on Car and Driver magazine's annual Ten Best list 20 times, from 1992 through 2011, making it the longest running entry in the list. In their December 2009 issue, Grassroots Motorsports magazine named the BMW 3 Series as the second-most important performance car built during the previous 25 years. As a credit to the E46 series, it was chosen for Car and Driver Magazine's