BMW 3시리즈가 50년이 지난 지금도 여전히 지배하는 이유

The 3 Series turned 50 in 2025, and we tracked down the earliest version we could possibly find

The roll call of cars that were on the scene 50 years ago and which are still being built today is short. It gets shorter still if you stipulate a perfect, unbroken run of production.
If you then dismiss those cars whose name has lingered but whose physical form has flitted from one class to another, a mere handful are left to consider. All of them are, at least in automotive terms, household names: Ford Mustang, VW Golf, Mercedes S-Class, Toyota Land Cruiser, Honda Civic, Porsche 911.
BMW is possibly unique in that it contributes to the list twice. The BMW 5 Series arrived in 1972 and the BMW 3 Series came along in 1975 (the BMW 7 Series followed in 1977). The impact of both has been colossal, but it is the junior partner, which turns 50 this year, whose legacy hits hardest. Think 20 million cars sold and a remit spanning from top-tier motorsport to diesel repmobile. There’s even been an