oh dont get me wrong alan, the e36's are great, but i had mine for 2 years and they are getting on now, e46 would be my route also, the last comment was about the e46, and i will go back to a bm, just a matter of getting the baby out the mrs and getting it to grow up fast! lol
what your looking for is a sport/mtech model then if you want it to look like that, the standard bumpers arent half as nice!
your probably looking at 7-8 k to find something like a 2.5 with the sports interior/bumpers/alloys etc.
try get one with aircon/ full on board computer and leather, oh and the best colour by far imo is the gunmetal grey colour! yum!