„Icon of icons: Autocar Awards Readers' Champion - BMW 3 Series“. — „But it set the template. Other cars might have made the market for what would eventually be known as the compact executive saloon. One was Alfa Romeo’s 1962 Giulia saloon, another the 1971 Triumph Dolomite, but their makers failed to fully capitalise, leaving BMW to develop the compact, sporty two-door saloon that was the E21 3 Series of 1975.“. Qaraldi: 2019-yil 12-iyul.