If you can look through the windsheild and see the vin number, then what is the tenth digit? T= 1996, V= 1997, W= 1998, X= 1999, Y= 2000, 1= 2001, 2= 2002 and so forth. The info I have on my Alldata system shows the 323i to only be made from 1998 to 2000. Hope this helps.