Original: The BMW Compact is a compact car \/O/ small family car, basically a truncated liftback version of the BMW 3 Series, produced by the German automaker BMW between 1993 and 2004. From 1994, it was based on the BMW E36 platform, switching to the BMW E46 platform in 2001.
Simplified: The BMW Compact is an automobile made by BMW in two generations from 1994 until 2004.