E30 M3

The E30 M3 was never supposed to be more than just a homologation special, something to allow BMW to race it in DTM. However, there were some unique models made, one of which was the…

I only lived through about five minutes of the 1980s, however there’s always been something about the ’80s that calls to me. I once heard that the ’80s was a decade that was unapologetically itself…

There are two BMWs most often considered to be the best driving cars the brand ever made—the E30 M3 and E46 M3 CSL. Some fans are in camp E30 M3, while others are in the…

The BMW M3 is a very different car now than it was when it first launched, both technically and ideologically. So it’s interesting to see three different generations of M3 come together to take a…

A few days ago, we took a look at an E30 3 Series with a 2JZ swap that was built specifically for drag racing. It wasn’t pretty because it wasn’t meant to be. It was…

Getting into the E30 M3 club is tough. Not only is it a rare car, it’s an expensive one, with nice examples easily fetching six-figures (more, if you include the Bring a Trailer tax). However,…

BMWs are pretty small time in Pebble Beach, when compared to Duesenbergs and Talbots. However, at the Pebble Beach auction, held by Gooding & Company, there were some really nice BMWs that sold for interesting…

E30 M3s have been selling for frankly absurd prices on auction sites over the past couple of years. Especially on Bring a Trailer, where bidders seem to be willing to pay 20-percent more than normal…

BMW didn’t make an E30 M3 sedan. To be honest, such an idea was probably never even discussed. The M3 wasn’t designed to be practical back then, it was a homologated race car. Its successor,…

The BMW M3 has changed dramatically since it was first introduced three decades ago. Back in the late ’80s, the original E30 M3 was a lightweight, high-strung, homologated touring car for the road. Now, the…