To counter the increasingly serious threat from Mercedes-Benz and also see off newcomer Audi, BMW Motorsport created the ultimate road-going iteration of the E30 ahead of the 1990 DTM…
Read MoreHaving created the 911 SC RS for Porsche and Rothmans, Prodrive had a brief dalliance with the MG Metro 6R4 during the Group B era, after which the Banbury firm switched their attention to the Group…
Read MoreFrom its inception in January 1965 to the present day, Alpina has produced a variety of tuned BMWs that have gone onto acquire icon status. However, in terms of the road-going machinery from…
Read MoreAmong the litany of machines that contested Group A Touring Car championships between the early 1980s and early 1990s, perhaps the most successful was BMW’s E30-based M3. Despite…
Read MoreUnveiled in March of 1987 and ‘88 respectively, BMW’s first pair of E30 M3 Evolutions catapulted the Bavarian firm to great success in Group A Touring Car racing. The Evolution rule allowed…
Read MoreThree years since BMW had last commissioned an Art Car, executives at the company ordered two new creations from a pair of Australian painters: Michael Jagamara Nelson and Ken Done.
Read MoreOnce a manufacturer had constructed the 5000 base cars required for Group A homologation, further uprated Evolution variants could be produced once every twelve months. For each Evolution…
Read MoreBMW Motorsport created the E30-based M3 to compete in the inaugural 1987 World Touring Car Championship (WTCC). The new model replaced BMW’s 635 CSi as the firm’s touring car of choice…
Read MoreBy the mid 1980s, BMW’s Motorsport department had released several production models, but the new E30 M3 would prove to be their most popular yet. Based on the recently introduced E30…
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