It isn't every day you find an ultra-rare BMW E30 M3 Sport Evolution in a barn completely unscathed by time and animals, but here we are again.

The love began years ago. Every morning on my way to work I would walk past one. An E30 M3. Something about the shape, the stance, the trim perfection of the profile, the kidney grille (remember that?

The first-gen M3 remains a legend, but there were other interesting E30-based high-performance models that deserve more ...

M3 Lime Rock Park Edition, both the final model years of their respective generations. In full disclosure, the E46 was in ...

One of the company's most iconic nameplates, the BMW M3 is nearly 40 years old as of 2025. It all started in 1986, four years after BMW introduced the second-generation 3 Series (E30). Intended to ...

Back in the day, the E30 M3 dominated race tracks and rally courses around the world, but these days, it’s the BMW 325i that’s getting all the action. The 325i is raced in the SpecE30 racing ...

And it seems equally certain that the actual stuff from which it was made – specifically the rear-end bodywork that differentiated it from lesser 3-series models – formed part of that appeal.

Yet while each of these cars intrigued and impressed, none of them would be talked about as much as the next road car to emerge from the M Division, the E30 M3. Although designed primarily to ...