Even the instrument cluster got a special touch, with Alpina’s badge and red needles. The 333i’s M30 engine was so well-regarded that Alpina broke tradition and chose it over the E30 M3’s ...

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 ...

A bright red example with ... Both of these E30 models are South African developments with interesting back-stories The 333i was created because the first-generation M3 was only engineered in ...

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?

While the M3 is unquestionably the most iconic member of the E30 3 Series, it wasn't the only impressive high-performance version of the generation. Produced from 1982 to 1994, the E30 was ...

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.

In 1988, the BMW M3 enjoyed one of its greatest motorsport victories when Patrick Snijers drove an E30 to win on the Manx Rally. In evo Issue 148 (and on this video) Chris Harris meets the Belgian ...