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 be a homologation special for DTM and Group ...

BMW underestimated demand for the car magnificently. By the end of its production run in 1994, over 15,000 M3s had been built. They weren’t all identical. In total, there were 12 E30 M3 models ...

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

Today we take BMW’s ‘M’ cars almost for ... with a Bosch ABS system. While the M3 shared its basic shape with the stock E30, all the panels bar the bonnet and doors were different.

All adhere to the same sort of performance parameters ... First up we have the greatest M-car ever produced, the BMW E30 M3. With 197bhp at 7000rpm in this non-Evolution form, it is a spot-on ...