The BMW M3 E30 is a poster child of the 1990s, and 30 years on it’s still a coveted German performance car — especially when it’s an M3 E30 Sport Evo (Evolution III), or simply put, one of ...

The two-door coupe looks to be a Sport Evolution trim level ... racing in the late 1980s, the E30 M3 was engineered with lightweight materials, a high-revving 2.3-liter S14 engine, and sharp ...

The M3 is BMW’s most extreme compact sports coupe and sedan. Based on the 3 ... E30 M3 better on a track, but stock vehicles are often more desirable to collectors. 1987 – The M3 “Evolution ...

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.

This one is arguably the most special E30 M3 of all. BMW built a limited run of 505 Evo IIs to celebrate the ... Sure, 215bhp is nothing these days, but the 2.3-litre S14 engine is renowned ...

Engine 2.3-2.5L naturally aspirated I4 Horsepower ... would debut with a 220 hp 2.5-liter four-cylinder, which the E30 M3 Sport Evolution would soon one-up with 238 hp, of which only 600 examples ...

In 1988, the BMW M3 enjoyed one of its greatest motorsport victories when Patrick Snijers drove an E30 to win on the Manx Rally. Chris Harris meets the Belgian as he is reunited with one of the ...

Then, in 2013, BMW split the 3 Series lineup into two ... Almost three decades after introducing the E30 M3 Evolution, BMW launched a special version for the F80 M3: the M3 CS.