At first the M3 seems simple. Humble even. The interior differs little from a standard E30. BMW preserved the same ... That shifter has long throws in the US car. Euro-spec cars (like the later ...

BMW is looking to the classic E30-series M3 for styling inspiration for a special ... the report suggests the Euro-spec M2 could be closer to 3100 pounds. "I'd have to give Colin Chapman the ...

The Euro-spec models (including the Evo I and ... which is just one of 25 championships in total. According to BMW, the E30 M3 won more than 1,400 races during its racing career, which lasted ...

A throwback to the E30 BMW M3 that came to the USA in 1986 ... E36 BMW M3 (U.S.-spec) E36 BMW M3 (Euro-spec) Engine The current G80 M3 is a bold step forward in BMWs design and engineering ...

Still somewhat skeptical of our appetite for compact luxury hot rods, BMW made Americans wait until 1995 to get the E30 ... M3 trades 42 horsepower for a $14,000 slice off what the Euro car ...

Thank the M3, which, after 25 years, remains BMW’s most bewitching ... and speeds rise: The Euro-spec E36 we drove hit 115.6 mph on Ascari’s long straight—to the E30’s 110—the ...

So I walked across the street to the BMW dealer and they ... (it's an OMP unit) and the Euro-spec S50B32 engine from an E36 M3. "Putting an E36 engine into an E30 bay was fairly straightforward ...

We don’t know what happened, but the same custom-built 1991 BMW M3 E30 Touring model that was purportedly ... M3 E36’s 3.0-liter straight six in Euro specification, which delivers 282hp ...

A bit of BMW history may be needed here before we continue. When the E30 M3 came out ... lagging way behind the Euro version. And it's stuck between the legendary original M3 and the later E46 ...

Initially, BMW planned to build 5,000 E30 M3s to meet the homologation ... which debuted under the hood of the Euro-spec E36 M3 in November 1992, was the S50B30. Based on the 2.5-liter M50 ...

Then again, the folks at BMW's M division outdid themselves with the E30 BMW M3 — the first-ever M3 that made a huge splash at the 1985 IAA in Frankfurt. BMW said the first-gen M3 is a ...

One of the most outstanding features of the S14 engine found in the BMW E30 M3 is its use of two individual throttle bodies. This allowed more precise tuning of the air intake system and provided ...