I'd Only Want The Highlighted Vehicles From The List

Sweet Christmas: Get a Load of This $2.3 Million BMW Dream Car Sale 

For sale: “The Collection of BMW Legends,” 13 classic BMWs that are each pretty special and noteworthy in their own way. They’ve each been restored to near-new quality, EAG claims, and are up for grabs as a group for $2.3 million. 


Here is the list of what’s up for grabs:

• 1981 BMW M1
• 1990 BMW E30 M3 Sport Evolution
• 1995 BMW E36 M3 Lightweight
• 2005 BMW E46 M3 Competition Package
• 2013 BMW E92 M3 Lime Rock Park Edition
• 1991 BMW Z1
• 2001 BMW Z3 M-Coupe
• 2007 BMW Z4 M-Coupe
• 2003 BMW Z8 Roadster
• 2002 BMW E39 M5
• 1988 BMW E24 M6
• 1988 BMW E28 M5
• 2011 BMW 1M Coupe

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They See Me Rollin' - E46 M3 Edition

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I'd Choose The 190E 2.5 Evo II

Which Of These European Touring Car Legends Would You Take Home?

Three pristine cars will be on the block at Silverstone Circuit at the end of July—a 1987 Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth, a 1990 BMW E30 M3 Sport Evolution and a 1992 Mercedes-Benz 190 E 2.5-16 Evolution II.

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They See Me Rollin' - E30 M3 Edition

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One Of The Most Shocking Private Party Used Car Sales Ever

One Of You Maniacs Really Bought A BMW E30 M3 For $102,000

You really did it. One of you maniacs out there actually spent a hot $102,000 on a 1989 BMW E30 M3 with 35,000 miles.

Bring A Trailer auctioned this car with 35,562 miles to be precise. Does that alone explain the selling price? No. No it does not. For that, I would need to consult an expert on mass hysteria, or an expert in the hive mentality.

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They See Me Rollin' - E36 M3 Edition

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They See Me Rollin' - E30 M3 Edition

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They See Me Rollin' - E46 M3 Edition

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No Question, The BMW E30 M3

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Yes, Yes I Would

Would you cop a Lego BMW E30 M3?

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An E36 M3 Doing What They Were Meant To Do

This E36 M3 Driver Keeps Setting Nurburgring Records 

Last week it was 7:31, this week it's six seconds less. Just how fast is this guy? 

Last week, we showed you a video of driver Alex Hardt setting a solid 7:31 "Bridge to Gantry" time around the Nurburgring Nordschleife in his prepped BMW E36 M3. The time isn't too crazy by modern standards, but for a 20-year-old car, it caught our attention—Hardt even claims it's the world's quickest 'Ring time for an E36. Now he's set a new time in his blue track car, and it's a lot quicker.

This time around, Hardt was able to wheel his E36-generation BMW M3 coupe around the Green Hell's "Bridge to Gantry" layout in 7:25—six seconds quicker than his claimed record lap. As we said in the last article, the Bridge to Gantry layout excludes the back straightaway to make way for exiting and entering the track during tourist sessions, so it's a shorter distance than any official Nurburgring lap. But since it's the layout run by nearly everybody who attends an open-lapping day at the famed circuit, it's considered a standard timing measure.

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Say What?

Fuck Yeah America! Mercedes Minivan Defeats E30 M3

People love BMW E30 M3s and people, in this one case, are not wrong. But thinking that an E30 is “special” in 2016 is like telling people you “discovered” Arcade Fire in 2016. It’s over, man.

It’s therefore with great pleasure that I can announce that someone paid $51,000 fucking American U.S. dollars for a goddamn Mercedes minivan when they could have had an E30 M3 for about $33,500.
 
America made the right choice. No matter how much purer the E30 feels or how many Frank Ocean videos it ends up in or any of that shit, having an R63 AMG minivan is just better. And weirder. And more special.

My faith in humanity isn’t restored, but it’s coming back just a little bit.

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What Could Have Been

Fast wagons aren't a thing in the US, but the touring body style is a hit in Europe. And while every enthusiast loves a high-performance wagon, automakers apparently like the body style as well. The 2000 M3 Touring was built to serve in-house purposes. Essentially, BMW built the vehicle to prove that it could be done with little difficulty. We have a feeling that an E46 M3 Touring would have done extremely well.

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The U.S. Spec E36 M3 Was The Low Budget Version

8 Ways American E36 M3 Buyers Got Completely Screwed Over

To keep costs low and to offer the E36 M3 for a price of only $35,800 in America, BMW cut big corners, resulting in a car that was slower, more basic and way less of an M3 than its European brother.

1. The US M3 engine was pathetic

You see, while the original displacements of both the US and European-spec S50 B30 engines were the same at 3.0 litres, the European versions featured individual throttle bodies and a continuously variable VANOS valve timing system. The American car, by contrast, was fitted with the more basic two-stage Vanos system found on the M50 engine, and didn’t get individual throttle bodies. The American engine’s compression ratio was also lower, all of which resulted in 240hp and 225lb ft compared to the European engine’s 286hp and 236lb ft.

Power figures in Europe were later raised to a mega 321hp with the introduction of the 3.2-litre S50 B32 engine, while the poor guys in America got screwed a second time, getting the same 240hp output as before despite getting a 3.2-litre version of the S52 engine. Torque was increased by 11lb ft, though, which is something at least.

5. US buyers never got the six-speed manual

When the E36 M3 first came out, both the European and US-spec cars featured a five-speed manual gearbox. However, in 1996, when both E36 versions were upgraded to 3.2 litres, the European M3 received a six-speed manual gearbox too, while the American cars were left in the dark ages with the same five speeder as before. Interestingly, though, and to suit the American driver, a five speed automatic gearbox was later offered on the US car, further cementing the fact this was no proper M3.

8. The headlight lenses were crappy plastic

Further cost-cutting measures for the US-market E36 M3 meant that the car’s headlight lenses were made out of plastic which were easily pitted by stone chips. They also featured a more simple reflector construction than the glass ellipsoid headlights fitted to European M3s. For that reason, it’s fairly common for owners of US cars to swap out the headlights with the European units.

Complete list (CarThrottle.com)

This Is A Tough Call

90’s Legends: BMW E30 M3 Or Audi RS2?

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Cousins Who Are A Beauty & A Beast

Guess what BMW's '30 Years M3' special edition celebrates 

Add a verb and the name becomes crystal clear.

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I'll Take The E46 M3 CSL Please

Which RARE BMW M3 Or M4 Would YOU Want All To Yourself?

• E30 M3 Evo
• E36 M3 GT
• E46 M3 CSL
• E92 M3 GTS
• All-new M4 GTS

That's a helluva selection to choose from and if you ask us there's not exactly a clear winner here. Each vehicle has its pros and cons, as well as its own place in BMW history.

But we're going to pose a hypothetical situation here. Let's say you had room for only ONE in your fleet, WHICH one would YOU choose?

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A Nice M3 Family Photo

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These Are Worthy Project Cars

The Cheapest Legendary Performance Cars You Can Buy Today

We're often asked the question: 'how can I get a cheap performance car with iconic heritage'? The answer is not a straightforward one, so here are the cheapest ways to secure yourself a quick car from a legendary brand

BMW: E36 M3

The oft-overlooked BMW E36 M3, hit the bottom of its depreciation curve a few years ago, and although prices have risen by around 50 per cent, it’s still the a great entry point into M car ownership. You can find high-mileage examples for under £6000, but we would recommend spending a couple thousand more to find a clean example; you don’t want to end up buying a lemon like Alex…

The 3.2-litre S50B32 straight-six engine fitted to post-September 1995 M3 coupes is, as Alex describes it, “a heartless destroyer of speed limits”. With an impressive (for the time) 316bhp, the E36 is good for a 0-60mph time of around 5.4 seconds, and will go on to a top speed of 170mph (sans limiter). With clean examples hitting the £10,000+ point, now is the time to buy!

Alternatively, around £8500 also puts you in E46 M3 territory, so that’s a car well worth considering too.

Audi: RS6 C5

Somewhat surprisingly, the iconic Audi RS6 C5 is now one of the cheapest ways into RS ownership. With a 4.2-litre, 450bhp, twin-turbocharged V8, the RS6 absolutely decimated the competition when it was released back in 2002, with the Avant claiming the title of ‘world’s fastest estate car’.

With a 0-60mph time of 4.4 seconds and a top speed of 155mph (over 180mph delimited) the RS6 sported serious supercar-rivalling performance. So what’s the catch? Well, with any car this advanced, problems are going to be commonplace. Owners have reported issues such as cracked manifolds, blown mass air flow sensors, worn bushes and leaky intercoolers. Servicing costs are also painfully high. You can pick up cars for under £7000, but we’d invest another £7k to secure a cleaner example. If you want the limited-run Plus, expect to pay around £20,000.

Mercedes: C36 AMG

The C36 AMG W202 was the first AMG model to be sold through Mercedes’ official dealership network and was a car designed to take on the dominant E36 M3. The sonorous inline-six found in the C280 was retained, but the AMG crew bumped the displacement up to 3.6 litres. Aggressive camshafts, an increase in compression and a performance exhaust were also added to give the car 276bhp and 284lb ft of torque. Granted, the 0-60mph time of 6.7 seconds and top speed of 155mph was still some way off the M3, but it wasn’t a bad start for the iconic tuner.

Firmer suspension with a 25mm drop gave the car impressive handling, and the S600 vented disc brakes guaranteed fade free braking performance. Surprisingly, for such a historically significant vehicle, high-milage examples can be had for under £5000. And if you double your budget, you can get a mint-condition C36 for just under £10,000. What a steal!

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3 Generations Of Awesomeness

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