German automaker BMW has been racing since the 1920s. The brand cemented its motorsports dominance in the 1940s with the 328 racing car: It swept the Mille Miglia (one of the first motorsport race ...

Among a certain type of car enthusiast, the E30-era BMW M3 holds a hallowed place. For fans of European racetrack-bred street cars, there can be no substitute: The first-generation M3 is king. Much ...

You might already know the story of the E30 BMW M3—a combination of alphanumerics that means little to non-enthusiasts, but everything to the right sort of Bimmer nut. The M3, of course, is the first ...

From intern to editor, Damian Adams' story reads like a well-written novel where he steadily worked to become the youngest-ever editor of South Africa's leading motoring publication, CAR Magazine. He ...

The BMW M3 is an iconic staple of automotive, motorsports, and sports car history. It's been that way for nearly 40 years. Since the introduction of the first M3 in the mid-1980s, BMW's iconic sports ...

Garret Donahue, a Southern California native, has been involved in car culture for the majority of his life. From organizing local group drives to attending open track days, Garret dives deep into the ...

The BMW M3 easily shows up in the top 10 performance cars on just about every critic’s list. With the new M3 just on the horizon, it’s time to pay homage to the original: the BMW E30 M3. It’s a ...

Sorry. I can't see something as being retro without somebody shoving 80s font and neon graphics down my throat. But if playing old music in a movie is considered retro, so should drag racing a BMW E30 ...

This iteration of the mighty BMW M3 has been called everything from reasonable declarations like "perfectly balanced" to outsized praise like "God's own chariot." Hyperbole aside, fans do have a point ...

A 1989 BMW E30 M3 has come across our desks and, in addition to looking good, we’re sure it is an absolute ball to drive. This M3 originally left the factory painted in Salmon Silver but has since ...

This one-off E30 M3 4-door model started life as a 1989 BMW 318i 5-speed, with work on it being done both in Poland as well as in New York. This is the only car of its kind in the world, and it will ...

The M3 is BMW’s most extreme compact sports coupe and sedan. Based on the 3-series, M3s receive unique and more-powerful engines, different suspension parts, larger brakes, and subtly re-skinned ...