Basic means light, of course, and lightness is a key weapon of the E30 M3. Where’s the magic, though? Where’s the character and ability that earned it a place in the evo Hall of Fame alongside ...

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Back in the day, the E30 ... M-Sport and Track & Handling Packages. It’s 25 year old and has only about half the horsepower, but can Jason’s 325iT keep up with today's fastest non-M3 3-series ...

Although it had the same basic unitary body shell as the rest of the E30 3-series range, the M3 acquired 12 unique ... burned quite as brightly as Renault Sport Meganes and Honda Civic Type ...

Those with an inherent need for speed may turn green with envy when perusing through the specs of the Europe-only E30, as the M3 Sport Evolution was the cream of the crop. Packing a 235-horsepower ...

They kept tweaking and fettling, giving us the Evolution and Sport Evolution models. By the time the final E30 M3 rolled off the production line in 1991, power had been bumped up to a whopping 238 ...