Not every E30 was made the same ... and Renault, to name a few. BMW was relatively new to the scene, having only fully established BMW South Africa in 1975 creating the brand's first overseas ...

But not for BMW and Alpina. They forged ahead anyway, and the result was nothing short of spectacular. At the time, the most powerful E30 in South Africa was the 325i, featuring a 168-hp M20B23 ...

Photo: BMW AG Like the Alpina E30-based B6 range ... and a more elegant interior, the B6 3.5 S was not powered by the legendary S14 inline-four developed by the M division. Instead, Alpina ...

And the road cars were only created to homologate the racers. That’s genuine motorsport pedigree. Initially the plan was for 5,000 to be built. BMW underestimated demand for the car magnificently. By ...

While the M3 shared its basic shape with the stock E30 ... not at the M Division’s Garching factory but, because of the large number of cars that needed to be built in a short space of time, at ...

Available only in South Africa, this very special E30 was an Alpina-tuned, big six-powered performance model that could hang with the legendary M3 ...

But a Design Edition convertible. I adore it, but it’s not an E30 M3. Discussion point: could this be BMW’s most iconic car? Think of its legendary reputation, built around its astonishing ...