One of the significant changes in the luxury-car market over the past 15 years is the increasing overlap and morphing of archrivals BMW and Mercedes-Benz, as they pursue each other's well-heeled ...

The road-going W201-generation Mercedes-Benz 190E Cosworth falls somewhere in between: An instant classic in its own right, still known to many as the car that lived in the shadow of the E30 BMW M3.

In the end, the 190E broke three world and nine international speed records. This stirred things up in Munich, and BMW's answer to the190E was the M3. At the time, there was nothing (including the ...

This 1990 Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.5-16 Evo II is a real-life ... back then – and it went toe-to-toe with the S14 engine in the BMW E30 M3. The car is extremely rare and usually attracts big ...

But they are two very special cars. The 1988 BMW M3 and the 1987 Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3-16 shown here not only kicked off the German horsepower war, they helped revitalize their respective makers ...

E30 BMW M3. Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 Cosworth. Two poster boy heroes for any child growing up in the 1980s, and the Cossie has been back in the news this month as the brawny Evo II version notched up ...

Back in the 1980s when Mercedes-Benz was the undisputed king of the hill in the premium segments, the brand with the star broke all the rules with the compact size 190E and even more so with the ...

But the one face-off that really got the fires burning happened way back in the late Eighties – when BMW launched the first E30 M3 to take on the Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3-16. But given the benefit ...

Of note, BMW and Mercedes snatched at title after title with their defining compact sedans of the era – the M3 and 190E. To understand why the racing was so captivating, words are useless.

But what you probably didn’t know is that, in the 1990s, a tuning company called Schulz took a Mercedes 190E and turned it into the first Mercedes hatchback, way before the A-Class and BMW 1 Series.

E30 BMW M3. Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 Cosworth. Two poster boy heroes for any child growing up in the 1980s, and the Cossie has been back in the news this month as the brawny Evo II version notched up ...

But the one face-off that really got the fires burning happened way back in the late Eighties – when BMW launched the first E30 M3 to take on the Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3-16. But given the benefit ...