This admittedly pristine 1984 BMW 325e caught the eyes of The Drive staff recently. It is as shiny and spotless as E30 3 Series coupes get, with only 29,843 miles. It’s in BMW’s beautiful ...

Remarkably, for an E30, both windshield and rear window surrounds ... According to the ad, this 325e has always been a California car and, hence, is totally rust-free. California does have the ...

The E30 was sold in two flavors at first in America: the four-cylinder 318i, and the six-cylinder 325e. Other variants like the 325is and M3 came later, and we're just talking about the U.S ...

But the station wagon stayed in Europe. But unlike with the E21, North American buyers of the E30 could get an inline-six underhood as well, with the 325e promising greater efficiency on the side.

The 325e (e stands for economy ... An update in 1987 really pushed the E30 into a higher gear, so to speak, with the introduction of the 325i. It was the most powerful 3 Series to date, with ...

From the homologation special E30 M3 to European-only touring models and economical 325e models, every flavor has become a classic, with even high-mile varieties of the nearly 40-year-old model ...

The BMW 3 Series story may not have started with this second-generation model, but the E30 years are some of the most celebrated when it comes to the iconic compact executive sedan. Available in a ...

Wanting to build what Rob described as a “garage stroker,” he replaced the 2002 motor with the M20 from a ’90 E30 325e. It was delivered to Dell Machine Shop in Sacremento, CA where it was ...

Given how beloved the E30 is now, it's hard to believe that when ... when the anemic 101-hp four-banger 318i and the efficiency-minded 121-hp 325e were supplanted by the hot-rod 325i.

Builds based on the E30 generation of the BMW 3 Series are hugely ... For the record, this BMW started out in life as a 1986 325e - while this packed a straight-six, the "e" was the economy ...