The E30 was, and still is, a great car, but it was also just a refinement of an existing idea. BMW had been in the small sports sedan space since the 1960s with the 02, and then had updated the ...

In this week's episode of Head 2 Head, our west coast editor Jason Cammisa takes the BMW E30 M3 and Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3-16 to the 'Ring.

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.

In addition to its successful racing career, the E30 was selling well in the showroom in competition with rivals Mercedes, as BMW dominated the luxury compact car market.

BMW M3 E30 vs Merc 190E Cosworth Two giants of the 1980s reunited We debate which is best. E30 BMW M3. Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 Cosworth. Two poster boy heroes for any child growing up in the 1980s ...

Watch a high-powered showdown as a 950HP GAD Motors Mercedes-AMG GLC63 S takes on an 820HP BMW E30 325i Turbo! Who will come out on top in this ultimate drag race? Power, speed, and pure ...

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On to the BMW . In high school, I drove a 1973 BMW 2002.This was the mid-'80s, so it was just an old used car back then, but it was still special. I was a weird New Wave kid with a spiraling mop ...

When it debuted in 1982 to replace the outgoing E21 version of BMW's 3-Series, the automaker's E30 lineup set out to do battle with other luxury models like the Audi V8 and Mercedes 190E.

Mercedes-Benz versus BMW. It’s one of the age-old corporate head-to-heads that has been barging about since God was a teenager, a happy little war that has been fought on racetracks and roads ...