The first-gen M3 remains a legend, but there were other interesting E30-based high-performance models that deserve more respect ...

BMW's fastest E30-generation M3 "Evo," the Sport Evolution got an enlarged ... and more aerodynamic spoilers. By late 1989, ETCC had collapsed amid spiraling racing costs, but that December ...

It gave the M3 the ... rest of the E30 3-series range, the M3 acquired 12 unique body panels designed to reduce drag and, with the help of a higher rear deck and sizeable boot spoiler, balance ...

Yet while each of these cars intrigued and impressed, none of them would be talked about as much as the next road car to emerge from the M Division, the E30 M3 ... the new rear spoiler, while ...

They weren’t all identical. In total, there were 12 E30 M3 models, from the standard 200bhp car in 1986 to 1990’s 230bhp 2.5-litre M3 Evo III. This one is arguably the most special E30 M3 of all.