BMW M3 ’30 Years M3’ Limited Edition
30 years ago BMW gave us the original
E30 M3 and today the company pays tribute to it with a special limited edition,
tuned to produce 444 hp.
This exclusive version of the M3 builds
on the Competition package models, bringing a 19 hp upgrade for the twin-turbo
straight six for a total of 444 hp and the optimized adaptive M
suspension with new springs, dampers and stabilizers.
The whole car is basically an M3
Competition dressed in special clothes. The exterior is painted in the
exclusive Macao Blue metallic, which back in the day was a special option for
the original E30 M3.
Other exclusive features of this new
special edition are the exclusively designed M gills on the front wings which
bear the logo ’30 Years M3’. The cabin now hosts a black-blue full Merino
leather interior, special badging on the sills and a numbered plaque on a
carbon trim strip. Also the seat-belts have woven-in BMW M strips. Customers
will be able to opt for a black-Silverstone leather option with contrast
stitching as an option.
Production of the new BMW M3 ’30 Years
M3’ will be limited to 500 units globally and will be offered both in manual
and DCT versions. The company reckons that when fitted with the DCT gearbox,
the latest version of the M3 is capable of running a 0-100 km/h in
four seconds flat.
As for the pricing, the celebratory M3
will ask for 10,000 euros (US$ 11,000) more than a standard
M3 Competition in Germany, with the first cars scheduled to hit the market in
the summer.
