While the M3 shared its basic shape with the stock E30, all the panels ... in a short space of time, at BMW’s Munich-Milbertshofen plant. The M3 went on sale in early 1987 priced at £22,750 ...

as part of the Silverstone Auctions Classic Motor Show Sale. Undoubtedly two of the auction’s highlights, the 1990 BMW E30 M3 Sport Evolution and Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.5-16 Evolution II - both ...