What was the E30's Rival...?

[thornado327i]

And Touring was also available!!

[ill4noreason]

looks like a volvo / bmw 2002's bastard child... I'd drive one

[AbeSonic]

e30 vs camaro

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNd0_ctaOSk

It broke down! lol Hella

[M42Power]

Here the 318is was a competitor to the mk2 16v golf gti

[Hick]

the Dodge Neon took over DS from the E30

[RainierHooker]

Really price-point and market-segment wise, at least in the US, I'd say the E30 was pretty much stacked up against:

Mercedes 190e
Maseratti Bi-Turbo
Alpha Romeo Milano
Porsche 924
Volkswagen Golf/Jetta (higher-range ones at least, ie GTi/GLI)
Nissan 280ZX

...pretty much all mid-priced, sporty, but still luxury minded imports. You gotta figure that any of these were not marketed to the same folks interested in 'vettes 'stangs and cameros. Having pretty much grown-up in an '80s import shop I can say the clientel was different than the average American. You were either an import guy or a domestic-only driver.

[MikeK]

Nissan Sentra

[Simon S]

not really a rival but a lighter and very close powered car. I had one of these beaters too...

Were these co-designed by Lotus?
Seems like I remember an 80's hatch - that while I despised the maker, it looked great - and someone had indicated that Lotus helped design its exterior..

[quickervicar]

Were these co-designed by Lotus?
Seems like I remember an 80's hatch - that while I despised the maker, it looked great - and someone had indicated that Lotus helped design its exterior..

Lotus helped to tune the suspension. There were little green & gold "Suspension by Lotus" badges on the back.

As far as styling goes, IIRC Pininfarina originally designed that car way back. It was supposed to be the Mk 1 VW Scirocco, but VW thought it a bit too progressive & expensive to build. Isuzu bought the design about 10 years later. Makes you wonder if VW would have proceeded as planned, would the Corrado have looked like the current Scirocco?

[Simon S]

ah.
Interesting.

[ACMF74]

Ford Sierra...

my buddy had this it high school. it was so hot it literally caught on fire

[Supadave]

I still say the MB 190

[Sean]

It broke down! lol Hella

Wrong. It didn't. Notice during the scene where they show the car "breaking down" it's a slow motion version of the previous scene where the cop almost rear ended the M3 because the Camaro had drums and the M3 has real brakes. hehehe

I hear they went to his house later and arrested him. They just didn't want to show that someone evaded the cops - much less a 15yo. Frankly, I wasn't all that impressed by that cop's driving. Why did he have to swerve last minute around the spike strip? He doesn't communicate with his officers to say what lane its in? HAHAH

[scottinAZ]

e30 vs camaro

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNd0_ctaOSk

the commentary on that video was PAINFUL to listen to.. since when is an M3 SUPERCHARGED?? I hate it when shit like this is on, because99% of the time its FAKED and totally FULL OF SHIT.


Back on track though, E30 vs Merc 190

[Lance Racing]

Ford Sierra...

Wow, didn't they realize they were promoting a marshmallow suspension? Jeez.