Rare E-30's What's the rarest E-30 out there?

[atomic]

Nope, IIRC, '89 Schwarz cars with plastic bumpers did in fact get Diamond-Schwarz bumpers.

To my knowledge all schwartz 89+ cars had D-schwartz bumpers on them. My schwartz 91 325i has the factory bumpers on it. I know because I have had them both off and the correct vin tags were on both. And both bumpers were the D-schwartz as well. Also from what I remember when I worked at the dealer back from 1989-1995 all schwartz e30's with the plastic bumpers did have the D-schwartz bumpers as well... But keep in mind I have slept and have had more than my share of jager since then too.....

[Rathbone]

That's a good looking car, but a black interior convertible would be too hot for this climate. That's a great site for cabrio owners, though. A non-heated seat, 5-speed, blue M-tech would be more rare, as there were only 3 instead of 5.

[GarrettM]

Baur 4 door cabrio is rare. Along with 2 door iX Baur cabrio.

[SA E30]

333i - just over 200 built m30b32 built for South African Group A racing.
325iS and Evolution HP ... just over 1000 true ones built, M3 suspesion, M-Tech 2 kit, 2.7lt Alpina fettled motor.

M3 Europamesiter
M3 Sport Evo

I dont think Baur's are rare at all... every single e30 cabrio that was built in South Africa is a Baur... and they pretty damn ugly if u ask me.


Also heard something about a E30 M3 Hartge that they only built 2 of or something, think it was the H36 , but dont hold me to that

[CorvallisBMW]

M-tech 1 vert might also be fairly rare. Not as rare as the m-tech 2 cars, but still pretty cool. I've never heard of one.

[CorvallisBMW]

Where can I find info on these non-white M-tech 2 cars? I've never seen a photo of one. I'd like to see the blue with the Evo interior. My Cabrio is blue, so if I like it enough I could clone one. I'm planning on a full respray and interior anyway.

"First, the 5 speeds. In the VIN ranges for the 5 speed cars, I found 40 VINs that listed the "M Technic Luxusausstattung" option (M Technic Luxury Equipment):

8 MacaoBlau. 5 had heated seats.
14 BrillantRot. Only 3 had heated seats.
18 SterlingSilber. Only 2 had heated seats.

The 5 speed VIN range from the ETK for 04/91, was EC04922-EC04979.
The 5 speed VIN ranges from the TIS for 04/91, were: EC04910, EC04915, EC04917, EC04922-EC04976, EC04979.
I checked these VIN ranges: EC04909-EC04910, EC04914-EC04917, EC04922-EC05046, EC05060-EC05069.


Automatics. In the VIN ranges for the automatics, I found 56 VINs that listed the "M Technic Luxusausstattung" option (M Technic Luxury Equipment):

10 MacaoBlau. 5 had heated seats.
15 BrillantRot. None had heated seats.
31 SterlingSilber. 6 had heated seats."

check out www.e30ic.com for more info and pics.

According to this site, a 5-speed MacauBlau M-technik w/ heated seats would be the rarest production e30.

[Rathbone]

Where can I find info on these non-white M-tech 2 cars? I've never seen a photo of one. I'd like to see the blue with the Evo interior. My Cabrio is blue, so if I like it enough I could clone one. I'm planning on a full respray and interior anyway.

[gobuffs]

No its not. Car makers change model years whenever they feel like it. Its not uncommon for the next year's model to come out in March even. My E46 is a late July build, but it was still an '04 and not an '05.

Bingo....most of the 2000 model year BMWs started production in early 1999 (around March).

I have heard the rule (in the US) is a model year can't start before Jan 1 of the prior year and has to stop Dec 31 of that year. IOW a 2008 model year coudl have started production in Jan 2007 and will have to end in Dec 08. The 95 US M3 production run was nearly 2 years long (starteed early 94 and ended in Dec 95 as there was not supposed to be a 96- the 96 run was a short 6 months).

[Funkmasta]

I want pics of the 93 M3 cab also!

The factory MtechII cars came with stitched consoles...

[einstein57]

i remember reading an article in european car about the silver e30 vert haveing a very small production run with about 17 left in circulation and only about ten originaly imported to the U.S. also the e30 alpina is supposed to be rare. the only one i've ever seen was my friends dad who imported it from europe while he was in the army.

[cwsqbm]

Officially, July built cars are labelled as the next year's model. This is universal with all car companies.

No its not. Car makers change model years whenever they feel like it. Its not uncommon for the next year's model to come out in March even. My E46 is a late July build, but it was still an '04 and not an '05.

[rkettner]

how rare is this craigslist car?

http://vancouver.craigslist.org/car/391653816.html

[CleanAzzE30z]

That Maritius blue is godly.


Mariano

[M42Technik]

build date 10/92 but titled as a '93!

color is mauritiusblau-metalic

O.K., not at all rare - shameless plug for a weekend spent with clay bar.

sorry :( I couldn't resist.

Yay more MD guys. Mauritiusblau metallic is very rare on E30s...in fact you're the only one I know of with that color on an E30 other than Alex, and his was a repaint.

How about the M-Technic cabbies as well:





Leather covered center console, 15" wheels (non iX) and the full M-Technic cloth...pretty rare if you ask me. Here's more on the car on the BF.C thread...

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=743846

[DrMcDave]

Nope, IIRC, '89 Schwarz cars with plastic bumpers did in fact get Diamond-Schwarz bumpers.

this is true for the e34's also