BMW M3 E30
BMW M3 E30 (1986-1991): full specifications, engines, common problems and original brochures.
The E30 is the BMW M3 generation our specification records cover for US model years 1989–1991. Across that run EPA certified 3 versions of it for sale in America, under one trim name. It was sold as a coupe and convertible.
Dimensions are the figures the panel above does not carry. The E30 measures 171.3 in · 4,351 mm long, sits on a wheelbase of 100.8 in · 2,560 mm to 101.2 in · 2,570 mm and weighs 2,866 lb · 1,300 kg. Length and wheelbase come from Transport Canada, which measures every vehicle sold in North America; curb weight from the same source.
Every version we hold under this code is rear-wheel drive. That matters on the used market more than it looks: which axles are driven changes the weight, the service list and the price, and the badge does not always say which you are looking at.
Gaps are left as gaps. We do not hold horsepower for any of them, because EPA began recording certified output usefully only in the late 1990s. A dash on this site means the figure is not in a source we can name, never that it is roughly the same as the row above.
Engine line-up
| 4-cyl · 2.3L | 1 trim |
Compiled from EPA data for the US market and from factory brochures.
