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Here’s how the BMW E30 was the classic 80s yuppie car 

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In this episode I provide the history of the E30 variant of the BMW 3-series, which was sold in the U.S. between 1983 and 1991. American carmakers had nothing similar to compete with, and by the end of the 1980s, the E30 had become synonymous with Yuppies. Although the earlier E21 version was also sold in the U.S. as well, many E30 fans like it best as it was also the first generation to feature the M3 performance model. The platform for the E30 also was used for the Z1 roadster with its bizarre slide-down doors. By 1992, U.S. buyers were able to buy the E30's replacement, the E36, but the biggest difference is the G20 variant of the 3-series today, which can't compete against the X-series SUV's in America.

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@neildempster2827
@neildempster2827 Год назад
The E30 interior was exactly right. Nothing unnecessary, driver focused and well made. A masterpiece.
@baronvonjo1929
@baronvonjo1929 Год назад
Kinda reminds me of how houses have gone. Constant growth and innovation and rising costs to add that. These car companies have to keep competitive or fall to the wayside. However now it feels like we reached the breaking point where folks haven't seen wage growth to compensate for the rest of everything else. Plus the gymnastics automaker have to do now ro make their cars standout. They aren't really even cars sometimes. Just tablets on wheels that will age like milk.
@KingCast65
@KingCast65 Год назад
I have E28 I prefer but yah. Exactly.
@matthewsanchez8624
@matthewsanchez8624 Год назад
Bought a 325 for 2000 bucks, 200k miles. Kept driving it, never died. A little maintenance and that m20 goes a long way.
@lm1314
@lm1314 Год назад
Bought a 1990 E30 manual convertible during the pandemic. Love the car and fun to drive. Get a lot of compliments on it for still a good looking car.
@teddbutler5903
@teddbutler5903 Год назад
There was a movie called Flashback. It came out in 1989. It was a great movie and it was also a compilation of the 80's "greatest hits" in culture. At one point Dennis Hopper's character ( after angering a couple of grown up hippies) was thrown into the trunk of a 3 series outside of a bar. Those cars are iconic 80's.
@rheijm9201
@rheijm9201 Год назад
@tad in Wall Street Bud Fox has it too, but only when hurrying to his dying dad. It may be borrowed... Tom Cruise in the movie starting a small business doing accountancy for the mob (by a scietology person) opted for a comvertibe Mercedes coupe, i d say this is more of a I m from humble breed style choice. Sakko, Bruna s last name indeed means suit, the lonely wiper can be considered to have a tie (Windsor knot) vibe.
@mrlafayette1964
@mrlafayette1964 Год назад
And Marcy Darcy's red one from MWC
@stewartjmurray
@stewartjmurray Год назад
Such a great car. I had three of these when they were cheap, a 320i a 318is and a 325i. So much fun. That was in the U.K. where they did get really cheap for a while.
@monk3yboy69
@monk3yboy69 Год назад
@Stewart Murray And you sold them …..you kicking yourself?
@stewartjmurray
@stewartjmurray Год назад
@@monk3yboy69 well a bit but this was nearly 20 years ago. I would of had to maintain and store them for all that time!
@e28forever30
@e28forever30 Год назад
@@stewartjmurray “Would have”
@stupidvideos1449
@stupidvideos1449 Год назад
I miss when these were affordable
@POVShotgun
@POVShotgun Год назад
Hehe got one when it wasss
@everettblue9484
@everettblue9484 Год назад
Fr i want one so bad
@NidzaGaming
@NidzaGaming Год назад
i bought mine 3 years ago for 1000e,but it needed 3k more to look decent :'D
@brendanngin9939
@brendanngin9939 Год назад
@@NidzaGaming lucky
@sv_cheats1970
@sv_cheats1970 Год назад
​@@NidzaGamingin Serbia they are cheaper then in Bosnia 😅
@padroooo
@padroooo Год назад
I have never wanted one, but they are nice looking cars. Thank's Pat for another great video.
@alpaljl
@alpaljl Год назад
Couldn’t agree more
@MultiMusicbuff
@MultiMusicbuff Год назад
$18 000 was expensive in 1984.The Chevy Monte Carlo with a V-6 was $9425.
@orkoto6057
@orkoto6057 Год назад
That's 51.576,50$ in today's money
@joeseeking3572
@joeseeking3572 Год назад
The 325e was absolutely inescapable in the 80s - it just became the thing you had to have once you'd hit a certain age/salary/job. Oh, you just got out of law school and landed with Cravath, Sawine and Moore - get a 325! I apprecited them for the size, but having had one of the original 533i sedans from the same era, found them sluggish and smogged. Also, almost up until the most recent G20 3 series (tho I have a fond memories of a mid 2010s 335 M sport ) coupe, they've always managed to feel a little cheap inside - German, but still cheap. BWM present design direction isn't great - realize that Lexus and Audi started it but, cmon.
@Mantenner
@Mantenner Год назад
325e? Or 325i? The Eta was arguably the worst spec of E30 you could get, depending on what you wanted out of the car.
@neverwithout1985
@neverwithout1985 Год назад
E30 is such an iconic car. I currently own 4 325; 87 325iS; 2 89 convertibles and most recently acquired ‘89 325ix touring model.
@TurboDub1991
@TurboDub1991 Год назад
That's an awesome collection!
@johnjones393
@johnjones393 Год назад
The E30 Series Two refresh is peak 3-series for me. Such a clean and timeless design.
@monk3yboy69
@monk3yboy69 Год назад
@John Jones Yes, indeed . The rear light cluster just looked so smart for the time on that refresh. These were beautiful cars. The sound of a 325i …heaven
@fatalfallacy
@fatalfallacy Год назад
You should check out the 3-series touring story, actually being a hobbyist project to provide more space for a growing family needs.
@texarican_77
@texarican_77 Год назад
Man, these 3 series are just beautiful cars! I just love them!
@jergervasi3331
@jergervasi3331 Год назад
I had a 1991 318is from 1997 to 2006... amazing car. 180K miles, and still ran perfectly when I traded it in.
@djverhulst
@djverhulst Год назад
the E30 was one of the best driving compact cars, high quality build and long lasting ,
@andrewkessinger5966
@andrewkessinger5966 Год назад
This decision for older generations opens the door for the Mercedes W201. It’s a fantastic car with a fascinating history. Considered by some to be the first C class
@fhwolthuis
@fhwolthuis Год назад
The E30 2 door was never officially called a "coupe", as far as I know. It was just a 2 door sedan.
@NFLdom22
@NFLdom22 Год назад
Ooo la la! 😂
@cormacbeats
@cormacbeats Год назад
same thing with the volkswagen fox!
@neverwithout1985
@neverwithout1985 Год назад
I recall seeing BMW adverts calling the sports (325is/es) a coupe; but technical data documents for have 2dr and 4dr listed as sedans.
@AdamG1983
@AdamG1983 Год назад
That's a damn good looking car, plain and simple. Timeless design.
@dustygrimes2754
@dustygrimes2754 Год назад
Great info. Let's have a video on the Mazda 929!
@heroesofthelandstrasse
@heroesofthelandstrasse Год назад
Good Idea. 929 Coupés are great looking.
@elilevine2410
@elilevine2410 Год назад
When Bmers where reliable long ago , what a concept !
@Twmpa
@Twmpa Год назад
The last truly elegant looking BMW design. These days BMW are beating their cars ever harder with the ugly stick.
@KingCast65
@KingCast65 Год назад
I owned an E30; I used to rip on them because I am a long time E28 Big Block guy but look man they both are ALL GOOD. Also historically the new grilles are true to form. Look at the first 328 roadster.
@Steve-gc5nt
@Steve-gc5nt Год назад
This is what I still think of as the definitive 3 series.
@CassidyListon
@CassidyListon Год назад
Still holding out hope for a VW Corrado episode.
@ENDTIMEsVideoLibrary
@ENDTIMEsVideoLibrary Год назад
Yeah.. what the heck ever even happened to the Corrado?!! Disappeared like a Ghost!
@paulmuaddib451
@paulmuaddib451 Год назад
I'd love to see you cover the 80s models of the Datsun/Nissan 200sx, when they were still rear-wheel drive. They offered turbo and 6-cylinder models as well, the 6s being basically smaller, lighter 300z's.
@d.michaelmcbridedc1082
@d.michaelmcbridedc1082 3 месяца назад
Actually in Germany and Europe in general the cars are fitting with „Winzerreifen” winter tires which give incredible grip in snow. You can actually drive 40 -60 km/h in the snow.
@marcogtc
@marcogtc Год назад
Please do Opel Manta next
@Lightdog555
@Lightdog555 Год назад
I had a 87 325e the e was the gas “saver” it was still a great car
@MechaFenris
@MechaFenris Год назад
I still remember the joke about BMW's and porcupines... :-)
@howebrad4601
@howebrad4601 Год назад
I think the e on 325e was actually meant to denote the 6 cylinder "eta" engine generation. I remember car and driver magazine covering this topic. I could be wrong but believe this is what C&D said
@e28forever30
@e28forever30 Год назад
Correct!
@charliebulldoghunter6182
@charliebulldoghunter6182 Год назад
Please do a video on the Ford explorer sport Trac
@IsmailAbdulMusic
@IsmailAbdulMusic Год назад
They have a real nice BMW 7 series in the movie called License To Drive
@modfus
@modfus Год назад
Such a pretty car. Makes me sentimental for the '80s.
@MandusahRamirez
@MandusahRamirez Год назад
I wish these episodes were longer🙏🏽
@akfifa4764
@akfifa4764 Месяц назад
There was also a 1992 and 1993 bmw e30 sold in the us its was the convertible model since the e36 convertible didn't come till 1994. And that 1993 model were all only sold in manuals.
@tominator23
@tominator23 Год назад
Germans are required to put on winter tires during winter months. Tires do a lot more than all wheel drive for important traction situations like turning and stopping.
@ChrisTopher-jv6ex
@ChrisTopher-jv6ex Год назад
only mandatory in snowy conditions
@jamesreckling6697
@jamesreckling6697 Год назад
Really great video! Love to see you do one on the R129 Mercedes SL. A very, very innovative car!
@JSFGuy
@JSFGuy Год назад
Will need to forward this.
@Colonel_RamRod
@Colonel_RamRod Год назад
Subaru impreza/legacy next please!!!! 🥰 Great review btw, love the E30, everything on it is just right.
@jamescox1806
@jamescox1806 Год назад
Had a 1996 E36 convertible and absolutely loved it ❤
@NFLdom22
@NFLdom22 Год назад
If you do cars that “are specific model ranges from interesting cars that are still in production”, please consider the Honda Civic Wagon from 1984 to 1991. As this was the precursor to the Honda CR-V, it was available from 1985-1991 in 4WD. The wagon models were known as the “Wagovan” to many. Also called a Civic Shuttle in Asia. It is so rare to see any of those Civic Wagons. I own a 1985 and have the only one of this model year left where I live! Thank you MyOldCar! Happy New Year! 🎉🎉🎉
@88Hellrazr
@88Hellrazr Год назад
1984 Jetta GLI was compared to this car often.
@tillneumann406
@tillneumann406 11 месяцев назад
That's what VW wished. It just never worked out here in Germany. Hardly anybody would buy a Jetta (of all its generations) - in spite of III and IV renamed to Vento and Bora here, to improve its reputation - since everybody knew it was a Golf with a tacked-on trunk. And except for premium cars the three-box design was considered something for retired "squares" who didn't know how to drive anyway and drove unnecessary slowly on the highway. About like the little DAF cars that came out of the Netherlands until 1975, where you could be sure the driver would wear a hat while on the wheel and had a roll of toilet paper with a crocheted cover on the rear shelf. I think the last generations of Jetta weren't even offered in Germany any more. At least they're nowhere to be seen.
@scottyg7284
@scottyg7284 Год назад
E30 2 door was never a coupe, it was a a saloon/sedan.
@xraider927
@xraider927 Год назад
First video I watch for 2023....Happy New Year 🎆🥂🚗
@justas525
@justas525 Год назад
The ultimate Driver's car the 325i 5 speed manual
@ToniZambonio
@ToniZambonio Год назад
You should do the Volvo 240
@bigsur175
@bigsur175 Год назад
I have a 90 e30
@marial8235
@marial8235 Год назад
I have a 325i and a Z3 2.8 and I think a good deal of the e30 is in the Z3. Very similar feel.
@andrewnichols1023
@andrewnichols1023 Год назад
The e30 m3 I never got, giving it a 4 pot, when you could buy a 325i 6 pot cheaper I never got. I owned a e36 on 60k and drove it until 166k, it gave me hardly any issues, what a fantastic and cheap car to run.
@colemarzen2692
@colemarzen2692 Год назад
Love these videos. I would love to see one on the Nissan Maxima in the near future now that it’s being phased-out after the 2023
@klaushuxley3342
@klaushuxley3342 Год назад
I've owned 2 E30s. I wish I still had one...!
@rnb250
@rnb250 Год назад
Great vid. Thanx!
@doug6191
@doug6191 Год назад
Hoping for a Mazda 929 profile
@daveblock4061
@daveblock4061 Год назад
In 1984 a Gen 1 944 listed for under $20k.
@michaelsimko7694
@michaelsimko7694 Год назад
The E30 was very attractive. BMW's designs on their sedans and coupes in the past decade or so have become too rounded and curvy. with the F30 being the beginning. I like the E90's design more than the F30. Another BMW you should do a video on is the legendary E31. And I'm still waiting on that Avalanche video!
@DUNEATV
@DUNEATV Год назад
Great video!
@oregonborn9769
@oregonborn9769 Год назад
Would love a video on the e24 6 series or e31 8 series
@jerbele
@jerbele Год назад
Arachnophobia from 1990 the main character had this car too. Bomb proof 2.5 inline 6 ❤
@chrislemaster2695
@chrislemaster2695 Год назад
The Fox Body 1984-1985 Lincoln Continental/ Mark VII has the BMW 4 cylinder Diesel 2.4L purchased from BMW for the 1984-1985 model years only and extermaly rare and only 1500 built in 1984 and 500 for 1985.
@somethingvisceral2003
@somethingvisceral2003 Год назад
When BMW actually made good cars that lasted a long long time. The late 80s M cars were Bavarian perfection. M3, M5, M6 the perfect blend of everything that made a good car. Very few doodads, thingamajigs, and unnecessary creature comforts...The epitome of The Ultimate Driving Machine, and if you couldn't get the M series, a good 325, 535, or 635 would be almost as good, but just as much smile enducing as their big M brothers.
@nathancook1404
@nathancook1404 Год назад
Nice Video on the BMW E30, When I'd saw BMWs on TV or in real life I'd mostly saw them as Luxury Cars compared to their other German Counterparts like Mercedes Benz, Audi, & Volkwagen's Passat, and During the 1990's Pierce Brosnan's 007 had driven some BMWs in the 007 Films that you could probably make a list on becides the other cars he was driving.
@mattylamb9194
@mattylamb9194 Год назад
Tom me BMWs have been the drivers' choice, Mercs the choice for luxury
@googleuser3760
@googleuser3760 Год назад
Great video. 👍👍
@rileysmith9843
@rileysmith9843 Год назад
Can you cover the Chrysler 300 in a future video? 2023 is the final year for the Chrysler 300, and I would like to see a video about the car in its various forms, even though the first 300 arrived in 1962, but there were versions sold in the 1970s, from 1999 to 2004, and recently, from 2005 to 2023.
@Val-mm5gd
@Val-mm5gd Год назад
Classic bmw ❤❤❤
@Commercialape
@Commercialape Год назад
Bought one as a everyday car in 2017. Didn't realize the value till I had people stop me in traffic or follow me home... that thing was the cocaine delivery machine.
@itsPikachu
@itsPikachu Год назад
E46 Please
@heroesofthelandstrasse
@heroesofthelandstrasse Год назад
Mazda Luce R130 would be a great car to talk about. Only FWD rotary from Mazda.
@btrdangerdan2010
@btrdangerdan2010 Год назад
1987-1990 Nissan Sentra, the poor man's e30
@lordduvet1141
@lordduvet1141 Год назад
Had the chance to buy one but always felt was paying for the badge . Happy new year though
@pagodacloud2241
@pagodacloud2241 Год назад
❤E30 every model version ❤
@isnftv2880
@isnftv2880 Год назад
Please please please do a video on the Volvo 240
@CostelloBrasco
@CostelloBrasco Год назад
please make a video on the Chrysler New Yorker.
@brendanode
@brendanode Год назад
Yesss thank you for doing the E30
@davidp2888
@davidp2888 Год назад
Did the turn signals work? 😂 Great video, Pat.
@mattw8332
@mattw8332 Год назад
In Europe we also had the 316 with the smaller engine.
@trtamrtac
@trtamrtac Год назад
And 315 :)
@mattw8332
@mattw8332 Год назад
@@trtamrtac I have heard of the 315. That one wasn't available in UK.
@GeeEm1313
@GeeEm1313 Год назад
I'd love to have a 4 door someday.
@fleshvehicle9140
@fleshvehicle9140 Год назад
All wheel drive too ❤
@Lando-kx6so
@Lando-kx6so Год назад
I live in New York & see G20 3 Series all over the place so wouldn't say their rare
@UmmYeahOk
@UmmYeahOk Год назад
The 1988-1991 (and some 1992) convertibles still had the diving board bumpers.
@floyd9572
@floyd9572 Год назад
Mine was an '86 325 es.
@threeer02
@threeer02 Год назад
When BMW wasn’t an over-styled beaver-toothed disaster. Miss those days
@monk3yboy69
@monk3yboy69 Год назад
You forgot to mention the 333i
@anthony_rivera4735
@anthony_rivera4735 Год назад
Please Do a video on the Ford Explorer sport trac pickup
@gunnermurphy6632
@gunnermurphy6632 Год назад
I know someone who saw a z1 in the middle east while he was deployed
@Turbo1602ti
@Turbo1602ti Год назад
3:33 8:00 2door sedan... 8:32 series 3... 1982-85 Series 1, 85-87(convertible 86-90) series 2, 87-94(convertible 90-92) series 3
@RogerAlan
@RogerAlan Год назад
You sound just like Greg from Greg’s Airplanes and automobiles.
@austinjoseph4516
@austinjoseph4516 Год назад
Please do a Mercedes r107 video!
@justas525
@justas525 Год назад
That's why in Europe they cost with 6 cylinders cost 2.5 grand
@vassa1972
@vassa1972 Год назад
at that time I was a teenager and couldn't afford one but rather a north american car Maker instead
@fastsilverado
@fastsilverado Год назад
Have you done one on the Mercury Cougar?
@edgypepe1350
@edgypepe1350 25 дней назад
You should look into the Opel Manta it you see the real yuppie car.
@blue_lancer_es
@blue_lancer_es Год назад
Hey. It's Zack!😅
@CHEGTO
@CHEGTO Год назад
Saab 9-3 and 9-5 Aero’s please
@MyOldCar
@MyOldCar Год назад
900 and 9-3: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tg6nCqPqykE.html
@1mzfe
@1mzfe Год назад
Mazda 626
@davidpistek6241
@davidpistek6241 Год назад
This is such well produced stuff 'a Porsche 944 or 914 video work be great too' it's as classic as the e30 'Volvo 240 saab 900 Nissan s13 'just naming off important cars of the era Toyota ae86 'original ' infinity q45
@pagodacloud2241
@pagodacloud2241 Год назад
Lesson and Quality of drive is BMW company
@jelanimclean6326
@jelanimclean6326 Год назад
The Ultimate Driving Tanning Machine. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
@scottbogfoot
@scottbogfoot Год назад
You should do a video with odd ball model year ford cars for example, the ford explorer (freestyle) station wagon, Taurus x, ecosport and flex. Also have you seen a MV1? It's ugly but amazing at same time
@bikingD
@bikingD Год назад
I am sure they are great cars but never got the love for these some people have. I remember when new though only Woman drove them and douche bag preppies. Also they looked almost identical to a Chevy Cavalier which was out first of the era so styling wise found it a bit boring. Anyway sure a good car but as guy could just never see myself driving one.
@mattkase6644
@mattkase6644 Год назад
Interesting how the E30 and E46 are revered by enthusiasts as near perfect benchmark automotive examples. And yet the E36 is considered by most to be a steaming dogpile.
@davidpistek6241
@davidpistek6241 Год назад
Jerron benton has a e30 m3 on his album cover for yuck foo
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