BMW M3 E30 DTM Group A. The Queen of Tourism
16 December 2023 3 min read 5 images
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Why. The first DTM Championship in history was held in Germany in 1984 and saw the victory of Volker Strycek driving a BMW 635 CSi. However, in the following two seasons, the title went to Volvo and Rover, prompting BMW to develop a high-performance version of the Series 3. Adhering to the Group A regulations of the time, which required race cars to be derived from a road car, BMW’s Motorsport division chose the newest and most compact car in the line-up, the E30 2-door sedan, as the starting point and subjected it to a high-performance makeover.
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