Thirty Years of BMW's 3 Series

In an era of automotive nameplates that rarely survive more than a decade — or become sadly denatured and otherwise messed with, like Dodge's Charger — automotive anniversaries are mainly marketing-driven non-events. With BMW's 3 Series, whose improvement curve trends predominantly upward, ever since that paternal team of German engineers smacked it between the taillight clusters 30 years ago, milestones are more meaningful. Who better than German Car Fans to pay respect to the Funny little Bimmer That Could.

Thirty Years of the BMW 3 Series [German Car Fans]

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