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Check out a 22-Year Old BMW M3 DTM Racing a 2015 M3

The E30 M3 will forever hold a special place in the hearts of BMW fans and the company itself. That’s because it was the first one of the M3 breed and one of the craziest models ever made by the Motorsport division.
BMW E30 M3 vs BMW F80 M3 1 photo
Photo: Screenshot from Youtube
To this day, most models are selling at very high prices on the internet, especially if their are mint and well maintained. What you’re about to see is no random E30 M3 though, but a DTM model, specially modified for the track.

That means it has better brakes, a different driveline, stiffer suspension and was stripped out to be as light as possible. With a kerb weight of just over 1 ton and in excess of 220 HP, this little can of joy was and still is a really fast coupe.

The car it takes on was built 22 years later. It’s a 2015 BMW M3, fitted with the best in motorsport technology that the Bavarians have at the moment. The one seen in the video is also a manual but has six speeds to get around as opposed to the 5-speed unit on the E30.

On the other hand, under the bonnet of the F80 lies a 3-liter twinturbo engine making 431 HP and 550 Nm (406 lb-ft) of torque that’s more than capable of taking the 1.5 ton car around the Hockenheim.

So, the numbers are pretty close between these two, even though more than two decades of technological progress stand between them. Who will win? Well, if you ask us, it’s all down to the driver and how well he knows his car.

Behind the wheel of the E30 is none other than former DTM driver, Johnny Cecotto that used to compete in the German championship with a similar car so you better know that he’s familiar with it and can push it as far as possible. Behind the wheel of the F80 is Sport Auto’s editor Christian Gebhardt. Maybe that’s a plausible explanation for the result of this ad-hoc race. Check it out!

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