Monty King, 69, a retired special-projects coordinator with R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. living in Winston-Salem, N.C., on his 1984 BMW E30 Alpina C1 2.3, as told to A.J. Baime. One day six years ago, a ...

One day six years ago, a friend and I went to a race at Virginia International Raceway, and I noticed this BMW Alpina there. I was a big fan of BMW M cars—I had four of them. But this BMW Alpina I ...

It could be argued that the E30 was as important to BMW as the iPod was to Apple. It set a tone, an approach, and it consolidated public perception about what it meant to be a BMW. It was a damn good ...

What’s the most incredible thing about BMW’s E30 3-Series? For me it’s that four decades on it’s still relevant. It’s a car with cross-generational appeal, a car that’s as loved by those who drove it ...