BMW M3 E30 Group A 1991 Autotech

Published: October 23, 2021
Company: Platz

The BMW M3 E30 was built in 1991 to compete in the under 2.0 liter class of the German touring car championship. They started with a BMW 318i, modified the body and did heavy work to the 2 liter engine to get just over 300hp. The car ran in the Class B. The car was fast and easily took over some of the bigger cars in Class A. The car went on to compete in the world touring car championship, the British touring car championship and the Japanese touring car championship.

The version I chose was the car driven by R. Ratzenburger at the 1991 Macau Guia race. The kit is very nice parts which are easy to work with and finely detailed. The parts are cleanly molded and require little cleanup. The PE parts were pretty straight forward however I had to use the decals for the harness. The… more