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TION CAT, 1990
nel neonato Campionato The M3 was designed specifically to compete in the
mo, il cui regolamento pre- newly created World Touring Car Championship,
meno cinquemila esemplari which was first held in 1987. The regulations of this
destinato a prendervi parte. competition stipulated that any model entered had
uel momento, ha in gamma to have been produced in at least five thousand units
decide di montare il motore over a period of twelve months. To develop a suitable
i di cilindrata, con il mono- car, BMW decided to equip its existing Series 3 E30
ato da quello montato sulla with a 2.3-liter, four-cylinder, engine with a block very
Campione del Mondo di F1 similar to the one mounted on the Brabham driven by
Nelson Piquet, F1 World Champion in 1983. The result
รจ uno spettacolo: doppio was a spectacular piece of engineering: double cam-
alvole per cilindro, impianto shaft, four valves per cylinder, Bosch Motronic ECU,
one integrati Bosch Motro- all resulting in a record-breaking specific power of al-
ca da record di quasi 87 CV/ most 87 HP/liter and a maximum available horsepower
disponibili, che diventeran- of 200, which rose to 215 on the even rarer Evo 2 with
Evo 2 con catalizzatore. La catalytic converter. The car offered for sale, which still
has its engine, has had three owners over its lifetime,
il suo motore, ha avuto tre remaining for around a decade with each of them. All
uno per circa 10 anni, ed ha its schedule services have been carried out at autho-
o officine autorizzate, com- rized workshops, as demonstrated by the accompany-
nti inglesi, da immatricolare ing invoices. UK documents, vehicle to be registered
. with the purchase document.
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