Jason Cammisa on the E30 BMW 325i and Touring - Motor Trend Ignition full Episode 144

[@macattack57]

Thank you for putting the old episodes back up! I forgot how much I liked these!

[@rafinoordin]

The videos are back. I am staggered by how much the video quality has progressed. Kudos to the half-priced Adam Sandler n team 🤙

[@joeleonard9965]

Is this not a reupload of a Motortrend Ignition episode filmed a decade ago? E30s for a couple hundreds bucks hasn't existed for over 5 years. Mine has gone up 25% since buying it and that combined with the constant offers makes me depressed for the future community I finally joined.

[@carsmiles4035]

My friends laughed at me when I decided to save a super clap out e30 for my senior project. The car was overheated & it was the first car I have ever worked on. It was so easy & joyful to repair an e30 even doing major jobs such as head gasket & timing belts. After sorting that car out for very reasonable amount of $, I have been daily driving it without any issues for 2 years while one of my buddies blew a head gasket in his Subaru

[@lgunderso2117]

Senior project for high school or college? Would love to hear more if you’re willing to talk about it!

[@carsmiles4035]

@@lgunderso2117 for a high school senior project. The car still needs some tlcs because some of the windows won’t go up & down but it is a reliable daily driver now

[@stevemiller1626]

This is the way

[@Garf2O]

Nothing to laugh at as long as you didnt overpay for it by a extremly stupid amount imao

[@carsmiles4035]

We got the car for $1200 @@Garf2O

[@emmanuellehuu8818]

Randy as an angry bmw engineer deserves a come back as a character

[@jasonvalerio2822]

"It's everything an enthusiast ever wanted in a car and none of the crap we don't" Those words resonated in me.

[@stevenwilliams1805]

Ikr?

[@nixaeagle141]

“ logs into BAT “ E30 325 was 12k , now $ 47,000 thanks Jason , thanks

[@alexandriaocasio-smollett5078]

The quality of this content is consistently remarkable. People/networks can put names and badges on TV shows and presenters as much as they want in an attempt to capitalize on a brand. But for my money... Jason is the spiritual successor to the Clarkson/May/Hammond era of Top Gear and Grand Tour.

[@magnapilot]

Without question, Jason is the most worthy successor to the holy trinity team. The big question is who should be his teammates?

[@alangil40]

@@magnapilot Chris Harris would be good of course. I think JayEmm (a smaller channel) is very erudite and eloquently verbose and would make a good James May. Randy Probst would play a similar role to the Stig, but give him dialog and interaction like he has here and in the Hagerty videos. And maybe have James Pumphrey (Donut Media) do comedic 'Up To Speed' like bits and lists. And if they ever did DIY or tech segments, Streten from M5239 restorations would be great. Matt Watson for me is an honorable mention - especially for drag races. And the Throttle House guys aren't bad either. Whoever it is has to have charisma that permeates through the screen and actual deep car enthusiast knowledge - both of which I feel are lacking in both UK and USA Top Gear as of late.

[@RBslowman]

Miss my E30, it's the only car I really regret selling and they're no longer cheap. Good ones anyway, and there are few left

[@erenoid123]

I did not expect to watch this again. Thank you 🙏🏼

[@SebastianXe90]

I remember watching this video back in primary school and thinking it was a masterpiece. After rewatching it, it is still a ducking masterpiece 😱

[@Xayuap]

¿when was that?

[@Akash__Verma__]

I want to know too when was that

[@moogle68]

@@Akash__Verma__ I saw this episode when it aired on MotorTrend as well, and I believe it was in the early 2010s, 2015 at the latest. Back then, Drive+ channel and MotorTrend were the ONLY channels consistently putting out super high quality videos, like this one, about cars. Top Gear put stuff up occasionally, but they were terrible quality for some odd reason, and they also added too many visual effects/edits to their videos (and were a show more about entertainment than facts and hard data/honesty), so their content wasn't that appealing to anyone that valued facts over hearsay.

[@dkjoses12]

I love watching these videos again. Love the energy with Randy.

[@brilliantroads]

I fell in love with the E30 and specifically the Touring two years ago and after saving up I finally bought a Touring 320i last year. At 24 years old, one of the cars I always wanted to own. I love it, it is a roadtripping machine!

[@laidback93]

This is such an iconic episode. Thank you so much for uploading. It makes me so proud of to be the owner of a beautiful Bronzit 90 325is. Jason, have you ever thought of trying to do an E30 video of the rare E30s such as the South African 333i, Italian 320i or Alpina variants? I'm sure it would be hard to get all those rare birds in one video, but damn would it be epic.

[@EliasRizk53]

Yess

[@iHelpSolveIt]

Having done pre-delivery on the 333i' and the Rosslyn manufactured 325iS and 325iS EVO 1 and EVO 2. Cars Jason doesnt seem to know about. They were all amaziballs cars...

[@laidback93]

@@iHelpSolveIt all those SA E30s are so damn cool. I love what they did with what they had.

[@luiwammes4193]

Aah the gold old E30. A car that someones dad always used to own. A car you were dropped off in to soccer practise by their mom. A car we grew up around. All off them 1600 petrol engines or the 324 diesel. And also a car you went to see in the weekends rallying around the forest driven by Marc Duez. And in occasions went to see on the circuit when DTM hit the circuit of Zolder or Francorchamps. A car we still see on our roads .... be it the last 3 years only in the weekends in good wheater conditions. The M3 no longer is a dram car ..... just getting a good e30 coupe is already good enough. The e30 wagon was rather rare on our roads. To me the booth always has been to small to get it on my radar. We did uses to build the dashboards (cockpits) into our Opel Manta's.

[@winningdesigns6067]

I love 90s cars. I've got a Volvo 940 turbo wagon that I setup for grip and I can keep up with most modern day cars through corners. Most people are shocked that an old stock car can perform so well but the reality is 90s cars were a lot lighter than modern day cars and that's why I love driving them.

[@Dirhem1168]

Is the best series 3 of all ages

[@amedlak]

I miss the good old days of motor trend :( that's when I found one of my automotive journalist/presenter(you). -Love from Kurdistan region of Iraq

[@whereisbenzo]

I miss these Ignition episodes. I still remember watching the STi Hatch Ignition episode over and over to the point where I convinced my dad to buy one new in 2014.

[@MrLifia]

Watched it. Then again. Then found an identical one and bought it. Then watched it again. Thank you Jason, Randy, and the team, for keeping the spirit of these masterpieces alive.

[@ukwan]

I had a 190E 2.6L with some mild modifications and raced it, people were very surprised how well it went. Similar solution to the E30 car..

[@iHelpSolveIt]

The 190E was the reason the E30 went racing by privateers then BMW

[@thomasxl200]

I've watched this dozens of times, and I just want to thank you Jason for this beautiful love letter to the E30. I had one for 18 months and while it slowly rusted out under me and cost me thousands, I still dream about that car years later. There's just something magical about the E30.

[@dennis_the_menace_85]

Dear Jason. Wathcing your bmw videos, changes my body chemistry all the time. Keep driving and recording please... ❤

[@siraajshah1365]

I was addicted to Motor Trend back in the day when these episodes were free on KZbin. This was the video that got me as a 12 year old hooked to the E30 Bandwagon. Thank you Jason for igniting a dream of mine in this episode

[@puttitat2851]

I can't tell you how big of a smile it put on my face to see this still in your garage when Sreten from M539 Restorations visited you. You are a true legend.

[@billystutz55]

E30 is one of the best/funnest cars I've ever driven.

[@darius2640]

in europe we call that m20b25 engine the "crab" because intake manifold looks like a 6 legged crab, whatever, it was very popular in og drifting scene in early 2000s

[@air-headedaviator1805]

As I was watching I wasn’t even yet sure if this was an older project, but everything from the writing to editing is still very much like Jason Camisa projects today. And now I want an E30

[@Garf2O]

Just the intro itself deserves a like lmao

[@nic_s3385]

One of the best E30 videos out there. So good to see it again. Sums up the E30 perfectly IMO. Sadly, I was forced to sell mine years ago and I've never been able to get another and fixing it up. Main reason is I want a late model, 325i, 2 door in white, but those are pretty rare here in Africa :( This video brought a lot good memories back from when I had my E30. Thanks Mr Cammisa.

[@iHelpSolveIt]

You know why they're rare? Because people with too much money and no driving skill owned them and those cars, had teeth 🤣 i was doing a test drive for a client who said her car was not fast, driving up Table mountain at over 170km/h up Kloofnek road i hit a diesel spill, to my left was a diesel spill from the city tramways buses that used heavily lean on those corners and to my right was oncoming trucks and traffic. In a split second the car swung 90 degree left and was facing a wall put there to stop people falling down the vertical face of the mountain, a quick flick of the wheel, tap off, hand brake assist and back on the curve at 165km/h with the client ashen faced and me looking at her while driving to the roundabout ( not a real one just a hump in the toad back then)🤣 saying that no her car is not slow its just fine, drive all the way back down at 120 to 145 kmph, get ou the car hand the keys back. 😈🤣🤣🤣. The problem was clients who just didnt respect the car had teeth and huge grip flipped too many of them and crashed the two doors, four doors etc. Sadly a similar fate that happened to my special edition Golf 2 with full race kit, two weeks after I sold it to recover during an economic down turn for more than i paid for it. I warned the guy who purchased it that it would kill him if he didnt respect it.

[@peterm.2385]

I drove a E30 325i from '92 on... yes, it was a nice car, but no comparison to the car it replaced: A Lancia Delta Integrale.

[@steadybreeze1443]

Probably one of the best automotive journalists enthusiasts I have seen.. the perspective is unique .. enjoy your classic videos

[@StevenMoody-v2h]

I had a 1989 325is (Alpine White, Grey leather, 2 Door, 5 speed). Great car! Like Jason, I put a suspension under it similar to a Spec E30. Bilstein Sport Shocks, H&R Sport Springs, H&R Front sway bar, strut brace, and a set of Vorshlag camber plates. I also pulled the 40+ pounds of sound deadening out of the trunk and put an upgraded ECU chip in it for a few more HP. With some sticky rubber on15x7 wheels, the thing was a blast on the track or a curvy road. It was not fast in the straights, but like the video showed, it made up for it in the corners. I surprised a lot of people with that car. They would pull away on the straights, but I would be right back on their behinds in the next corner. The E30 is the flying box!

[@rommac1907]

Those were the best days of MT, YT channel and magazine, Jason and Anthony brought something that was missing and went away when they left. Humour mixed with knowledge and curiosity from Jason, coupled to the clean and complex direction of Anthony (I can’t imagine the hours for putting all of this together), it made something great. It’s good that we can still have that now at Hagerty, too bad Jonny stayed at MT.

[@DJPollux-bp8yq]

What a beauty

[@davidknell9676]

Jason's reviews are the sweet spot

[@shikarbabulall3897]

South Africa had the legendary 325is , we never got the M3 that was our M3 , a 2.7litre , 6 cylinder with the M3 suspension ,best sounding E30 ever!!! Best sounding 6 cylinder ever and it was a roller coaster of a ride !

[@Mike_Costello]

I'm convinced that ANY car Jason puts in a video will become an instant need to have.

[@alangil40]

I have been binging these old re-posted videos and in the last hour I have searched my local Craigslist for used E30s, Aston Martin Vantages and Alfa Romeo Giulas. I would have also searched for an R32GTR, but that is unobtainable.

[@groundedgremlinrc7005]

THANK YOU Jason! I have free-trialled in the past just to watch this exact video. It’s brilliant. I’m now gonna go finish rebuilding the head on my E34!

[@hreeman]

I’m not sure how much money the motortrend network makes, but taking those awesome ignition and head2head videos off youtube was a CRIME!! I’m so glad i had the chance to discover Jason Cammisa before that happened. His and Johnny’s banter was epic!

[@Shmee149]

Sick stuff, can't wait for a similar video of the 2.3-16

[@TuneDeez]

Jason Cammisa is my spirit animal

[@Rero-vk8wq]

My favorite host, favorite car, and favorite hot heel all in one place, whats not to love!!!

[@TroyBateman]

This video is the video that kicked off my obsession with e30s. It made me purchase my first car which was an e30 323i, now recently i have purchased an e30 325i mtechnic 1 (Genuine) and a 325i touring. So glad it has been reuploaded.

[@macandoroudian7264]

Loved it, Jason, your videos are the only ones I listen to word by word, the rest I just skip quickly to the end for lap time or conclusions. Bravo

[@DINOPBT]

this reminds me how much I loved to watch Motor Trend when Jason was one of the host!

[@1johpo]

This reminds me of OG Motortrend! Damn I miss those days!

[@infidel900rr]

Brilliant video - and thanks for the dedication - allowing Randy to thrash on your own vehicle. love it! 👍

[@SeventyRS]

Fantastic video! My son has a e30 318is and I am about to receive my 318i wagon (being imported now). The people that have driven E30s understand why they are so special. The people who haven't driven them are missing out to say the least.

[@joshamann5921]

Aye happy to see this back on KZbin. Thank you!

[@drpetersellers]

This video is WHY I own an E30 Touring. Thanks, Jason! :-)

[@rootsmanuva82]

I had an ‘86 325es back in the late 90’s and I loved it. It only had 121 hp but felt much faster with so much torque and silky smooth inline six noises.

[@Sensekhmet]

Some time around 2012 (I think) I took part in a drift school on Zolder circuit. The school used a fleet of 325i E30 wagons with welded diffs. The cars were ratty junkers but never missed a single beat. An amazing experience.

[@gonzalo4307]

I watched this so many times... everytime it came up in my recommendations I would watch it, it is soooo good

[@Oetti]

yes I was wondering where this brilliant old video had gone!!

[@troyclayton1775]

I'd take the E30 every day. It's got a soul. New cars have gimmicks, these from new were just epic driving machines.

[@doca8792]

I’ve had 4 of them. Miss them all. Best sounds from that motor, and then from that “-is” sound system.

[@davecaldasrocha]

You’ve made me seriously miss my 325i manual convertible. Always loved the touring. Great video.

[@gmartirosyan]

Thanks for bringing this back to KZbin!!!

[@David-yx5vx]

Another great one is the e30 318is. I’m in a student Motorsport group and our e30 has been beaten around tracks for years now, clocking in 200.000km of which over 70.000km were pure track abuse… the engine still holds and delivers power, the car still holds together somehow (probably the full cage helps) and it’s still a blast to drive, i love it.

[@fransb8543]

This was one of my favourite episodes, I absolutely covet your touring.

[@InsaneBimmer]

Might just be the BEST Jason & Randy episode ever. More! MORE!!!

[@puddud4]

Holy fucking shit!!!! Bring em all back!!! OMG!!! I"VE BEEN MISSING THESE!!!!!!!

[@nm2712]

Jason, bring Randy to Hagerty. The two of you together, amazing!

[@alangil40]

Randy is featured on Hagerty on several videos, check them out.

[@martinrezzy]

man,i love that video..i am watching it every year atleast once from the day i saw it for the first time and i will keep watching it for years to come because it shows and says the things how they really are...p.s. this car deserves to be boosted lightly...some 0.7 bars of boost..maybe a compressor?it will be a new car nightmare by far...this is a awesome machine in this state and setup,but a think fefw more ponnies will do great under hood...i dream for the day i will finally manage to turbo my e36 m52 touring...love the car..i drive it every day for 8 years and its still in mint condition...so nice to drive,so on to the road even with old tires like mine..this summer i hope to get it on the track again with brand new 17inch tires and see whats the difference in time..love these old bimmers man..i'll never put it for sale..cheers

[@johnwaga3702]

Great to see this again. I had a red E30 325i SE as a company car back in the day and it was glorious!

[@TarmacBlast]

Thank you for re uploading these! Quite the improvement over the Head2Head one.

[@bryandickerson5365]

Very cool @JasonCammisa! One of my all-time-favorite YT videos is back - thanks!

[@betteroffdeadd]

I remember this video. Nice to have it back!

[@nf1369]

You legend. Happy to see the older episodes!

[@studio4fifteen]

One of my favorite videos... L❤️ve that car😍😍😍

[@jameskramlich5775]

OMG!! I totally forgot about this episode!!! Between the Team O clay get flung around all #gravelmachiniegun style, to driving on the yet to be paved track at Club Motorsports. Definitely a legendary episode!!!

[@joels7605]

Wyatt Knox = "why it knocks" Best rally driver name ever. Guy's name is a homonym for blowing up engines.

[@2candan1]

I love videos like this, made my an enthusiast who just loves his car. Been looking a lot at M2 and E92 M3 recently. This has made me realise that my daily is all I ever need - M30 swapped manual converted E30 👌

[@quentinwooten30]

Had the biggest smile when Randy got the keys. Keep it up Jason

[@e-kompaktfan393]

tolles Auto

[@andrewhigdon8346]

I haven’t read any comments so forgive me if I point out the obvious. At 10:14 Randy lifts the right front tire clearly off the ground. For that to happen you have to take several thing into consideration. First, this may be modded, but it’s no DTM car. Second, the articulation disparity is noticeable. If the left rear tire didn’t tuck WAY up under its wheel well, there wouldn’t be enough difference with the front for the right front to lift. If the rear sway bar was any stiffer, or the spring rate any higher, or the travel any less, it wouldn’t happen. Opposite for the front. Maybe the front sway bar is helping to reduce suspension drop, but it’s crazy how little that tire drops before it’s hanging. If you were changing that tire it seems you’d barely need to jack up the car. Without a sway bar, the left and right suspensions have no link. So I’ll bet the control arms DO allow more drop, in a tire changing scenario, without the opposite end of the sway bar being pushed upwards, as it is here. Let’s say there was no sway bar. That little bit of drop before the wheel is hanging would be really surprising. How does that car handle deep potholes? The tire just hangs in the air instead of touching the bottom? Maybe, but that’s a no-no for vehicle dynamics. An airborne tire is a tire not assisting with traction. But this car definitely has a sway bar, and by this shot, a beefy one. I’m saying the sway bar is keeping it from dropping any more, and without the left front loaded up, the opposite tire would be able to drop a normal amount. So I’m guessing there either is no rear one or it’s much softer, to allow that tire to tuck up so high in the well. Imagine a teeter-totter, with a line from the left front to the right rear being the fulcrum. Then, with the car sitting still, consider what it would take to lift the right front tire. Take the left rear tire off. Still no lift. Chain the rear control arms up to mimic the tire being in place. I doubt it would lift the right front. All of this while pushing down on the left rear till the rotor hits the ground, So now chain the left rear suspension up about as high as you could, and push down. I still doubt the right front would lift. But if you changed the left front fulcrum point to a jack on the frame rail just behind that tire, removed the tire, and chained that suspension up pretty high, THEN the right front might lift. The sway bar would be effectively reducing how much the right front wheel could drop in this case. To me, this all demonstrates incredible vehicle dynamics at work, and also how little stiffness is put into the rear suspension. Of course I know too stiff a rear will allow oversteer, but good grief, just look at that. Usually you’ll see the inside rear lift on extreme hard braking into a turn. But that’s less surprising, I mean the engine is up front for gods sake. Wow. Cool. Lots of words, yes, thorough explanation, also yes.

[@samr9736]

You're the man. But I know that red coupe with the OH HARA plate is a 318iS ;)

[@Robert-xl4ye]

I'm not a fan of The station wagons,but this vídeo, make me love it!! Thanks Jasson!! 👍🏻✨✨✨

[@jradish]

i remember watching this the day it came out!

[@bobobibo2357]

I had 13 bmws. 3 e30s. 318, 320, B6 3,5. The 2,0 6 and the 3.0 v8 are the smoothest engines I've had.

[@spavatch]

Thanks for the valuable tip in the final words. I won’t give an E30 a try and continue to enjoy my non-BMW cars like nothing happened ;)

[@blerdninja2562]

This makes me so happy I have a E30 touring in my garage right now.

[@nickbrandon5359]

my sedan and I envy you smfh

[@BrycenKauai]

You need to go to the Gambler 500 Jason. All of the smiles!

[@turborocketmedia]

My favourite YT video on the best e30!

[@squirrelpelt]

So glad to see Jason and randy back at it!

[@viktorsasi7453]

I have a 1992 e30 wagon with 28i engine good suspension, and I love it. It is fast, makes you smile😀

[@timikosx]

F*** the plastic ride a classic! thanks for turn back episode, lost it when trying to argue my friends that new cars from BMW not better than old ones.

[@HaroldTempoyoink]

Dude, I've been looking for it for so long, but couldn't find it. Thank you for the upload!

[@thetumanshow]

This is the best of your videos… and more proof why the E30 is so much better than the w201. The aftermarket support is light years better which is a shame to the w201

[@TML34]

If I want opinions on whisky I’ll listen to Lieberman, if I want opinions on cars it’s Cammisa all the way!

[@tjones002]

I will always love that shit eating grin of Randy’s when behind the wheel of your wagon! So awesome!

[@OpenBarGarage]

Very cool you went to team O'Neil rally school!! Been following them for a while!

[@herbienbrian2]

The angry BMW engineer thing is legit. I had one as an auto shop teacher and she would have a meltdown every time I mentioned my e36 haha.

[@philspaghet]

LOL why was she mad?

[@mrkkiani]

Fun to see again 🙂

[@graae2181]

I have been looking for this, for a couple of years:)

[@lukewcleary5553]

@JasonCammisa great video, I love your enthusiasm for older cars. you know you should have been one of the replacement guys on Top Gear back when the three lads left. As we say in Ireland, “keep her lit”! (Translation; keep driving as fast as you can 🤣)

[@TehRuiAlv3z]

Neither the 2002, the E21 or the E30 2-door were coupés. They were all 2-door sedans.

[@emmanuellehuu8818]

Thanks for this Jason :)

[@andresadoff6762]

I had a couple of these back in the day. Easy to toss my hockey bag in. Transported a d series motor in the back once

[@ermisp41]

My first ever love. Rear wheel drive was pure fun, for adren­aline junkies. No traction control, no ESP no ABS… Nothing. Just raw power and your ability to dri­ve. What separates boys from men and puts a stupid smile on your face after every corner that you ta­ke. I spent a fortu­ne building it. It started as a 2.0 lt, soon it was 2.0 lt motronic, then a 325i and at the final st­age a 2.7 lt 24 valve engine was donated from a 92 model 5 series. Of course be­fore it goes under the bonnet the engine was heavily modified with racing cams, pistons, polish cyli­nder heads and intake manifolds. A Dire­ct Port Wet Nitrous Kit gave another 120­bhp to the car. Low suspension, a lighte­ned fly wheel and a short ratio limited slip differential in cooperation with an M gear box guarante­ed that the car was spinning even with the 4th gear and it was always going side­ways. My daughter's second word (after papa of course) was: ‘make a drift daddy­’... All these during the early nineties were pretty impress­ive. On my ‘things to do list b4 I die’ is to build a new one from scratch agai­n. P.s. I own a 2014 520 F10 and a SEAT Ibiza GTI 16v rally car but when I have a few beers I still miss my E30!!! Regards​ Chef Ermis Panayioto­u​