The E30 BMW 318i is a Road Going Go Kart

I've now had the pleasure of driving a multitude of 00's and 10's BMW's. But if we wind the clock back over 30 years, BMW was a very different brand. Let's see how the "baby M3", the E30 318is goes!
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Modifications:
- Coilovers
- Aftermarket Wheels
- Intake
- Custom Exhaust
- Short Shifter
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:36 Exterior
1:13 Engine
1:39 Interior
2:43 Driving Experience
4:56 Outro
Thanks for Watching!

[@nicensor]

thanks for giving the car a review man! was a pleasure to have you drive it. glad you liked it 🙏 did a track day a couple weeks ago for the first time I can confirm it goes crazy on the track 💯💥

[@KiwiCarLife]

Thanks so much for letting me drive it man! Was a blast

[@jrhpng]

I had a 325i E30 back in the early 2000's. E30 was / is such a great car. Almost perfect weight distribution from memory..

[@KiwiCarLife]

Yeah they're good

[@snggarageeng]

I dorve E30 with swap engine of E38 728i . Alomost crashed but it was memorable day

[@KiwiCarLife]

Haha goodness sounds fun

[@17t135i]

I used to track day E30 325i manual, great cars, had two of them back when you could buy a mint one for 5k. They certainly make more modern versions such as my 135i feel a bit on the lardy side when pushing hard around corners

[@KiwiCarLife]

Yeah true I guess the 2 series is the modern equivalent

[@tom002100]

a mate of mine had one of these with a 12A rotary in it. what a car that was!

[@KiwiCarLife]

Wow that would have been super interesting

[@spadgm]

Good review! ,I've driven a few E30's and they are so much fun. Would love an E30 M3 but they are big money nowadays!

[@KiwiCarLife]

Oh yeah man too much...

[@exoticexperiments3008]

sick vid man

[@KiwiCarLife]

Thanks man!

[@marcusandginareacts5197]

awesome review! lets have a fn2 v accord comparison

[@KiwiCarLife]

Need to find someone with an fn2...

[@FADE_FROM_VIEW]

I had an ‘87 318 coupe in the early 00’s. Even stock it was a pretty good time!

[@KiwiCarLife]

Yeah I was impressed by this one for sure

[@rotexbmwdrift]

Like your Video, you know what you talking about and sideways too😎🏁

[@KiwiCarLife]

Thanks

[@speedeeconzalis459]

If you enjoyed the E30 give the E36 328i and M3 a go!

[@KiwiCarLife]

Yeah that would be cool

[@zeroyon4562]

Oh these are such a great car!!! The M42 isn’t the most powerful thing in the world and they’re quite flat in their power delivery, but the lighter engine really suits the smaller car vs the heavier M20. An E30 Mtec 1 with a N/A k series and close ratio box is dream car territory for me. I’d happily have another E36 too.

[@KiwiCarLife]

Yeah agree

[@bantamsescort]

Back in the late 80s, bmw used to buy 318i's with over 100000km on the odo for use in the F1 cars. They said the blocks were well seasoned by then. Lots of mods and a large turbo, and they were putting out 1000hp.

[@KiwiCarLife]

Goodness haha that's insane

[@markmcgrath9098]

Nah, BMW F1 engineers modified the mounds fir the block casting for the F1 motors to give more beef to the block webbing as a starter. They def weren’t production motors.

[@scottreed7529]

This car is the favorite son of the 2000 tii.

[@KiwiCarLife]

Good car

[@Pixels1920]

My mother had one similar to this, a 325e manual.

[@KiwiCarLife]

Very cool! E30 325I is very desirable today

[@Pixels1920]

@@KiwiCarLife Yeah hers was pretty good condition silver cabrio 1987 I believe and it was rear ended :c

[@markmcgrath9098]

Mate, you gotta find an E34! Preferably the 535i or 540i with a manual gearbox. M5 if you’re really lucky. Bigger n heavy than the E30 so less chuckable on the tight roads you drove here but still do much fun.

[@KiwiCarLife]

Gee that's getting pretty old now!

[@wonbongcho8709]

miss the one i used to have man if money wasn't the problem I will own one still

[@KiwiCarLife]

Ah yeah don't we all miss the cars we wish we hadn't sold

[@11105angel]

No smileys?

[@KiwiCarLife]

Aye?

[@11105angel]

@@KiwiCarLife are those American head lights or what they call elipsode?

[@deaconwaddinton6380]

Mean

[@KiwiCarLife]

Yuuurs

[@ashermergard5795]

K Swap???? 🤔🤔🤔

[@KiwiCarLife]

Now we're talking!

[@nathandsouza6024]

Please stop making me like BMWs…. I’m gonna make a very big financial mistake one day and it’s gonna be all your fault 😆

[@KiwiCarLife]

Hahah

[@The_Noticer.]

When normal cars used to be fun. Now they're just overdesigned, expensive and boring.

[@KiwiCarLife]

Agree

[@victor-xy7dq]

not a baby m3, sry mate

[@KiwiCarLife]

In what way is it not? It's a manual, 4 cylinder e30 coupe

[@victor-xy7dq]

@@KiwiCarLife In 1988-89 bmw made the 320is for the italian market. altso portugal. Bc they had weird taxes back then it was expensive to have a car with a displacement over 2.0L That being said, bmw made "the italian m3" or the "baby m3". The eninge was called s14b20 if i don't recall corretly. and it share some parts like the blok from the s14 and some other parts. Allthough they where only sold in 88-89, in not so many productions numbers. Many don't know about this. Its liek a hidden gem.