COMMENT
Steve Cropley
MY WEEK IN CARS
Heritage BMW M3s were fantastic fun; trucking has come a long way
THURSDAY/FRIDAY
A transporter arrives at my gate and a week of M3 excitement begins. Inside is a 1989 E30 Ravaglia from BMW UK’s classic car collection. The E30 is the first of the M3 line, built as a homologation special, and this one is a special edition named after highly successful M3 racer Roberto Ravaglia.
It will be with me a few days before we join a bunch of other M cars at the latest Bicester Heritage Scramble to mark the 50th anniversary of BMW’s revered and hugely effective M division. The weather is brilliant, so I use it in the lengthening evenings for junkets on favourite roads after the infernal screen is folded away.