17/10/2026
Offered for sale is 1987 BMW M3 Group A chassis
007L187.
Homologated for the 1987 season under Group A regulations requiring 5,000 production units, the E30 M3 was developed by BMW Motorsport around a redesigned bodyshell, dedicated competition suspension, and Paul Roche's 2.3-litre S14 engine.
Campaigned by works-supported entrants including Linder, Schnitzer, and Bigazzi, the E30 M3 built an extensive competition record between 1987 and 1992, securing the 1987 World Touring Car Championship, back-to-back European Touring Car Championship titles in 1987 and 1988, four overall victories at both the Spa 24 Hours and NĂŒrburgring 24 Hours, multiple Macau Grand Prix wins, and national touring car championships across Europe.
Constructed by official BMW team Linder Rennsport on BMW Motorsport shell M1-33, chassis 007LI87 was entered into the 1987 European Touring Car Championship. Identified in correspondence with BMW Classic as car number 41, it won the opening ETCC round at Donington in the hands of Winfried Vogt and Christian Danner/Dieter Quester, and recorded a 5th-place overall finish at the Spa 24 Hours, contributing to Linder winning both the Drivers' and Manufacturers' crowns.
For 1988, the car was acquired by Anton Goeser Motorsport for the DTM, driven by Strycek and Goeser. Following an accident at Brno in May 1988, the mechanicals and identification were transferred to BMW Motorsport shell number 64 -as recorded in its original ONS logbook- and the car continued to race in DTM before being sold in 1989 to Casimirio Barbieri, who campaigned it in Italian hill climbs until 1997.
In 2005, the car entered long-term ownership with a motorsport engineer who carried out a comprehensive restoration to its original 1987 Linder specification, completed in 2015. The work included verifying and preserving all original Linder-specific components, refinishing the chassis in Alpina Weiss, and having the S14 engine rebuilt by Pipo Moteurs.
Maintained in private collection since and recently serviced by Art & Revs for track use, the car is accompanied by an unbroken documentation file including the original 1987 Linder ONS logbook, all sequential bills of sale, hist