E30 Trivia & Fun Facts book cover
Trivia & Fun Facts · Cars & Trucks

E30 Trivia & Fun Facts

The most famous car in this book has four cylinders, not six. BMW built about 2.3 million E30s between 1982 and 1994, and from one of them, made under a racing rule, it produced a road car that won the championships it was designed for. Ninety verified questions — the M3 and its homologation rule, Camshaft Paul and the S14 engine, the touring-car titles, and the tuner that became a manufacturer.

90
Questions
10
Themed parts
4
Choices per question
Paperback on Amazon Kindle edition
Ships worldwide from Amazon · Great as a gift
A closer look

The whole book, before you buy.

E30 Trivia — cover and overview
E30 Trivia — a great gift E30 Trivia — about the author
What's inside

Ten parts. Ninety questions.

01The Compact BMW. From the 1975 3 Series to the E30
02Bodies and Engines. The E30 range, 1982 to 1994
03Made for Other Markets. America, South Africa and the tax specials
04A Racing Car with a Number Plate. The M3, 1985 to 1991
05Four Cylinders, Six-Cylinder Genes. The S14 engine
06Touring Cars. DTM, Europe and the world, 1987 to 1992
07Endurance and Bragging Rights. Nürburgring, Spa and Macau
08Alpina. The tuner that became a manufacturer
09The M Division. The people who built the engines
10What Came After. The E36 and the E30’s design DNA
Straight from the book

Try one on the house.

Q39 · PART 5 · FOUR CYLINDERS, SIX-CYLINDER GENES
What was Paul Rosche’s nickname, because of his early specialisation in camshaft calculation?
Camshaft Paul — in German, Nocken-Paul. Rosche ran BMW’s racing-engine development, led the S14, and retired in 1999 at the age of 65.
There are 89 more where that came from. Get the book — or take the full entrance exam →
Why this one is different

House rules. Every book.

The Jan Walker standard
  1. 90 questions. 10 themed parts. No padding.
  2. Facts checked against reference works and period coverage.
  3. Answers explained — the story behind the number.
  4. Disputed facts flagged as disputed. Honestly.
  5. Built to be read out loud and argued over.
Keep the argument going

Also on this shelf.

Civic Type R Trivia cover
Civic Type R Trivia
 NSX Trivia cover
NSX Trivia
 300ZX Trivia cover
300ZX Trivia
 AE86 Trivia cover
AE86 Trivia
Book Tracker 2026 — a Google Sheets reading tracker shown on a laptop
For readers

Keep a shelf of everything you’ve read.

A clean Google Sheets reading tracker — type the ISBN and the row fills itself: cover, title, author and page count. Ten tabs: Library, TBR, wishlist and a reading challenge that counts as you go.

Get the reading tracker on Etsy →
Digital download · TheGoodKeeper on Etsy