Yeah, as a kid growing up in the 70’s & 80’s, I always liked BMW. I started losing interest around 2010, when they started getting too heavy & filled with electronics. Now it seems like they don’t really resemble BMWs anymore.
I’m glad to see how much you both appreciate this car! I still own an E30 316 from 1985, the weakest motor available at the time but still great fun to drive!
I've had a Wagon, an SUV, a cross-over and others.... But you know, in terms of practicality, utility, etc, I'll never understand why wagons aren't more common. And this is one of the shining examples why I like Wagons.
06:47 "Light metallic blue, like your shirt".... Zing! Jay's great. He can certainly dish out the little quips but he's not above accepting when someone else nails him with one himself. Love the great "You got me" look on his face! Donald Osborne occasionally gets one over on him too. Jay's a good sport.
The BMW in the older years 60s to the 80s had a really nice engine compartment and the hood. But that little 6 is a great little engine and it looks good. I have never had one and am not well versed on them at all but I know a great engine sound when I hear it.
In my uneducated opinion, the E30 was one of the top 10 car designs in history, at least re. 'regular' cars. And the only thing better looking than an E30 sedan - an E30 wagon. ;)
For real, I'll never understand people, especially in Europe, opting for these ridiculous sized SUV oxcarts when they could have a sleek, more practical and more nimble wagon *and* have the same if not more room for stuff in the back. Especially those German sports wagons that go really quick if you need them to. But alas, SUV killed the Station Wagon...
I live in the UK and l've not seen a 325 touring for a very long time 318 and 320 l see occasionally . Still a good looking car. I'd guarantee that if Jason drove a TR6 CP with Lucas fuel injection he'd love it ...❤❤
Air Conditioning was really rare in Europe and the UK in the 80's, it's not so needed in their climate which rarely get's above 30℃ and if it does it's only for a couple of weeks a year! A Heater is more essential!
Things changed though, like the climate south of the North Sea. More heat, mild winters without snow. I dont even recall the exact year of the last white Christmas here in Switzerland right on the border to Germany. I remember those in the 80's and into mid '90 when I was a young kid. You absolutely dont want a car without AC in summer around here nowadays in most years...
@@LillyRocket I think we are just used to having AC now, what you didn't have a bad Winter in 2010? It snowed for 4 months solid in the UK, late November to March!
That pic almost hurts. I had a 1990 320i in the same rare mineral blue, sedan but just like that, gorgeous condition til someone undertook me turning into my drive and destroyed the side of it. The sound of that M20 is just godly, & so smooth.
I have a 320i Touring sitting in a barn. Was my daily, and has some issues but I miss it. Head has a crack and something in the drive line isnt right. I'll get it back on the road. Seeing Randy Probst drive this Touring previously was a blast, he flogged it hard. 325i are so much more special than the 320i.
@@glurak888 I think theyre both pretty special, the M20B20 loves to rev and is just that bit smoother - but its that survivor mineral blau thats really special.
@@mgsx1506 I loved the thing, ~7.5/100km on Michelin eco tyres worked for me. As an engineering tech the novelty of such a tiny 6 also really works for me, such an amusing thing to exist. But im glad you have the things you like :)
I had a 1990 325i manual gearbox Malachite Green Touring with black sports interior. Brilliant car and I sold it at the Goodwood Festival of Speed Bonhams auction in 2007. That says how nice it was despite having over 200k miles on the clock. It’s in the auction catalogue.
I drove a 1991 316i Wagen, in Europe my moons ago. The 3 series wagen, should have been available here in the states. BMW missed out on that opportunity.
As a long term E30 owner, this episode gives me joy. BMW should have brought these to North America... E30 design has the "look" that always make me look back at it.🙂
BMW also made a 325ix (4wd) in sedan and touring. Especially popular in countries like Switzerland. My uncle had one. Great car, sounded fantastic, although quite slow by modern standards.
If memory serves, a fellow producer of TV commercials who worked on the BMW/USA account ca. 2012 bought one of these after a shoot. Unrelated is this plea to my contemporaries: give hyperbole like "awesome" and "iconic" a rest. You've made the words threadbare. There are more appropriate words available 😉
Great looking wagon, especially with a straight six! Bought a Mazda RX-4 wagon in the 70's; great little car, especially hauling things or on long drives. Ended up using it as a trade-in on a '77 T-Bird. What a boat the Bird was; should have kept the RX-4!
It has to be strick here in Germany because of the Autobahn. Driving on some parts of the Autobahn without speed limit, the cars have to be in a good condition. Big checkup every 2 years as well.
Lovely car, I have 2 of them, IS with Half Million Km and an Eta, original engine, M20 engines go for ever if change oil and coolant, brilliant engines.
The E30 Series appeared first 1983 with 4 engines, 2 of them inline-4 and 2 inline-6 : 316 carburetor 90 bhp, 318 i injection 105 bhp, 320 i , injection 125 bhp and 323i injection 139 bhp… 1984 apeared 4 door saloon. Early 1985 The 323i evolved to 150 bhp. 1986 convertible. 1988 Station Wagon or touring wagon.. produced until 1993..
Suggestion for Jason's American car. Check out the cosworth Vega! It sounds perfect, it's little, high revving, decently tunable, and completely bizzare
Why is it a unicorn? I've seen tons of those, took a peek and there are 3 of them for sale right now where I am. One is identical, just minus sunroof but same color and wheels as this. The other two are black, one with identical wheels, the other has the bigger wheels with the same look. So the bigger 'BBS look' ones. But I am in Europe, NL not the US.
i had one of theese back in 2012 same colour and everything , it also had AC and recaro interiour was a nice car to have i was 22 when i got it for 1500€ here in Finland, sold it and the new owner painted it and engine swap m50 turbo
Bought a 1990 example from an auction outside Tokyo back in 2003 and paid $1500, it was white and in a very good shape, and learned to drive in it. It was automatic 325i. I ruined it in Iraq, bad roads, bad fuel, and an accident, and sold it after 18 months.
Leno and Cammisa togethe!! Never clicked so fast!!
Could listen to these 2 guys for hours.
Copy that ! .. An old Germanism " Two idiots, One Thought" .... (in a nice way)
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That era of BMW was exceptional
Yeah, as a kid growing up in the 70’s & 80’s, I always liked BMW. I started losing interest around 2010, when they started getting too heavy & filled with electronics. Now it seems like they don’t really resemble BMWs anymore.
@goldenageofdinosaurs7192 you're not wrong
So much car and so little else
@preppen78 exactly. The same went for the fast Fords of the time. Just the five and nothing else. Chassis, engine, gearbox, steering, breaks.
@@THEBIGREDAPE absolutely 👍
Two of my favorite car enthusiasts driving my favorite chassis. I've been waiting years for Jay to drive an E30. Great stuff.
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I’m glad to see how much you both appreciate this car! I still own an E30 316 from 1985, the weakest motor available at the time but still great fun to drive!
Finally the M20 gets featured on the show. Great engine, great car and great people. Thanks Jay and Jason.
Had an E30 in West Germany in 87, that color. Awesome and fun machine.
Here in the UK in the ‘70s, we would spray the underneath of the car with ‘Waxoyl’ in a vain attempt to prevent rust.
I've had a Wagon, an SUV, a cross-over and others.... But you know, in terms of practicality, utility, etc, I'll never understand why wagons aren't more common. And this is one of the shining examples why I like Wagons.
SUV's seem "tougher".
I learned to drive in a 1987 BMW 325i. It was my brothers. I now have a 99 BMW M3 convertible, love it.
Finally some BMW love on jays garage. ❤
06:47 "Light metallic blue, like your shirt".... Zing! Jay's great. He can certainly dish out the little quips but he's not above accepting when someone else nails him with one himself. Love the great "You got me" look on his face! Donald Osborne occasionally gets one over on him too. Jay's a good sport.
He's a national treasure.
I love episodes about cars that have been loved by the same owner for a long time! The car’s soul seems to be more happy 😊
Jason is a natural and very knowledgeable
This was such a realistic conversation
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The BMW in the older years 60s to the 80s had a really nice engine compartment and the hood. But that little 6 is a great little engine and it looks good. I have never had one and am not well versed on them at all but I know a great engine sound when I hear it.
My two favorite car guys talking shop. Love it.
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Yess, I remember when Jason was on and he wanted to talk about the Lucid so much, and Jay immediately shut it down😂
In my uneducated opinion, the E30 was one of the top 10 car designs in history, at least re. 'regular' cars.
And the only thing better looking than an E30 sedan - an E30 wagon. ;)
My two favorite American presenters. Awesome.
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The two best car guys! I LOVE the Cyclone story!!!
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One of the best sounding straight sixes of all time
Fantastic duo here, best era of bimmer, Jason doesn't miss
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One of the best Leno's Garage I have ever seen.Just good car talk.
This is the result of bringing 2 interesting guys together! 😊
Wagons (estate cars) ftw!
You just keep getting better. Can’t wait for the next drop!
Wagon / estate are so much better than SUV’S , Shout out to the old Saab hatchback😊
For real, I'll never understand people, especially in Europe, opting for these ridiculous sized SUV oxcarts when they could have a sleek, more practical and more nimble wagon *and* have the same if not more room for stuff in the back. Especially those German sports wagons that go really quick if you need them to. But alas, SUV killed the Station Wagon...
So much more aero./less dispacement.
I completely agree with you
SUVs killed cars across the board except (toys), sport and muscle cars.
I want a 9-3 SportCombi
I drove a 325iX Touring for a while - with rear-biased permanent all-wheel drive. On snow, it was the most fun car I’ve ever driven.
I still dream about throwing my old iX around in the snow. That thing just felt magical.
I’ve had the convertible one. It was an 1990. Loved it. Same beautiful color.
"Were you reading horse poo magazine?" LMAO😂
I live in the UK and l've not seen a 325 touring for a very long time 318 and 320 l see occasionally . Still a good looking car. I'd guarantee that if Jason drove a TR6 CP with Lucas fuel injection he'd love it ...❤❤
LOL NO ONE thinks that is 2 years old.
sometimes Jay takes it a bit too far 😂
My E30 325i was the best car I ever had I still miss it shouldn’t have sold it because it appreciated value too!
Two of my three favourite motoring folks together. Get Hatry Metcalfe from Harry's Garage in and it would be awesome!
It finally happened ! Our man Jason is in Jay Leno's garage \o/
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Friend of mine had one in mid-90s. Though powered by sleek sounding inline-6, it was not fast and pretty cramped inside. But memories... ❤
Air Conditioning was really rare in Europe and the UK in the 80's, it's not so needed in their climate which rarely get's above 30℃ and if it does it's only for a couple of weeks a year! A Heater is more essential!
Things changed though, like the climate south of the North Sea. More heat, mild winters without snow. I dont even recall the exact year of the last white Christmas here in Switzerland right on the border to Germany. I remember those in the 80's and into mid '90 when I was a young kid. You absolutely dont want a car without AC in summer around here nowadays in most years...
@@LillyRocket I think we are just used to having AC now, what you didn't have a bad Winter in 2010? It snowed for 4 months solid in the UK, late November to March!
13:50 and 15:22 - "Bierkistn" very good bavarian german! Top!
Cammisa and Leno what a wonderful combination!
That pic almost hurts. I had a 1990 320i in the same rare mineral blue, sedan but just like that, gorgeous condition til someone undertook me turning into my drive and destroyed the side of it.
The sound of that M20 is just godly, & so smooth.
I have a 320i Touring sitting in a barn. Was my daily, and has some issues but I miss it.
Head has a crack and something in the drive line isnt right. I'll get it back on the road.
Seeing Randy Probst drive this Touring previously was a blast, he flogged it hard.
325i are so much more special than the 320i.
@@glurak888 I think theyre both pretty special, the M20B20 loves to rev and is just that bit smoother - but its that survivor mineral blau thats really special.
@@mycosysthe b20 is slow af but consumes fuel like b25 😅 we dont like them over here.
@@mgsx1506 I loved the thing, ~7.5/100km on Michelin eco tyres worked for me. As an engineering tech the novelty of such a tiny 6 also really works for me, such an amusing thing to exist. But im glad you have the things you like :)
@@mycosys i found a "rust free" 318i from 83. With 6,7/100km its drinks a bit less but i think its as slow as the 320i 😂
How do you make a Jay Leno's Garage video even better? Simple, you add Cammisa to it! Wonderful video and very, very cool car indeed
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Alfa Romeo 156 Sportwagon GTA 3.5 Autodelta
This is truly a unique station wagon.
Never went into production like the BMW M3 E46 Touring Concept
What a beautiful car
We all do respect no one thinks it’s a modern car, but it’s cool nonetheless
I had a 1990 325i manual gearbox Malachite Green Touring with black sports interior. Brilliant car and I sold it at the Goodwood Festival of Speed Bonhams auction in 2007. That says how nice it was despite having over 200k miles on the clock. It’s in the auction catalogue.
Just got back from driving my 325ix e30 in the first snow of the year… and get home to a e30 video on Jay Leno’s garage. What a good day!
Uncle Jay,Camissa and a non muscle car(finally!).Hell yeah!
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Whatever you come up with, it’s brilliant. BMW was strong in the 90-ies.
that is a beautiful car. wow..BMW needs to get back to this
I love seeing Jason on the show and apparently there's another episode coming
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I've got an E91 and it turns heads. The people are ready for wagons to make a return.
You and Jason!!!!
Too cool!!!
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Thoroughly enjoyed this one. Thanks gents.
💯 Jay and Jason together!
Love Jason and his video's
I drove a 1991 316i Wagen, in Europe my moons ago. The 3 series wagen, should have been available here in the states. BMW missed out on that opportunity.
At least we had 6 cyl e46, e91, e39, e61 wagons here
Good late morning to you all thanks for the show love you all have a great 🎅hohoho December 🏁
I used to have two e30, awesome cars!
Love you Jason, Love you a lot more Professor Jay❤️❤️❤️
Jason is SO much better than the likes of Donald Osborne!
As a long term E30 owner, this episode gives me joy. BMW should have brought these to North America...
E30 design has the "look" that always make me look back at it.🙂
Jason, @27:46 Magnum r/t Because, wagon is life & it has easy access for loading your beers into the cargo bay .
Sexiest Bimmer longroof ever btw...
Always loved the 325 I. Never knew there was a wagon. Good to know they never have them in the US.
I'm so excited about this video
Our neighbor up the road in templton Massachusetts had a maroon bmw Wagen early nineties. I have never seen another one in person since!
That rear end looks almost identical to my old 1980 Toyota Corolla.
2011 e91 Touring is the last NA inline six touring that came with a manual 6 speed. Came in AWD and RWD.
Great video! Cool car.
BMW also made a 325ix (4wd) in sedan and touring. Especially popular in countries like Switzerland. My uncle had one. Great car, sounded fantastic, although quite slow by modern standards.
Jason is normal? What an actor!
Nice wagon mate. Cheers 🇨🇦
Very cool.
E30 is what I always say BMW to be. Love my F and G era but miss the NA engines with a manual.
E30 is still awesome with a turbo. Modern BMW biggest issue has been the lack of steering feel and feedback since 2011
Ugh - that is a well-sorted e30 !! Nice !!
You can modify a car and have it tuv aproved , paperwork and inspections galore .
Yea, the urban legend that you cant mod street legal cars in Germany - of course you can if you can stomach the bureaucracy and time investment.
this is one that Randy Pobst was throwing around Willow Springs...gleefully
If memory serves, a fellow producer of TV commercials who worked on the BMW/USA account ca. 2012 bought one of these after a shoot.
Unrelated is this plea to my contemporaries: give hyperbole like "awesome" and "iconic" a rest. You've made the words threadbare.
There are more appropriate words available 😉
Epic! Two of my favorite car guys together. Can’t wait to see the 850csi episode.
Great looking wagon, especially with a straight six! Bought a Mazda RX-4 wagon in the 70's; great little car, especially hauling things or on long drives. Ended up using it as a trade-in on a '77 T-Bird. What a boat the Bird was; should have kept the RX-4!
The wagon version is uncommon in the UK where the 323 and 325's were everywhere
My Dad had a 528i Hell of a car.
It has to be strick here in Germany because of the Autobahn. Driving on some parts of the Autobahn without speed limit, the cars have to be in a good condition. Big checkup every 2 years as well.
The engine in a car is easy to maintain and repair in a last forever, very good engine.
Sounds like Sreten influence!
Lovely car, I have 2 of them, IS with Half Million Km and an Eta, original engine, M20 engines go for ever if change oil and coolant, brilliant engines.
Very cool. Thanks Jay.😊
The E30 Series appeared first 1983 with 4 engines, 2 of them inline-4 and 2 inline-6 : 316 carburetor 90 bhp, 318 i injection 105 bhp, 320 i , injection 125 bhp and 323i injection 139 bhp… 1984 apeared 4 door saloon. Early 1985 The 323i evolved to 150 bhp. 1986 convertible. 1988 Station Wagon or touring wagon.. produced until 1993..
And 1984 appeared the inline Six Diesel naturally aspirated 86 bhp, Turbo Charged 115 bhp.
324d and 324 td
Suggestion for Jason's American car. Check out the cosworth Vega! It sounds perfect, it's little, high revving, decently tunable, and completely bizzare
Good to see the shifter held up for Jay considering what happened.
Classic car, I love it!
Why is it a unicorn? I've seen tons of those, took a peek and there are 3 of them for sale right now where I am. One is identical, just minus sunroof but same color and wheels as this. The other two are black, one with identical wheels, the other has the bigger wheels with the same look. So the bigger 'BBS look' ones. But I am in Europe, NL not the US.
i don't know if the US ever got E30 wagons. Canada got a few but don't think they were popular either. Europe always had a lot.
@@KingLuis1985not many e30s left on the road in europe, fewer wagons ,
If you find a touring without a sunroof, buy it.
Cammisa has impeccable taste.
Jason is the goat
E30 era. When BMW was real 'freude am fahren'.😉👌🏻
Best BMW ever made.
Hey Jay, a Porsche would be a great Christmas gift to Jason😂
nice bimmer
i had one of theese back in 2012 same colour and everything , it also had AC and recaro interiour was a nice car to have i was 22 when i got it for 1500€ here in Finland, sold it and the new owner painted it and engine swap m50 turbo
Bought a 1990 example from an auction outside Tokyo back in 2003 and paid $1500, it was white and in a very good shape, and learned to drive in it. It was automatic 325i. I ruined it in Iraq, bad roads, bad fuel, and an accident, and sold it after 18 months.
Two funny guys and a german car, I like it !
Seen quite a few of these in the Uk over the last decades.
Hey Cammisa there is a $38,000 black GMC Typhoon in FB market in Guatemala posted 4 months ago and maybe is still available.
Jheez is Leno on ozempic?
90s and early 2000s was peak BMW.
For me it's the 80's - E28 is my favorite