Carbon82 222,432 Hypersonic September 23, 2019 Time for a Part 2 as the original thread has clocked >10,000 posts (10,100 posts to be exact). Kudos to @Theoldjaffa for starting the thread and allows many of us to have a glimpse of unusual / rare car models on our road, or even overseas! OK, this is a definitely an unusual car in BMW history. Look closer, this is NOT a normal E30 320i Convertible... For those who still catches no ball, it has a fixed B & C pillar! Yes, this is the BMW E30 3 Series Baur TopCabriolet. The convertible came courtesy of a Stuttgart-based coachbuilder named Baur, who had a long history with BMW and apparently saw the market for a BMW convertible before BMW did. So the two teamed up to make a convertible 3-Series – with only one little problem. It wasn’t quite a convertible. Baur had to start its convertible 3-Series by taking an already-built 3-Series coupe and sawing off the roof. As a result, there wasn’t any extra rigidity built into the body or the chassis – since the car was never intended to be a convertible in the first place. So Baur had to engineer this rigidity into the top. The result of this was a convertible of … unusual proportions. For one thing, it isn’t a full convertible: the top panel comes off, and only the soft top over the rear window retracts like a typical convertible top. But then there are the pillars. In “roof open” mode, the A-pillar is still in place, of course. But so are the B-pillar, and the C-pillar. And there’s a huge bar connecting the B-pillar on the left side of the car to the one on the right side – even when the top is off. Even though there was a factory BMW 3-Series convertible on the E30 body style, it didn’t start out that way. Instead, Baur made another 14,426 E30 3-Series convertibles, with the unusual targa-ish convertible roof and all the pillars and bracing in place before BMW finally took the reins and did a factory convertible with a normal roof and no extra pillars or bracing. Read more about the 3 Series Baur in the following post I have made last April. @jimmyfong @Mockngbrd any idea how many Baur left in Singapore? ↡ Advertisement 21 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Theoldjaffa 80,176 Hypersonic September 23, 2019 Thanks @Carbon82! Here's my page 1 contri. Not rare but unusual 😬 8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ALTK 14,431 Turbocharged September 23, 2019 (edited) Simi chia? Edited September 23, 2019 by ALTK 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phang 3,827 6th Gear September 23, 2019 heavily chng-ed NC Mazda MX5 😅 5 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cook123 2,361 5th Gear September 23, 2019 1 hour ago, ALTK said: Simi chia? Should be a hamiko 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Adrianli 82,602 Hypersonic September 23, 2019 Subscribed Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Theoldjaffa 80,176 Hypersonic September 23, 2019 1 hour ago, ALTK said: Simi chia? Himiko 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ALTK 14,431 Turbocharged September 23, 2019 4 hours ago, Phang said: heavily chng-ed NC Mazda MX5 😅 I tot it is a heavily chng-ed Z4 🤣 3 hours ago, Theoldjaffa said: Himiko Wa...li hai man!👍 Honestly, i really never heard of this car name before. 😅 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cook123 2,361 5th Gear September 23, 2019 Rare Renault 8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
louisbosco 294 3rd Gear September 23, 2019 21 hours ago, jimmyfong said: only 2500 made, so definitely rare...think we have 10 here wah. like that really tempting to go import one for myself. keep and store in australia. hand itchy went to search after i post, found one for auction/sale in japan.. been thinking of evo for years already Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hamburger 88,561 Hypersonic September 23, 2019 I luv old cars.....especially E30 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mockngbrd 60,346 Supersonic September 23, 2019 (edited) 35 minutes ago, Hamburger said: I luv old cars.....especially E30 E30? Edited September 23, 2019 by Mockngbrd 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
boonhat_91 2,174 5th Gear September 24, 2019 Architecture or aerodynamic 3 4 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SGMCF328 6,992 Supercharged September 24, 2019 (edited) May I know what model is this? It is very tall, much taller than normal Mercedes van. First time I see such van. Edited September 24, 2019 by SGMCF328 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
inlinesix 41,275 Supersonic September 24, 2019 Should be Merc Vito Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beehive3783 10,998 Turbocharged September 24, 2019 MERCEDES BENZ / SPRINTER 316CDI 3665 4X4 VAN 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
13177 33,081 Supersonic September 24, 2019 3 minutes ago, Davidtch said: Should be Merc Vito This van is registered as Sprinter. Never heard of such model. ↡ Advertisement 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites