South African 325iS how many/where at?

Tue Mar 10, 2009 4:17 pm

hi i have a South African 325iS evo 2 and was wondering if anybody on here knew of any others on the forum and where they are in the world. i was led to believe that this maybe the only one in Britain and thought this would be the place to ask!

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Tue Mar 10, 2009 6:21 pm

That is a well known car and waqs featured in BMWCar magazine not so long ago. Its rumoured to be the only one in the country.

Tue Mar 10, 2009 11:14 pm

500 built iirc, like UK sports here most are dead and buried. They where very popular with the criminal world in SA. Hard to find over there now

Tue Mar 10, 2009 11:41 pm

looks nice like the colour of the wheels.........

Wed Mar 11, 2009 6:48 am

there are 2 in New Zealand that i have seen and one that i have herd about so a total of 3. i know one is a evo1 and not sure if the others are evo1's or 2

Wed Mar 11, 2009 2:02 pm

What sort of set up does the 325is have. I know the 320is has the s14 engine...how does the 325is differ from a normal 325i sport

Wed Mar 11, 2009 2:54 pm

madaboutthe30 wrote:What sort of set up does the 325is have. I know the 320is has the s14 engine...how does the 325is differ from a normal 325i sport

Without going into too much detail:
-2.7 m20 engine. 215? bhp
-A few aluminium body panels- wings and bonnet(?)
-M3 suspension with 5 stub hubs etc etc

Thu Mar 12, 2009 9:02 pm

Cheers for the info so looks like not to many of these about so looks like i better look after it and bss325i you were right its that same car that was featured in bmw mag.

Thu Mar 12, 2009 9:39 pm

evo 2 had ali bonnet,doors and wings. The donk was an Alpina 2.7 built at Buchloe and shipped over and suspension straight from the M3 ala 5 lug with m-tech shocks and springs

Alpina had a big hand in the development of the 333i also

Thu Mar 12, 2009 10:10 pm

To be exact, the evo 3 had Japanese market spec M3 suspension.

Thu Mar 12, 2009 10:54 pm

Simon13 wrote: Alpina had a big hand in the development of the 333i also

333i ??? whats one of those then ? learn more and more each day ..!

Thu Mar 12, 2009 11:01 pm

scootlife wrote:
Simon13 wrote: Alpina had a big hand in the development of the 333i also
333i ??? whats one of those then ? learn more and more each day ..!

South African market only E30

Basicly a metal bumper 2dr with a 3.2 M30 engine installed using various Alpina B6 parts. Alot of the development was done by Alpina.

Not many made and only in 4 different colours.
Quite well specced but you had to chose between A/C or power steering!
They had 4 stud 16x7" genuine Alpina alloys but with BMW badges instead of alpina ones.

It was a homolagtion special to go saloon car racing in as SA did't get the M3.

Thu Mar 12, 2009 11:06 pm

Tasty car, and i suspect had performance to match it also.

Thu Mar 12, 2009 11:08 pm

scootlife wrote:Tasty car, and i suspect had performance to match it also.

Not earth shattering. I think only about 210 bhp.

Sun Mar 15, 2009 11:02 pm

I'd love one of those Evo 2s, Next time I'm in SA I'm going on a hunt for one

I don't really see the point of the 333i to be honest... ok it's rare but who cares when the 325iS Evo is such a better car.