Met one of the chaps that helped design the E30 today

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Post Sun Feb 16, 2014 7:12 pm

So a bloke came in to my work today, spotted my E30 and we started to chat, turns out he was one of the blokes that made the clay model of the E30 back in the day.

Very interesting chap who now has his own business designing electric vehicles his current model being a 3 wheeled electric trike aimed at the security industry already in use by the American police force and just done a deal with the Russians

going back to E30's he said he knew it would become an iconic car as soon as he saw the drawings and that the old "boxy" cars were so much easier to clay model than the modern curvy bubble type rubbish on newer cars

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its the chap on the right in the suit Peter Loomes
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Post Sun Feb 16, 2014 7:31 pm

Very :cool:



On the three wheel jobbie. Is there anything Governments won't fookin buy!! :mad:
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Post Mon Feb 17, 2014 7:58 pm

He Doesn't look like God! But he can sure does god like things.
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Post Mon Feb 17, 2014 9:14 pm

He was very humble to be honest but I dont think he quite realised just how iconic the E30 is now, he's also worked for Aston Martin and Jaguar
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1991 BMW E30 318i Neon Design Convertible (Sold)
1990 BMW E30 325i Touring (Sold)
1990 BMW E30 318IS (Sold)
1990 BMW E30 316i (RIP)