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BMW M3 E30 #56 P. Brock / J. Richards Mobil Bathurst 1000 1988 AUTOart 1:18

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BMW M3 E30 #56 P. Brock / J. Richards Mobil Bathurst 1000 1988 AUTOart 1:18 88847 Diecast
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AUTOart's 1:18 diecast BMW M3 E30 recreates the #56 Mobil entry driven by Peter Brock and Jim Richards at the 1988 Bathurst 1000. Doors and bonnet open onto a stripped race cabin. A landmark E30 M3 livery for a touring car or Bathurst-themed collection.
BMW M3 E30 #56 P. Brock / J. Richards Mobil Bathurst 1000 1988 AUTOart 1:18
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Specifications
Car Brand
BMW
Model Manufacturer
AUTOart
Scale
1:18
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
Used Model
SKU
88847
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About the BMW M3 E30 #56 P. Brock / J. Richards Mobil Bathurst 1000 1988 AUTOart 1:18

TL;DR: AUTOart's 1:18 diecast BMW M3 E30 carries the #56 Mobil livery driven by Peter Brock and Jim Richards at Bathurst in 1988, with doors and bonnet opening over a stripped race cabin. A genuine touring car legend pairing for the E30 M3 shape.

Peter Brock's name alone carries weight in Australian touring car circles, and pairing him with Jim Richards in a factory-supported E30 M3 gives this Bathurst entry real historical standing.

AUTOart's Diecast Detail and Race Cabin

AUTOart built its reputation on tighter diecast tolerances than many mid-tier rivals, and the E30's compact, boxy shape shows it well, with crisp scribed lines around the wheel arch extensions and rear spoiler that define the M3's homologation-special silhouette. Doors and bonnet open, the cabin fitted out as a genuine competition interior with roll cage and racing seat rather than the road car's trim, and the bonnet reveals engine bay detail representing the four-cylinder touring car unit. The Mobil livery's red and white graphics are applied with clean registration across the door and roof panels, holding up well under close inspection rather than blurring at the edges as cheaper tampo work sometimes does.

The E30 M3 at Bathurst in the Late 1980s

The Bathurst 1000 has long been Australian motorsport's most demanding endurance test, and the arrival of Group A M3s in the late 1980s brought a wave of European-built touring cars into direct competition with local Ford and Holden machinery. Brock's switch to BMW after his long Holden career made headlines at the time, and this 1988 entry sits right in that transitional period. For a collection built around either BMW's M3 lineage or Bathurst history specifically, a well-documented factory-liveried entry like this one anchors the story better than a generic reissue colour scheme.

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