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BMW M3 E30 #3 J. Richards Austrian Airlines ATCC 1987 AUTOart 1:18

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BMW M3 E30 #3 J. Richards Austrian Airlines ATCC 1987 AUTOart 1:18 88745 Diecast
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AUTOart's 1:18 diecast BMW M3 E30 carries Jim Richards' #3 Austrian Airlines livery from the 1987 Australian Touring Car Championship. Doors and bonnet open onto a stripped race cabin. A distinctive M3 entry for a touring car or ATCC-themed collection.
BMW M3 E30 #3 J. Richards Austrian Airlines ATCC 1987 AUTOart 1:18
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Specifications
Car Brand
BMW
Model Manufacturer
AUTOart
Scale
1:18
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
Used Model
SKU
88745
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About the BMW M3 E30 #3 J. Richards Austrian Airlines ATCC 1987 AUTOart 1:18

TL;DR: AUTOart's 1:18 diecast BMW M3 E30 wears Jim Richards' Austrian Airlines livery from the 1987 Australian Touring Car Championship, with doors and bonnet opening over a stripped race cabin. A distinctive early E30 M3 racing entry.

The Austrian Airlines colour scheme is one of the more unusual liveries the E30 M3 carried in period, and it sits alongside Richards' broader reputation as one of Australasia's most successful touring car drivers.

Construction Detail on the E30 Shape

AUTOart's diecast tooling handles the E30's boxy wheel arch extensions and rear spoiler cleanly, with scribed panel lines that stay sharp around the flared bodywork rather than blurring under the livery. Doors and bonnet open, exposing a competition-spec cabin with roll cage and bucket seat, and lifting the bonnet reveals engine bay detail standing in for the four-cylinder unit. The Austrian Airlines livery's blue and red graphics are printed with clean edges across the doors and roof, a level of tampo registration that separates AUTOart's mid-to-upper diecast work from entry-tier alternatives, and the panel gaps around the opening sections remain reasonably tight for a metal-bodied build.

Richards and the E30 M3 in 1987 ATCC Racing

Jim Richards built one of the most decorated careers in Australasian touring car racing, and his time in Group A M3s came during a period when the category attracted top international manufacturers into Australian competition. The 1987 season sat early in the E30 M3's local racing life, before the car's Bathurst successes cemented its reputation there. A livery like Austrian Airlines gives a collection something beyond the more commonly reproduced factory colours, and pairing it with other period ATCC entries builds a genuinely representative late-1980s touring car shelf.

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