A basic BMW 3 Collection construct impressed by Group 2 race vehicles, has received the 2025 Sizzling Wheels Legends Tour UK at SlammedUK’s Gravity Present, held on the NEC, Birmingham.
The results of a 14-year construct, the 900kg track-ready E21 was created by a father-and-son staff Paul and Ethan Foster from Wickford, Essex.
Paul Foster’s 1982 BMW 3 Collection combines aggressive Group 2 styling with bespoke engineering in a real life-size Sizzling Wheels automobile.
The 345/35/15 rear tyres, fibreglass wide-arch equipment, alloy diffuser and deep entrance splitter give it a muscular stance, whereas the race livery that includes violet, purple and blue accents, is a nod to 80s and 90s BMW touring vehicles.
An authentic Group 5 rear wing, now with a carbon blade, provides downforce and drama in equal measure, while underneath the bonnet sits a 420bhp 5.0 litre Rover V8 with twin Jenvey throttle our bodies.
Different efficiency options embody flame spitting aspect pipes, DTM Getrag gearbox and Quaife LSD while GAZ coilovers and uprated Willwood brakes guarantee it handles in addition to its appears.
“It’s wonderful to win the Sizzling Wheels Legends Tour UK.” mentioned Paul Foster. “Constructed along with my son Ethan, it’s a part of our household and we’ll by no means promote it.
“We’ve each been big Sizzling Wheels followers since we have been youngsters. I simply can’t imagine it. Representing the UK on the subsequent spherical of the competitors is so thrilling.
Paul’s BMW will now head to the European ultimate, one in all a variety of digital regional competitions.
At every regional ultimate, one car will probably be chosen to compete on the World Grand Finale the place the winner will probably be inducted into the Sizzling Wheels Storage of Legends – a set of the model’s most iconic and historic automobiles and reworked right into a 1:64 scale die-cast, and in the stores around the globe.
Companions for the 2025 Sizzling Wheels Legends Tour UK are Smyths Toys Superstores, Forge Motorsport and Gathering Vehicles.
