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BMW 3-Series E30 Packs a 4.4-liter V8 Punch

As far as extreme engine swaps and BMW E30s go, the V12-powered 350i we discovered back in 2007 no doubt takes the cake.

However, this 1989 3-Series sedan found for sale in Holland comes pretty close as the owner shoehorned a 4.4-liter V8 engine (M62B44) from a 1996-1998 540i E39 under its bonnet.

Great Scott! A DeLorean for a Back to the Future Trip to Mad Max's Dystopian Land

More than anything else, the appearance of the DeLorean DMC-12 as a time machine in the Back to the Future trilogy secured John DeLorean's stainless-steel bodied creation a permanent place in Hollywood history and popular culture.

Some thirty years after the DeLorean Motor Company was forced to close shop in 1982, around 6,500 examples of the iconic gull-wing sports car powered by a V6 engine jointly developed by Peugeot, Renault and Volvo Cars, are believed to exist on the roads today.

Crazy MINI with a 170HP Yamaha R1 Engine Swap Taunts a Lamborghini Gallardo

If you are looking for a truly unique Mini model to knock you off your socks, forget about the official John Cooper Works variants and the numerous projects presented over the years by the mainstream tuning industry, and check out this 1970's Austin Mini by Pro-Motive.

What makes this car fascinating is not the fact that it has a different engine, but the type of engine as it is fitted with a rev-crazy, 170HP 1.0-liter inline-four sourced from a 2003 Yamaha YZF-R1 sports bike!

Listen to This Ford Festiva Running a 1,340cc V-Twin Harley Davidson Engine!

As one of the lower points in Ford Motor Corp.'s history, the first generation of the Mazda-designed Festiva hatchback built from 1986 to 1993 (also sold as the Mazda 121 and Kia Pride) is not the kind of car that you would expect to excite a petrol head at a car meet.

Unless, of course, there's something odd lurking behind its plain Jane-looking snout, as was the case of this modified Festiva that was filmed by Carscoop reader Martin B. a few years back.

Custom Built E30 BMW M3 Touring with E36 M3's Straight-Six

Earlier today, we told you about a 1970s BMW 1602 Coupe turned into a pickup truck with an inline-six from the E30 325i that we discovered on eBay, but that wasn't the only custom Bimmer we found on the online auction shop.

Case in point this 1990 (1991MY) BMW 318i Touring that was transformed into an M3 Touring. Those of you familiar with the E30's history will know that BMW never built a station wagon version of the E30 M3, which was exclusively available in coupe and convertible body styles.

BMW 1602 Converted Into a Six-Cylinder Sports Truck

The BMW "New Class" is a landmark vehicle line in the Bavarian carmaker's history that spawned a series of models including 1500 and 1800 sedans, the 2002 Touring hatchback and of course, the famed 2002tii and 2002 Turbo coupes, all of which paved the way for the birth of the 3-Series.

What BMW did not create was a pickup-truck version of the Neue Klasse in the style of the Chevrolet El Camino or the Australian Ford and Holden Utes.

So how did this 1971 model pictured here come to be? This car is the brainchild of San Francisco, California-based tuning and service company Ottowerks and it has been listed for sale on eBay.

Ottowerks says it begun with a 1971 BMW "1600", which we assume from the body, is the 1602 coupe model. After cutting the roof from the driver's seat and back and removing the rear seat bench, Ottowerks crafted a truck bed.

This Ain't Your Grandpa's Ford Granada but a 1,700hp Koenigsegg CCX Powered Zzzleeper…

There's nothing really special about the second generation of the European Ford Granada that was built from 1977 to 1985, which is probably why one owner in Britain chose it for a sleeper project.

Putting aside a handful of 1980s aero bits, the only other interesting bit about the exterior of this Granada are the Zzz-Zzz license plates.

Pop up the hood, however, and it's an entirely different story as this puppy has been fitted with 4.7-liter Ford V8 sourced from a Koenigsegg CCX supercar that is good for a whopping 1,700-horsepower!