Heart’s lead singer, Ann Wilson, had an E30 BMW. The wild body change complements the 2.5-liter engine’s previous improvements, such as a turbocharger. This 3-series has a strong rock & roll attitude when it’s all black. It’s always interesting to see the strange cars that musicians drive, like Sade’s Mazda RX-8, Lady Gaga’s Ford F-150 Lightning, and Tom Morello’s 1971 Dodge Demon 340. Ann Wilson, lead singer of Heart, drove a BMW 3-series roadster in the late 1980s. It looks like she went a little crazy with the changes. This 1989 BMW 325i convertible is our daily pick from Bring A Trailer, a sale site run by Hearst Autos and Invoice Pricing. It shows how ridiculously rich people were in the 1980s. It has BBS wheels that are as deep as a Chicago pizza, a spoiler the size of a Cessna in the back, and a body kit that is way too wide. It also looks like a rock star because it’s all black and made of stretched leather from head to toe. The car even has pipes that match its attitude, unlike Wilson herself. It has a true five-speed manual gearbox, a limited-slip rear differential, an IHI turbocharger, and an aftermarket exhaust. If you already liked Ann Wilson and then found out that this was her trip around the same time that “Alone” was number one in the charts around the world, how could you not enjoy her more? Wilson seemed too rock ‘n’ roll to be driven around in a limo with one of those V-shaped TV antennas from the 1980s placed on the trunk. The body kit is said to have come from Flossman Auto Design, a German company that worked with Koenig Customization. On the build sheet, the kit is called a Koenig, which is the name of the more well-known business that makes airplanes. However, the term could mean something else. Flossman knew a lot about BMWs, and the visual changes were made in New Jersey. The 15-inch BBS wheels are very big and have 225- and 285-series Yokohama tires on them. The width of the wheels is uneven, 9 inches wide in front and 11 inches wide back. Aftermarket Hartge lowering suspension and Bilstein shocks in the back are what it comes with. Under the engine is an IHI compressor kit that is said to be from CarTech or Dinan. The dealer who installed it said that it is an intercooler and can make 275 horsepower, which is almost 100 horsepower more than normal. The car has 12K miles on it, which is about the same as a professional rock musician’s busy touring routine, and the selling dealer just changed the oil and filter. The first changes, which cost an unbelievable $69,890, were finished in January 1990. That’s almost $170,000 when you take inflation into account. (At least it looks like the car’s MSRP is included.) There are many Heart-related items up for sale, such as some funny, sarcastic letters between Ms. Wilson’s personal assistant, the BMW dealer, and the company that made the changes to the car. Even though the 1980s were a crazy time, this car is a unique piece of rock ‘n’ roll history, and it still looks great today. It makes sense since Ann Wilson and Heart didn’t have just one hit. There is no reserve for this sale, which ends on June 5.
