The M10 BMW engine—BMW’s longest-running power plant—made its debut at the 1961 Frankfurt Motor Show alongside the all-new BMW 1500 ‘Neue Klasse’ (New Class) sedan. The 1500 was a new and very modern car with…
It was someone at BMW who justified the all-new E38 7 Series – launched thirty years ago this year – by suggesting that customers in that class would buy a car for a second time,…
As you read this, the year is 2024, marking twenty glorious years since the launch of the BMW 1 Series. A triumph, or an answer to a question nobody asked? We’ll log that phrase as…
As another 5 Series enters production, we look back at the original E12 generation. I have to admit that I haven’t been to any launch events for the new G60 BMW 5 Series. I didn’t…
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Memories of My 7 Series Journey 2003 is now so long ago in my driving history that I can’t quite remember what I drove before this BMW 7 Series (E32). Ah, yes I can, a…
BMW had already been manufacturing the 3 Series for 30 years when the all-new E90, part of the BMW E90 3 Series family, was launched in 2005. Unlike the previous E46 in terms of character…
E28 BMW: A History of the Classic 5 Series When it was launched in 1981, most folks were surprised that the new BMW E28 5 Series looked like a facelifted E12. The 1972 E12 5…
When the BMW E86 Z4 Coupe arrived in 2006, everyone, including me, assumed that BMW had a smash hit on their hands. It combined the many virtues of the E85 Z4, plus 258 bhp from…
If I still own it after seven years, I’m planning on taking my 1994 BMW 318Ti Compact back to the Munich plant it emerged from in September of that year. As such, it’s thought to…
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