BMW i
Frankfurt, Germany – June 2011. BMW was about to wow the world’s automotive press by presenting their vision of an electric future at the Frankfurt Messe. They had developed two concept cars to display, one…
Hugo Becker / January 17, 2020
i3
So you have decided to go electric – great news, and in buying a BMW i3 you have managed to get one technically sophisticated machine that accelerates and handles quite well. But, one nagging question…
Hugo Becker / November 15, 2019
Interesting
The automobile has been amongst us for over a century. And automobility has been obtainable for the middle class since the end of World War I, especially in the US, thanks to Henry Ford’s Model…
Hugo Becker / November 3, 2019
BMW Engines
BMW announced Monday that they had signed a contract to supply engines to an off-road vehicle startup known as INEOS Automotive. BMW mentioned that the quantity to be provided would be in the tens of…
Hugo Becker / March 19, 2019
Interesting
We Dig Into the Koenigsegg Jesko’s revolutionary Light-Speed Transmission
by Hugo Becker / Date: March 16, 2019
Auto Shows
One of our favorite quirky automobile marques here at BMWBLOG is Morgan. And, as Nico DeMattia has covered, Morgan introduced a new ‘Plus Six’ model sporting a BMW B58 inline six cylinder engine. It is…
Hugo Becker / March 6, 2019
Rolls-Royce
The unveiling, to the public, of the Rolls Royce Cullinan, reminded me that Rolls Royce has been down this road (or is that, ‘off road’) before. The company we know as Rolls-Royce Motor Cars got…
Hugo Becker / May 14, 2018
Interesting
The Rover logo was a stylized image of a Viking long ship. And, keeping with the Viking theme, by the end of the 1970s Rover could be said to resemble the mythical Norse god Hrungnir,…
Hugo Becker / January 25, 2018
Car Tips
Last year, after my 2008 BMW 135i was wrecked for a 135i to be named later (right rear quarter taken out by an uninsured driver), I found the replacement – a 2013 BMW 135i, N55…
Hugo Becker / October 15, 2017
Interesting
Our Senior Editor Chuck Vossler, uncovered this gem on the interwebs not long ago. On Copart’s site was one “1948 BMW .01”. Odd BMW wasn’t building cars in 1948, in fact BMW just plain wasn’t…
Hugo Becker / September 11, 2017
2 Series
The ’13 135i was recently dropped off at BMW of Kansas City South for scheduled maintenance. My Service Advisor, Clint Wong, knew I’d need a loaner and he arranged to have a surprise waiting for…
Hugo Becker / August 22, 2017