The Quest for Freedom in the BMW Isetta It was a bold plan: Klaus-Günter Jacobi assisted his best friend to escape...
If you ask a hardcore BMW enthusiast about their favorite Batmobile, chances are you’re not going to get any answer...
Stratas Auctions will be auctioning a 1974 BMW 3.5 CSL IMSA, one of only 5 ever produced, the overall winner of the 1975 12 Hours of Sebring, and the first CSL to win a Group 5 race in the world championships for makes. In 1970, Alpina developed the 3.0 CSL, a new, lightweight...
Ritzy and opulent, grand tourers offer the most accomplished automotive experience, granting a balance of sheer power, luxury, and comfort....
Every now and then, carmakers experience a lucid moment and embark on a trip to step out of their comfort...
The all-German marque Concours d’Elegance that has become a staple on the annual Monterey Car Week schedule will host a second event in 2021, which will bring the show to the East Coast. Legends of the Autobahn (LOTA) will be held in partnership with the Hilton Head Island Motoring Festival’s...
It has been 35 years since BMW premiered the legendary BMW M3. BMW is now launching its newest creation of...
Some cars are designed to get us from A to B, and nothing more. And then there are icons –...
The Concours Virtual, a world-class Concours d’Elegance, allows spectators the joy of being involved without leaving their own home. Just this week they announced the winner of the Hollywood Legends class. The cars within this class are unique in that they are required to have a proven connection to any...
The role the 700 placed in the history of BMW is complicated. Some say the 700 saved the company, but...
Two new events have been added to Beaulieu’s successful Simply range with Simply British Classics on September 20th and Simply BMW...
“I love this car. It’s more successful than the artwork,” was the opinion of Andy Warhol after his sweeping brush strokes had transformed the BMW M1. It took him less than half an hour to create the fourth exhibit in the BMW Art Car Collection. 40 years later, enthusiasm for...
I open the tiny door, diffidently point my toe toward the foot well, and fall into the driver’s seat by...
A selection of fantastic BMW M1 Procars will be among the high-speed demonstrations at the 2019 Goodwood Members Meeting, to...
The idea of the M1 became official in September 1975, when Jochen Neerpasch, head of BMW Motorsport GmbH presented the strategy of BMW Motorsports to the board of the BMW. A part of that strategy involved motorsports with production cars, which in the 1970s, had gained enormous popularity among drivers...
The Clay Regazzoni driven BWM M1, in BMW Motorsport livery, as raced in the short-lived Procar Championship series (1979-1980). Arthur...
The Hilton Head Island Concours d’Elegance & Motoring Festival will recognize significant anniversaries for both BMW and Porsche at the...
A 1958 BMW 507 Series II Roadster was named Best of Show at the 15th annual Keeneland Concours d’Elegance at the historic Keeneland Race Course. The show field featured three classes of this year’s featured marque, BMW, as well as classes of horse-drawn carriages and modified examples of modern sports cars and hatchbacks....
July 19th through the 22nd will be a weekend of horsepower in the Horse Capital of the World. Since it...
[Click here to read the first installment] Poland, Denmark and Norway had fallen to Nazi Germany and the blitzkrieg up through France, Holland and Belgium was just months away by the time the 1940 so-called Mille Miglia took place. Hardly a time to be thinking of pleasant pastimes like motor...
Over two-liter Grand Touring cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motorsports; the...
Jim Proffit, arguably the king of the pre-war BMW chasers, passed away on April 2, 2018, from an apparent heart...
The PVGP has announced that BMW will not only be the Marque of the Year at this year’s Pittsburgh Vintage Grans Prix, but they will also serve as the host for the BMW Car Club of America’s Oktoberfest from July 9 through 15. BMW CCA is bringing their largest annual gathering – with 1,000 enthusiasts...
LeMay – America’s Car Museum (ACM) will open the “Heroes of Bavaria – 75 Years of BMW Motorsports” collection on...
One of the interesting things about getting older—at least as a car enthusiast—is looking back on all the cars that...
The 2018 La Jolla Concours d’Elegance concluded its 14th year on a high note last Sunday, April 8, with more than 10,000 attendees taking in a selection of classic automobiles set along the picturesque cliffs of the Pacific Ocean in the California seaside city (above, Stacey Keck photo courtesy of...
1969 Mirage M2-BRM The Mirage profiled here is no optical illusion, although it is certainly as beautiful as some optical...
April 2018 The Bertone Collection By Gautam Sen & Michael Robinson Many of the iconic vehicles of the second half...
RM Sotheby’s recorded a sale total of €23,745,225 ($29,562,805) at its fifth annual Paris sale on February 7, with an 83 percent sell-through rate for the 84 lots successfully sold. Demonstrating continued interest in low-production modern-era hypercars, the 2017 Bugatti Chiron (above, Remi Dargegen photo courtesy of RM Sotheby’s) with...