Paul Rosche, the engine wizard who guided BMW to multiple international racing successes, including the Formula One World Championship and...
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November 2016 FITZ: My Life At The Wheel By John Fitzpatrick John Fitzpatrick started racing in a Mini 850 and...
2016 marks the 30th anniversary of a motoring legend, one which revolutionised the mid-size sports car segment when its production...
Gareth Burnett and Jez Haylock emerged as winners of the Endurance Rally Association’s Alpine Trial with their 1934 Talbot 105 Alpine (above, Gerrard Brown photo), duplicating their success in the event’s inaugural running. The all-British team faced fierce competition from runners-up John Abel and Leigh Powley in their 1937 Lagonda...
BMW Group Classic joined forces with BMW North America and the BMW Car Club of America at the Amelia Island...
This past February, the fifth annual Leadfoot Festival was held at international rally champion Rod Millen’s ranch on the Coromandel...
From the very beginning of the automobile, man built cars to compete with a passion for speed and technology. These early innovators are in an elite club, their place in automotive history guaranteed as the creators of a true classic sports car, a genuine thoroughbred. The development of the racing...
After reading the great Racecar profile of the BMW M3 (VR, August 2016), I had to share my experience...
Some 550 vintage racecars competing in 15 race groups filled the paddocks at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca for last weekend’s...
The 66th Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance hosted 228 cars from 16 countries and 30 states to the 18th fairway of Pebble Beach Golf Links, and concluded with first-time entrant Richard Mattei claiming Best of Show honors for his 1936 Lancia Astura Pinin Farina Cabriolet. “I was just happy to be...
The 1953 Ferrari 375 MM Pinin Farina Spyder of Andreas Mohringer won the Rolex Circle of Champions Best of Show...
As the 2016 Rolex Motorsports Reunion rolls into history this weekend, celebrating the centennial of the Bavarian Motor Works, those...
The newly-restored 1957 BMW 507 Roadster of Elvis Presley will be displayed for the first time in public at the 2016 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, to be held Sunday, August 21st at the Pebble Beach Golf Links in California during Classic Car Week. Already famous, and serving an obligatory two-year...
A BMW 507 driven by Elvis Presley while he was on duty with the U.S. military in Southern Germany during...
BMW USA Classic will run seven historic race cars at the 2016 Monterey Motorsports Reunion, to be held August 18-21...
Way back in 1973 the actor Orson Wells, chosen for his deep and imposing voice, appeared on commercial television as the then public face of the Danish brewing company Carlsberg. He was the first person to utter to the masses the slogan, “Carlsberg, probably the best lager in the world.”...
BMW has long followed a policy of racing cars and engines derived from production vehicles. Until BMW entered Formula One...
When he was a kid in Clermont-Ferrand, France, Patrick Depailler’s idol was French motorcycle champion and racing driver Jean Behra....
Many might find it unusual that the 58-year old son of legendary racecar driver Dave MacDonald had never driven a race car on a racetrack, but it’s true. Going fast has always been in my blood—as evidenced by countless speeding tickets—but it’s only in the past five years that I’ve...
Coupe Sport Leicht (CSL) is a name synonymous with BMW racecars. Of all the BMW CSLs, none was as outrageous...
This was the start of the racing career of Sir Stirling Moss, who drove a BMW 328 owned by his...
Sometimes, when asked for a list of significant cars, a marque can be overlooked. It is seldom because the marque isn’t important; rather it is often a case that the marque is thought of as being “modern.” BMW has claimed such an important place in the import car market, that...
I relate this story not to recite BMW history, but to talk about how this maker of fine performance sedans,...
As you’ll see throughout this month’s magazine, this issue prominently features and highlights the rich, 100-year history of BMW. For...
One of the most enjoyable events of Monterey Classic Car Week, The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering, returns to the lush green grasses of Quail Lodge & Golf Club in Carmel, California, on Friday, August 19. This year’s event will celebrate multiple featured themes, including: Rivalries of the Ages; the 100th...
The BMW 507 is frequently cited as one of the most beautifully designed cars regardless of era, origin or classification. Designer...
The Bavarian Motor Works was established in 1916. Originally building aircraft engines, at the end of World War I, they...
Touring car racing has usually been seen as the court jester to the serious stuff of single-seaters, but in a passing conversation at the Goodwood Revival someone said to me words to the effect that it was the saloon car race there that made the event—all the rest, including the...
