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 started in 1986. The very first BMW M3 set a new standard by which other car makers would be measured — and, five model generations later, are still judged today....
Gareth Burnett and Jez Haylock emerged as winners of the Endurance Rally Association’s Alpine Trial with their 1934 Talbot 105...
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 Peninsula in New Zealand. Rod has semi-retired there after his championship-winning career, including toppling the Unser dynasty from Pikes Peak in the United States. Photo: Mark Dunstan What started five...
From the very beginning of the automobile, man built cars to compete with a passion for speed and technology. These...
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 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, as the event marked the 100th anniversary of BMW, this year’s featured marque. What raceway officials called a record four-day crowd of 70,525 spectators partook of...
The 66th Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance hosted 228 cars from 16 countries and 30 states to the 18th fairway of...
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 in attendance will be treated to seven special historic BMW racecars presented by BMW USA Classic. These will join more than 60 privately entered examples of BMW artistry to illustrate...
The newly-restored 1957 BMW 507 Roadster of Elvis Presley will be displayed for the first time in public at the...
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 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in California during Monterey Classic Car Week. BMW is the featured marque at the Rolex Reunion and the brand will be represented by 64 vintage...
Way back in 1973 the actor Orson Wells, chosen for his deep and imposing voice, appeared on commercial television as...
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. The two were alike in more ways than one, as they shared a living-for-the-moment attitude that didn’t always pay off. Surprisingly, though, Patrick’s devil-may-care lifestyle didn’t really do his motor...
Many might find it unusual that the 58-year old son of legendary racecar driver Dave MacDonald had never driven a...
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 father, in the UK’s Poole Speed Trials on September 6, 1947. In those days he was still allowed to drive bareheaded, a practice to be curtailed when his Cooper 500-cc...
Sometimes, when asked for a list of significant cars, a marque can be overlooked. It is seldom because the marque...
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 years BMW has been synonymous with it’s ubiquitous tag line, “The Ultimate Driving Machine.” While BMW has used this saying for over 40 years, how much longer do you think...
One of the most enjoyable events of Monterey Classic Car Week, The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering, returns to the lush...
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 were forced by terms of the Versailles Armistice Treaty to end production, so they moved on to motorcycles. The first car from BMW was the Dixi based on the British...
Touring car racing has usually been seen as the court jester to the serious stuff of single-seaters, but in a...
This year’s 24th annual Goodwood Festival of Speed theme of “Full Throttle: The Endless Pursuit of Power” meant that participants...
McLaren Automotive will return to the Goodwood Festival of Speed next weekend, June 23-26, with a celebration of race wins and titles spanning more than five decades. McLaren will honor its drivers and championships with the ultimate expression of the Festival’s 2016 theme of “Full Throttle – The Endless Pursuit...