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The Ultimate Driving Museum Announces New Exhibit: 60th Anniversary of ALPINA
Entitled: ALPINA: 60 Years of Excellence Runs from May 16, 2025 till January 17, 2026 25 rare and significant ALPINAs on display The Ultimate Driving Museum is a division of the nonprofit BMW CCA Foundation Presenting Sponsor- ALPINA Associate Partner – BMW North America Associate Sponsors – The Tire...
Three Wins & Eight Podiums For BMWs In Sonoma GT4 America Races
The 2025 SRO GT4 America season opened with a pair of races at Sonoma Raceway and BMW teams came away with a total of eight podium finishes including three class wins amid often challenging weather conditions at the California track. The BMW M4 GT4 EVOs showed their speed in...
SRO GT World Challenge Wins For BMW At Sonoma!
The SRO Motorsports Group America series opened their 2025 season at Sonoma Raceway in California this past weekend of March 29, 2025, with BMW entries spread among GT3 and GT4 classes in three different championships. BMW teams Random Vandals Racing and Turner Motorsport proved they will be contenders in...
BMW Motorrad Announces New BMW R 12 G/S
The new BMW R 12 G/S: Classic enduro design inspired by the legendary BMW R 80 G/S. Ideal ergonomics for ambitious off-road riding. This motorsport success story runs like a red thread through the company’s history. The high-torque boxer engine in combination with the cardan drive has proven its winning...
BMW Group Classic Launches Historical Model Catalog
BMW Group Classic publishes digital historical model overviews for use by the general public and supplements the recently revised BMW Group Online Archive with a comprehensive historical online product catalog of the BMW, Mini and BMW Motorrad brands. First, the historic model overviews of the Mini and BMW Motorrad brands were made available...
E30 A/C Rejuvenation – Part VII (Hoses)
Last week, I got slippery-sloped and rabbit-holed by the broken bolt on the corner of the FrankenThirty’s upper timing cover when I realized that it’d never be easier for me to address than before I reinstalled the condenser. So I had at it and secured the cover by drilling...
7 Series Makeover. Extreme Makeover.
We’ve all seen BMWs modified with new body parts and elements to look fresh, look sporty, or look aggressive. But it’s far more rare to see a transformation as extreme as the one recently revealed by Autokrafte, a custom body shop in Ahmedabad, India. The shop took an F01...
BMW Launches BMW NeueClassic Division
While BMW’s newest engineering marvels may not have color changing panels, they are the first Ultimate Driving Machines from BMW’s new division that is dedicated to making revered BMW classics new again. BMW’s newly announced division, BMW NeueClassic GmbH, will focus on future-engineering BMW classic models with all the...
Save the Date! Bourbon Trail and O’Fast Events
BMW Car Club of America members, get those calendars ready to save the date for exciting national BMW CCA events for 2025! This week, we’re featuring the exclusive BimmerLife Rendezvous: Bourbon Trail 2025 event and the going-to-be-epic BMW CCA O’Fast 2025, presented by Continental, that will include events at...
BMW M5 Touring Shows Wagons Still Sell in U.S.
BMW Car Club enthusiasts have long known of the appeal of BMW’s wagon offerings, dubbed the Touring models. But few of these long-roof ultimate driving machines have been offered to American buyers. This year, however, BMW released the BMW M5 Touring and has apparently been surprised at how quickly...
M20 Broken Timing Cover Bolt
Last week I wrote about attaching the FrankenThirty’s original Behr condenser fan to my brand-new Nissens parallel-flow condenser and being ready to install the pair in the nose of the car. But I stopped because I remembered that, when I bought the car last August and replaced the timing...
Registration Open for BMW CCA Boston Chapter Concours d’Elegance
What exactly does “Concours d’ Elegance” mean? It refers to an automotive “contest of elegance,” which is what BMW CCA’s Boston Chapter has successfully hosted for over 20 years. The Concours has grown and changed quite a bit over the last two decades, both in the BMWs competing and...
March Racing Lines: The 2025 Club Racing Calendar
The 2025 Tire Rack BMW CCA Club Racing Series schedule, available at www.bmwccaclubracing.com, showcases an exciting lineup of fourteen exhilarating races held at various renowned tracks. In addition to the racing events, the schedule also includes five comprehensive BimmerWorld BMW CCA Club Racing schools designed to enhance participants’ driving...
BMW CCA Motorsports & Mascara 2025 Celebrates International Women’s Day
Community, Events, Featured, Lifestyle
Motorsports & Mascara 2025, powered by Hagerty, the BMW CCA celebrates International Women’s Day Contributors: Ginny Denton, Melissa Dobson, Marissa McDermott Klimek, Denise Noble, Valerie Caprigno The Motorsports & Mascara weekend kicked off with a welcome dinner on Friday, March 7, 2025 at Group Therapy in beautiful downtown Greenville,...
BMW Art Car World Tour 2025
For the past 50 years, the BMW Art Car series has provided artists fascinated by automobiles with a perfect playground for art and design, technology and innovation, motorsport, and engineering. The collection of 20 BMW Art Cars embodies the essence of global cultural engagement with over one hundred initiatives...
The BMW Kidney Grille Through Time 1933-2025
Since 1933, almost every BMW front has featured a twin-kidney grille. Though the design has changed over time—becoming smarter and more functional—it still acts as a distinctive brand ID. Join us on a trip through the history of the BMW kidney grille. A BMW without kidney grilles? Unthinkable. As...
50 Stories for 50 Years Chapter 8: “From Hoffman to BMW of North America: A Brand and its Dealer in Transition”
When BMW of North America took over from Max Hoffman on March 15, 1975, it inherited the dealer and distribution network that Hoffman had built since 1962. Hoffman’s dealer directory of April 1967 listed 129 BMW dealerships and six independent distributors in charge of specific geographical territories. Though the...
March Racing Lines: The State of Club Racing Today
As the Tire Rack BMW CCA Club Racing Series navigates its 30th season, we asked both founders of the series, Scott and Fran Hughes, and the current chairman, Scott Reiman, to reflect on the state of the series today. Scott Hughes said, “We are both quite proud of...
E30 A/C Rejuvenation – Part VI (Condenser Replacement)
When last we saw the FrankenThirty’s a/c rejuvenation project, I’d bought a rebuilt compressor, blown out the lines, found more rust on the discharge side than I was comfortable with, temporarily installed the compressor anyway so I could pressure-test the system, and found and replaced several leaky o-rings. Regarding...
BMW Group Archive Creates Online Catalog of 424 Cars
BMW Group Classic publishes digital historical model overviews for the general public and supplements the recently revised BMW Group Online Archive with a comprehensive historical online product catalog of the BMW, Mini, and BMW Motorrad brands. 424 BMW models are currently available, covering 80 years from 1928 to 2008....
50 Years of BMW North America: Anniversary Livery on BMW M Hybrid V8 at 12h Sebring
The 73rd edition of the Twelve Hours of Sebring (USA) this coming Saturday, 15th March, is all about a significant anniversary. BMW North America celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, and the endurance classic in Florida plays a special role in this history. The story of BMW North America...
Neue Klasse Will Feature Four “Superbrains”
In a new press release, BMW focuses on the new “digital nervous system” and the four “Superbains” to be launched with the Neue Klasse vehicles they’re about to launch. BMW has also started describing the Neue Klasse vehicles as “SDVs.” Note that this differs from BMW designating the X...
BMW Receives High Marks From Consumer Reports
BMW News, Community, Featured, Reviews
While you won’t see a BMW roundel in Robb Report’s 2025 Car of the Year issue for the first time in a while (though there is a Rolls-Royce included), you definitely will spot several BMW models ranking highly in the just-released Consumer Reports “2025 Auto Issue: Best & Worst”...
MiX 2025: Experience Slots Still Open!
Community, Events, Featured, Lifestyle
April 24-27, 2025 | Greer, SC – Home of BMW in the U.S. Get ready for a full-throttle, high-energy, enthusiast-driven weekend that brings BMW lovers together. Whether you’re an M enthusiast, an i-series fan, or just love the Ultimate Driving Machine, MiX is where you belong. For five...
50 Stories for 50 Years Chapter 7: “Replacing an Icon: The First 3 Series Arrives in the US”
When BMW of North America took over sales and distribution from Max Hoffman on March 15, 1975, the 2002 had been part of BMW’s US lineup for more than seven years. With its agile handling and high-revving engine, the 2002 had given BMW an enthusiastic following and been crucial...
E30 A/C Rejuvenation – Part VII (Hoses)
Last week, I got slippery-sloped and rabbit-holed by the broken bolt on the corner of the FrankenThirty’s upper timing cover when I realized that it’d never be easier for me to address than before I reinstalled the condenser. So I had at it and secured the cover by drilling...
M20 Broken Timing Cover Bolt
Last week I wrote about attaching the FrankenThirty’s original Behr condenser fan to my brand-new Nissens parallel-flow condenser and being ready to install the pair in the nose of the car. But I stopped because I remembered that, when I bought the car last August and replaced the timing...
E30 A/C Rejuvenation – Part VI (Condenser Replacement)
When last we saw the FrankenThirty’s a/c rejuvenation project, I’d bought a rebuilt compressor, blown out the lines, found more rust on the discharge side than I was comfortable with, temporarily installed the compressor anyway so I could pressure-test the system, and found and replaced several leaky o-rings. Regarding...
BMW E30 Fan Switch Connector Repair. Sort Of. (Part II)
I have an answer to last week’s mystery about why, when trying to repair the fan speed switch connector in the FrankenThirty, my newly repaired right-angle terminal, and two existing ones don’t fit into the newly ordered connector plug. The answer came from friend and reader Greg Menounos, who...
BMW E30 Fan Switch Connector Repair. Sort Of.
If you looked at the cover image and thought, “Something’s missing,” you’re correct. A few weeks ago, while moving forward with FrankenThirty’s a/c rejuvenation, I tested the condenser fan by jumpering the terminals on the switch at the top left of the radiator. The fan didn’t spin, and it...
Making it Fit
First, big thanks to Carlos Perez for sending me a spare carbon ring for the one I broke while rebuilding my Behr wing cell compressor. When it came in the mail without a name in the return address, and I opened the envelope, I first thought, “Oh wow, someone...
