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Klingmann Wins Italian GT Sprint Championship
BMW M Motorsport factory driver Jens Klingmann won the overall and GT3 Pro class Italian GT Sprint championship at the wheel of a BMW Italia – Ceccato Racing M4 GT3, with the team managed by legendary Motorsport driver Roberto Ravaglia. The Italian GT championship had both Sprint and Endurance...
BMW Wins BTCC Manufacturer Championship, Jake Hill Wins Drivers Championship
It was a good season for the West Surrey Racing team (WSR), which campaigns a trio of BMW 330e M Sport models in the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC). The team won the manufacturers championship for BMW, and driver Jake Hill (shown above) won the drivers championship. The BTCC...
BMW CCA Virtual Garage Webinar: Tips & Ideas for Creating the Ultimate BMW Garage
Attention all CCA members!!! Do you have a cool garage you want to share with your fellow members? We are on season 4 of our annual Winter Garage Tour where we showcase garages from all across the country. While we can always just show cool cars in a garage,...
BMW Uses Rooftop Solar Panels to Generate Electricity at German Plants
If you’ve ever flown over a large manufacturing plant, it may have occurred to you that there’s a lot of just open space on top of a factory. All kinds of space that’s usually just dotted with some HVAC systems, perhaps a few skylights, etc. And, with few things...
BMW Assembles Battery Assembly Plant in Bavaria
Electric vehicles are known for their speed and quiet operation. Turn out the speed part is also true for the rate at which BMW is building it’s new high-voltage battery plant in Lower Bavaria. All 1,066 pillars for the new 150,000 square meter plant are now in place, after...
2024 BMW CCA Dream Car Raffle Winners
The 2024 BMW CCA Dream Car Raffle X-Travaganza found its winners during a drawing on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024, hosted at Taylor BMW in Evans, Georgia. BMW CCA staff joined members of Sandlapper Chapter and the staff of Taylor BMW, including Luis Olmo, Taylor BMW Business Manager and BMW...
BMW Group Donates $1 Million to American Red Cross for Hurricane Relief
The BMW Group in the U.S. has pledged a donation of $1 million to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund to support in the recovery efforts after the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene. Catastrophic winds and rain hit the southeast, including the Carolinas, causing widespread damage and historic...
Sharkie is Spared the Axe
As I wrote last week, Maire Anne and I had a great weekend in Vermont with Sharkie, the ’79 Euro 635CSi. We only used Sharkie for the drive because the weather forecast was too rainy to take the rust-prone E9, and because the big guy was at the house...
Schubert Motorsport Wins DTM Team Championship
The DTM season closed out its 2024 season with a pair of races at the Hockenheimring in Germany this past weekend, with Rene Rast getting a podium finish in the final race and Schubert Motorsport winning the team championship. BMW has been inconsistent in the DTM championship this season....
BMW Teams Win GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Silver & Bronze Class Championships
The Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe series closed out its Sprint championship on the weekend of October 11th-13th. While one BMW pairing went away empty-handed after leading a class championship coming into the weekend, two other BMW teams won championships in other classes. The BMW M Team WRT pairing...
Sharkie is Spared the Axe
As I wrote last week, Maire Anne and I had a great weekend in Vermont with Sharkie, the ’79 Euro 635CSi. We only used Sharkie for the drive because the weather forecast was too rainy to take the rust-prone E9, and because the big guy was at the house...
Shark Sighted in Vermont!
My wife Maire Anne and I have a history of going up to Vermont on Indigenous People’s Weekend and visiting our friends Jon and Eileen in Manchester. Unfortunately, this is usually the same weekend as Vintage at Saratoga. Some years I’ve done both, shooting out to Saratoga for the...
2,200 Miles in a Euro AWD E34 Long-Roof
In July, I gave the M Coupe a proper send-off with a grand Colorado road trip. This month, I’ll bid farewell to another car I’ve had in the quiver with another epic road trip. The 1992 BMW E34 525iX first showed up in the spring of 2021. A good...
Bimmer Invasion NJ – October 13, 2024
Newer to the BMW event scene, Bimmer Invasion has outgrown its Orlando, FL roots and expanded to hosting four events across the US. Bimmer INVASION presents the INVASION of New Jersey. Elite Tuner and Bimmer Invasion are collaborating to host an epic event. This event caters to ALL car...
BMW 535d Driver Smashes Solo Coast-to-Coast Cannonball Record
BMW News, Community, Lifestyle
While we do not condone speeding on public roads, we can’t help but be impressed and maybe just a little bit jealous of Chris Stowell’s recent adventure in a 2015 BMW 535d. General consensus says a fast car is a must for the Cannonball, but Stowell picked a less-than-traditional...
BMW CCA Supports Local Hurricane Helene Relief Efforts
The tragic events of the past few weeks have highlighted how quickly things can change for any of us, and how significantly weather-related events can impact large communities of people. Hurricane Helene has devastated portions of Western North Carolina and the surrounding areas, causing loss of life and property...
FrankenThirty Sunroof Repair (Part II)
Last week, I was insufferably pleased with myself when, at zero cost, I fixed the FrankenThirty’s non-sealed non-functional sunroof by epoxying the broken plastic piece of the mechanism that lifts the rear of the sunroof back into place, and using some leftover McMaster-Carr adhesive-backed foam for a seal instead...
50th BMW BERLIN-MARATHON Hosts Record Number as Milkesa Mengesha and Tigist Ketema Win
From September 17-30, 2024, the 50th BMW BERLIN-MARATHON was celebrated with an entertaining program of events, culminating in Sunday’s highlight under ideal conditions and sunshine. Around one million fans along the 42.195 km route through the German capital witnessed the largest starting field ever in the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON, with...
FrankenThirty Sunroof Repair (Part I)
Last week I wrote about un-seizing the bushing in the FrankenThirty’s passenger-side window motor so I could maximize the flow of this glorious New England fall air into the car. The next task was dealing with the other air-and-rain-related thing that wouldn’t slide—the sunroof. When I bought the car,...
BMW Electric Vehicle Innovations Showcased
BMW has been a major player and innovator in the electric-vehicle market, from early test vehicles to the imagination-capturing BMW i8 and i3 production models. And now, BMW’s pioneering engineering and innovations that helped make electric-vehicles a truly viable and attractive options are being celebrated as part of the...
X Drives Ultimate Road Trip Registration Open!
2024 is the 25th Anniversary of the launch of the X5 and the X brand so the X Chapter is celebrating in a big way. To make this celebration extra special, we’ve planned the ultimate road trip in X Drives America. Seeking to connect with all of our members...
Year-end Highlights and Renovations at BMW Welt
BMW News, Community, Lifestyle
As summer ends, BMW Welt has lined up a diverse program of highlights for the coming months before it temporarily closes in January 2025 for refurbishment. From glamorous award ceremonies and impressive concerts to exciting technology updates, there’s something in store for everyone. To enhance the visitor and customer...
BMW Honors Esther Mahlangu as Official Partner of Frieze London 2024
From October 9 to 13, the contemporary art fair Frieze London and Frieze Masters will return to London’s Regent’s Park. As one of Frieze’s long-term global partners since 2004, BMW will honor the artistic oeuvre of Ndebele artist Esther Mahlangu, who was the first woman to create a BMW...
The Shape of Light, Son of Cobra Style
It was a celebration. It was a reveal. It was a launch. It was a party. As August and summer were winding down, Paul Lefevre and his Son of Cobra brand collaborated with photographer Jake Caminero and Rally Events to celebrate how Son of Cobra is winding up. Many...
E30 Window Motor Repair
As I said last week, having the FrankenThirty reach the point where it’s legal and putting out a fun “drive me” vibe made me want to address a number of non-critical non-reliability non-inspection issues to bring it closer to feeling like a whole intact car. First on the list...
Sharkie is Spared the Axe
As I wrote last week, Maire Anne and I had a great weekend in Vermont with Sharkie, the ’79 Euro 635CSi. We only used Sharkie for the drive because the weather forecast was too rainy to take the rust-prone E9, and because the big guy was at the house...
Shark Sighted in Vermont!
My wife Maire Anne and I have a history of going up to Vermont on Indigenous People’s Weekend and visiting our friends Jon and Eileen in Manchester. Unfortunately, this is usually the same weekend as Vintage at Saratoga. Some years I’ve done both, shooting out to Saratoga for the...
FrankenThirty Sunroof Repair (Part II)
Last week, I was insufferably pleased with myself when, at zero cost, I fixed the FrankenThirty’s non-sealed non-functional sunroof by epoxying the broken plastic piece of the mechanism that lifts the rear of the sunroof back into place, and using some leftover McMaster-Carr adhesive-backed foam for a seal instead...
FrankenThirty Sunroof Repair (Part I)
Last week I wrote about un-seizing the bushing in the FrankenThirty’s passenger-side window motor so I could maximize the flow of this glorious New England fall air into the car. The next task was dealing with the other air-and-rain-related thing that wouldn’t slide—the sunroof. When I bought the car,...
E30 Window Motor Repair
As I said last week, having the FrankenThirty reach the point where it’s legal and putting out a fun “drive me” vibe made me want to address a number of non-critical non-reliability non-inspection issues to bring it closer to feeling like a whole intact car. First on the list...
The FrankenThirty Gets Legal
Last week, I took the FrankenThirty to get inspected, and came back instead with The Scarlet R(ejection) Of Shame due to a worn-out left outer ball joint (the right one also showed a little play). There was zero question that the car could use a full steering-and-suspension refresh, as those...
