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Alpina Unveils XB7, The Fastest X7
Satch was right: the next Alpina model for the U.S. market is an X7. It only makes sense, doesn’t it? Starting for the 2007 model, North American BMW dealerships began selling the Alpina B7, then powered by a supercharged V8 producing 500 horsepower. We’re now two generations of 7 Series...
BMW 2 Series Gran Coupé Reviews Divided
The BMW 2 Series Gran Coupé has been a polarizing presence in the BMW lineup from the moment it was unveiled last October. Momentarily putting aside the fact that it rides atop BMW’s front-drive UKL2 platform, which also necessitates mounting of the engine transversely, it was the styling that...
BMW Experimenting With AI In Paint Process
Anyone who’s ever done any degree of paintwork knows that the quality of the finished product depends heavily on preparation. This can take many forms, but is most often centered around the item, panel, or vehicle that is to be painted, and the environment in which the work is...
James Bond’s Aston Martin DB5 Stunt Car Uses BMW Straight-Six
The average value of an Aston Martin DB5 that was sold at auction over the preceding six years is approximately $1,400,000. Like James Bond’s new Omega Seamaster Professional 300M watch, it’s been hard to avoid seeing either item online, once the marketing efforts for No Time To Die kicked off in...
Hartge H28 For Sale: The Collector’s E30 That You Should Be Looking At
There are those of us that comb through the online classifieds in search of an OEM+ bimmer to scratch our purist itch, and there are those of us that seek out the unusual, aftermarket, Frankenstein-esque variants—the E30-based Hartge H28 is both, at the same time. For those that have...
Günther Seventh In Berlin FE Sim Race
BMW iAndretti’s Maximilian Günther was spun out by his title rival Pascal Wehrlein early in the fifth round of the Formula E Race at Home Challenge Series run on a simulated Berlin Tempelhof airport circuit. He recovered to finish seventh. His teammate Alexander Sims, still climbing the sim racing...
Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix Races Canceled For 2020
While many series will be resuming competition in July, the PVGP Historics at Pitt Race and the vintage race weekend in Schenley Park, the two events that bookend the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix in July, will not run this year. PVGP Executive Director Dan DelBianco stated “We have explored...
The X5 Goes To A New Home
Last week I gave form to the thought of selling Bluto, my 2004 triple-unicorn X5. Once I began thinking of selling it, things moved surprisingly quickly. In last week’s piece on clocking through the quick repairs of replacing the rear wiper motor and the metal clip on the driver’s-side...
BMW CCA Garage Goals Winner: Bruce Baker!
Congratulations to this week’s BMW CCA Garage Goals winner, Florida Suncoast Chapter member Bruce Baker! Bruce has won a $25 Shop BMW CCA gift card and a $25 Griot’s Garage Gift Card thanks to this picture of his 1959 BMW 600, R1200C, and X1 xDrive28i! “With the coronavirus keeping...
Prize Lineup Unveiled For BMW CCA Dream-Car Raffle
Every year we offer an exciting lineup of cars for our annual raffle, and this year is no exception. In fact, for 2020, we have recruited our friends and sponsors at Turn 14 Distribution to build the Grand Prize—a no-expense-spared, 1-of-1 BMW CCA Edition M5 Competition. With an MSRP...
Video: BMW CCA Foundation Releases Cinematic “Genesis” Virtual Launch
Last weekend marked a special moment for the BMW CCA Foundation, the opening of “Genesis: BMW from the Beginning,” presented by the Werk Shop. Ordinarily, the launch of a new exhibit at the Foundation’s Greer, South Carolina, museum would align with the East Coast’s famously-popular season-opener, the Vintage (which...
You Can Buy Paul Walker’s Barely-Driven 1991 E30 M3 For $149,980
The Paul Walker collection, which includes a menagerie of vehicles straight from the late Fast and Furious star’s personal garage, made its auction block debut earlier this year at the 2020 Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale sale. Now, you can buy another one of Paul Walker’s BMWs—this time, a well-preserved 1991 E30 M3—for...
Sandlapper Chapter Food Drive For United Ministries
Do you miss driving your BMW? Get it out of the garage, fill the trunk with non-perishables, and drive over to the Sandlapper Chapter’s Food Drive at BMW CCA Headquarters! Our Sandlapper Chapter is holding a food drive to benefit the food pantry of United Ministries on Saturday, May...
MX1 Update: Additional $99 BMW Performance Center Session Added!
Update 5/18/20: Both $99 BMW Performance Center driving sessions are sold out now. Spots on the waitlist are available in case of cancellations or if additional capacity is added at a later date. For the Cars & Coffee event, fewer than 12 parking spaces remain available. Tickets for the...
The Hack Mechanic Gets Interviewed By Hagerty
For over three decades, Rob Siegel, The Hack Mechanic, has been writing for Roundel magazine. Long-term BMW CCA members probably needn’t be reminded, as his columns, whether about BMW 2002tii Kugelfischer fuel injection system diagnosis, Lotus resurrection, or the overarching experience surrounding car ownership, have graced the pages of our publications...
New 2020 BMW Lifestyle Collections
It’s easy for some of us to overlook BMW’s lifestyle collections and accessories. Typically not a bargain unless you wait a few years, it can be hard to justify that new t-shirt or jacket when you already have a closetful of clothes. Luggage, drink ware, tumblers, and other odds...
Chris Harris Video Compilation: BMW Reviews
Few car journalists push cars harder than Chris Harris. Whether it’s a circuit or a British B Road, Harris has decades worth of experience pushing the latest and greatest cars to their limit. Many of us have been mesmerized by him hanging the rear end of a half-million-dollar Porsche...
When BMW Dabbled In The Supercar Niche
BMW likes to be a pioneering force in the industry of automotive design, and the rather modest way in which they carry that status is one of the reasons why we now have so many beautiful concepts to appreciate, including those originating from the Mediterranean coast. While some argue...
NCC iRacing Simulation Racing Series
The National Capital Chapter has launched an iRacing series with sessions held on Thursday evenings at 7 p.m. EDT. All BMW CCA members are invited to login for some friendly competition on the virtual racing circuit. The iRacing platform is, of course, the popular racing sim that many pro-level...
New Enthusiast Event Set For August 14–15 At BMW CCA Headquarters
The BMW Car Club of America is excited to announce a brand-new event—MX1 Enthusiast Weekend, presented by Michelin—which is set to take place August 14–15 at the world center of all things BMW in upstate South Carolina. An awesome lineup of fun social and driving activities are scheduled at...
Almost There! X Chapter Petition Update
The X Chapter petition has almost reached the required 250-signature mark! As we wrote last week, the BMW CCA is forming a non-geographic X Chapter and is looking for your support. 250 signatures are needed to move the petition for the charter forward to a National Board vote. To...
Vision M Next: Heading To Production Or Back To The Drawing Board?
The presumed successor of the now extinct i8 has been the talk of the town for some time now. It’s arguably been one of the most secretive concepts of its time too, with declarations of production fluid and ever-changing. When the Vision M Next first debuted in June of...
Should BMW Classic Make Radios For Classics?
Updating the stereo in anything from a BMW E9 coupe to E36 M3 can be a challenge. There’s a strong desire to remain period correct and to preserve originality, while upgrading capability and performance. It’s not too difficult to retrofit modern, halfway decent speakers beneath factory covers, so long...
Freezing An E30 In An Ice Cube: Because Why Not?
Boredom is no match for Garage 54. The Russia-based team of mechanics are well known for their automotive hoonage, and perhaps even more well-known for fabricating absurd creations based off of their governing ideology: “Because why not?” While they’re well versed in turning cars into aquariums, replacing crankshaft bearings...
Round 2: Isolation Island Concours d’Elegance
No, it’s not déjà vu—this week is another chance to enter the growing Isolation Island Concours d’Elegance, a concours featuring more financially accessible entries (of diecast cars), judged by real-world concours judges! In case you missed last week, the Isolation Island Concours is a social isolation solution to address...
The X5 Goes To A New Home
Last week I gave form to the thought of selling Bluto, my 2004 triple-unicorn X5. Once I began thinking of selling it, things moved surprisingly quickly. In last week’s piece on clocking through the quick repairs of replacing the rear wiper motor and the metal clip on the driver’s-side...
X5 Window Clip And Rear Wiper-Motor Replacement
At the end of last week’s piece about giving the E39 some love, I mentioned that I was leaning toward selling the X5 and putting the E39 back on the road. Sometimes there’s nothing like voicing a thought to give it reality. I immediately began mentally composing the ad...
Giving The E39 Some Love (Part III)
Back in early March, I posted the first part of this series describing how when I bought the E53 X5 last September I basically abandoned my daily-driver E39 stick-sport in my driveway. This worked well because the 190,000-mile E39 had a number of issues: front-end shimmy due to either...
The Other Mechanical Fuel Pump
Last week, I trouble-shot the problem of Hampton, my 48,000-mile ’73 2002, not wanting to prime its fuel system after sitting all winter. I determined that the mechanical fuel pump was fine, and that the problem was that a metal canister-style filter had been placed on the inlet side...
Messing With A Mysterious Mechanical Fuel Pump
The time has come to get Hampton, the 48,000-mile ’73 2002 I bought last September, out of the garage to perform a cooling-system flush, test out the water-pump replacement, and decide how much else to do to it before I sell it. However, to do so, I need to...
The Return Of Zelda (Sort Of)
It’s said that if you sell a car to a friend, you’ve never really rid yourself of it, and there’s a lot of truth to that. But sometimes, that’s a good thing. About seven years ago, I bought a 1999 Z3 2.3i from a woman who lived about 40 miles...
