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BMW BEV Sales Grow Worldwide
Despite everything going on in the world, BMW continues to prove it’s a stable brand and popular with buyers. Delivering over 586k vehicles to customers, BMW saw growth in virtually every market, with the exception of China, where demand dropped less than 1.5%. BMW’s push to bring more fully...
BMW NA 50th Anniversary | 50 Stories for 50 Years Chapter 16: “BMW Manufacturing: Commitment to America”
Note: This article was written for BMW by Jackie Jouret, who also serves as Features Editor for BMW Car Club Magazine: BimmerLife. In South Carolina, history can be divided into two epochs: Before BMW, and After BMW. BMW’s own history can be similarly divided: Before Spartanburg, and After Spartanburg....
BMW Celebrates 50 Years of Art Cars
BMW’s legendary Art Car series is going on a world tour to celebrate 50 years of the project that turns BMW’s into both engineering and artistic masterpieces. While the tour’s US dates are not yet set, the collection is planned to come to the US in 2026. From the...
BMW Vision Driving Experience Wows Shanghai
You’ve read about the new Heart of Joy and the other Superbrains of the BMW Vision Neue Klasse vehicles coming soon. And now, BMW continues to showcase the new engineering leaps they’re making with driving experiences that demonstrate just how far ahead they’re getting. At the Auto Shanghai 2025...
BMW M Team WRT On Podium In Two Classes At Imola
The FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) held the second race of the season at the beautiful Imola circuit in Italy this past weekend of April 19-20, 2025, and came away with second place finishes in both the Hypercar and LMGT3 classes. BMW M Team WRT was strong in qualifying...
Springtime Odds and Ends
With the road trip to The Vintage now just a month away, I really really wanted to finish the a/c rejuvenation of the FrankenThirty by charging the damned thing already on this 80-degree day, but one final round of pressure-testing with nitrogen revealed dropping pressure from a leak at the...
BMW M Team WRT Wins GT World Challenge Europe Opener
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Limited Time!: Register Today For BimmerLife Bourbon Trail 2025
Register today for BimmerLife Rendezvous: Bourbon Trail 2025 June 12-15, 2025 | Louisville, KY Back by popular demand! BMW CCA’s Rendezvous – The Bourbon Trail returns for an unforgettable journey through Kentucky’s legendary bourbon country. This exclusive event brings together BMW enthusiasts for a three-day experience of fine spirits, exquisite dining, and...
Register By April 20: Buttonwillow High Performance Driving School
High Performance Driving School May 3–4, 2025 – The Circuit at Buttonwillow Raceway Park Buttonwillow, CA Hosted by the San Diego and Los Angeles CCA Chapters Join us for the BMW Car Club debut at the newest road course on the West Coast — Buttonwillow Raceway’s all new Circuit!...
Vanthoor & Eng On IMSA GTP Podium At Long Beach
After competing in the two longest races of the year in Florida at Daytona and Sebring, the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (IWSC) headed to the opposite side of the country for the shortest race of the year on the streets of Long Beach, California. BMW M Team RLL had...
Limited Time!: Register Today For BimmerLife Bourbon Trail 2025
Register today for BimmerLife Rendezvous: Bourbon Trail 2025 June 12-15, 2025 | Louisville, KY Back by popular demand! BMW CCA’s Rendezvous – The Bourbon Trail returns for an unforgettable journey through Kentucky’s legendary bourbon country. This exclusive event brings together BMW enthusiasts for a three-day experience of fine spirits, exquisite dining, and...
Register By April 20: Buttonwillow High Performance Driving School
High Performance Driving School May 3–4, 2025 – The Circuit at Buttonwillow Raceway Park Buttonwillow, CA Hosted by the San Diego and Los Angeles CCA Chapters Join us for the BMW Car Club debut at the newest road course on the West Coast — Buttonwillow Raceway’s all new Circuit!...
Racing Lines: VIR beyond the races: happenings on a busy weekend
A number of things were happening at VIR in addition to the racing on the last weekend in March. 1) A BimmerWorld BMW CCA Club Race School was held on the Thursday and Friday of race weekend. There were 26 graduates, with five going on to race on...
E30 A/C Rejuvenation – Part VIII (Electrical System)
In my book Just Needs a Recharge: The Hack Mechanic Guide to Vintage Air Conditioning, I define “vintage air conditioning” as a system that doesn’t have climate control (meaning the evaporator assembly is separate from the heater box and there’s no blend door combining the hot and cold streams), has...
BMW Reveals the BMW R 1300 R
New 1,300 cc Boxer Roadster with 145 hp and 110 lb-ft of torque. Optional ASA Automatic Shift Assistant. Market launch expected in late Q3/early Q4, 2025. MSRP of $16,595* plus Destination. * Price subject to change. BMW Motorrad USA is proud to announce the new, sportier and more aggressive...
MiX 2025: Last Days To Sign Up for Performance Driving Events!
Last few days to sign up! Still several spots available for our high performance driving events!!! As part of our BimmerLife MiX Enthusiast Weekend, we’ve planned an incredible lineup of social and driving experiences you don’t want to miss! Join us for a Taste of M & X at...
BMW’s Ultimate Driving Experience Returns for 2025
The annual performance driving tour returns for its 12th year, offering professional driving instruction in BMW’s growing lineup of vehicles. 2025 program to feature 57 total days of driving activities in 18 major cities across the nation. The all-new 393-horsepower X3 M50 will make its debut on this year’s...
Racing Lines: Brown sweeps VIR in EA class, Levine wins Spec E46 belt
More than 80 racers converged on Virginia International Raceway in late March to compete in the first Tire Rack BMW CCA Club Racing event of the 2025 season, hosted by the Tarheel Chapter, who shared the event with VDCA, the Vintage Drivers Club of America. Forty-eight racers ran...
The Sounds of Neue Klasse: BMW HypersonX
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Motor1 Interviews Adrian Van Hooydonk: BMW Design Changing
In a recent interview with Motor1.com, BMW Group Design Director Adrian Van Hooydonk talks about the magnitude of design changes about to launch with BMW’s Neue Klasse of vehicles. “I do think in all my years here at BMW, I’ve never seen a project with more momentum or more...
The E34 525iX Touring Finds a New Home
As I’ve spooled down my car business (closing the service shop and moving the dealership to a small office and showroom), I’ve slowly whittled down the fleet of hangar queens. These cars don’t meet the typical description of “garage queens” that live in hermetically sealed bubbles only to be...
The Sisterhood Of The Traveling Gold Basketweaves (Part II)
Five years ago, I wrote a fluffy little piece called “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Gold Basketweaves.” In it, I detailed how, in 2009, I bought a set of gold 14-inch basketweaves that were an option on late E30 convertibles, put them on a slightly patina’d ‘Agave 2002 I’d...
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...
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...
Springtime Odds and Ends
With the road trip to The Vintage now just a month away, I really really wanted to finish the a/c rejuvenation of the FrankenThirty by charging the damned thing already on this 80-degree day, but one final round of pressure-testing with nitrogen revealed dropping pressure from a leak at the...
E30 A/C Rejuvenation – Part VIII (Electrical System)
In my book Just Needs a Recharge: The Hack Mechanic Guide to Vintage Air Conditioning, I define “vintage air conditioning” as a system that doesn’t have climate control (meaning the evaporator assembly is separate from the heater box and there’s no blend door combining the hot and cold streams), has...
The Sisterhood Of The Traveling Gold Basketweaves (Part II)
Five years ago, I wrote a fluffy little piece called “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Gold Basketweaves.” In it, I detailed how, in 2009, I bought a set of gold 14-inch basketweaves that were an option on late E30 convertibles, put them on a slightly patina’d ‘Agave 2002 I’d...
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...
