In one month, fans of BMW M cars will have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Jochen Neerpasch, the very first director...
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My two favorite car clubs have entered their second half-century. The BMW Car Club of America and the Kansas...
A car is first and foremost a car; it is meant to be driven, to take us places that...
The M3 is back home safe and sound after our last race of the season. The shop is still...
BMW—and practically every other automaker—is turning to electric vehicles to meet fleet emission standards required by regulatory agencies in...
An integral part of car buying is choosing options—features usually built into the car at the factory for which...
As far as I’m concerned, BMWs are about having fun on four wheels. Not just at the track, or...
Betty’s 1997 BMW 528i turned 22 years old last month, and passed the 200,000-mile mark as well. It’s still...
My first driving experience on dirt involved an eighteen-year old Chevy pickup on the family farm. We called it...
I first saw it when I was a kid: I didn’t know what it was or that there was...
Last week in Washington, DC, BMW celebrated the return of its popular Ultimate Driving Experience (UDE). For those drivers...
Many of us have stories about the BMW that got away—such as the one we sold and wished we...
The majority of BMW owners have no idea what their engines or the underside of their cars look like,...
A small news blurb recently caught my attention, causing me to ponder possible effects that electric cars might have...
Do you need a lift? Sure, we all do. All of us who work on our cars, that is....
Let’s talk diesels—specifically, BMW diesels. Rumors are flying that after this year, BMW will not sell diesel-powered BMWs in...
When Joe and Cristina Young purchased four tickets for the BMW CCA Car Of Your Dreams raffle in 2015,...
My wife, Betty, and I like road trips. It’s not that we don’t like to use the airlines, but—oh,...
“Friend Of The BMW CCA” is the highest award that can be conferred by the club. Some members may...
Every once in a while, something comes along that confirms some of your life choices. In the past week...
Ross Karlin has contributed his time, talent, and energy to the BMW Car Club of America at the chapter...
Since 1996, a core competency of our local BMW CCA chapter—the Kansas City BMW Club—has been high-performance driver education,...
A few weeks ago, I read about the initial test of BMW’s new subscription program, Access By BMW. The...
Two years ago, Romanian artist Adrian Mitu created one of the most impressive BMW-related art projects that we have...
The BMW Car Club of America’s mission includes encouraging social awareness and responsibility. Most BMW CCA chapters take that...
BMW’s U.S. sales rally that began late in 2017 has now continued for the first three months of 2018....
Wrapping a new car in vinyl is an increasingly popular way to change a car’s exterior color without using...
BMW is testing a pilot program called Access By BMW at its Nashville, Tennessee, dealership—and it could significantly change...
The 2018 New York International Auto Show started on March 30 and will continue through April 8. Mini is...
When it first appeared in 1986, BMW enthusiasts knew that with the BMW M5, BMW had created not only...