Hugo Becker

The old saying, “fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me” comes to mind when looking at the new BMW 3 Series GT. We’ve been down this road before with the…

If there’s one automotive segment that is hotly contested, and subsequently well served, it’s the mid-size sedan market. The cars tend to have very similar dimensions, with wheelbases between 109 and 112 inches, length between…

The press release from BMW this morning acknowledged that BMW and Toyota have formalized their memorandum of understanding from June 2012. It highlights four areas where BMW and Toyota will cooperate. Those areas are fuel…

Detroit – On the Sunday before press days at the NAIAS, a gaggle of people and cars arrived at a hotel north of downtown. In that group was the 2014 Mercedes-Benz E Class. Walking up…

The automotive new year begins with the North American International Auto Show, held in Detroit mid-January and attracting concept cars from around the world. It seems appropriate that some reflection of the year past occur…

BMW has decided to take a page from Audi and bump its coupe offering up a number. Instead of the heretofore 3 Series Coupe, we’re seeing that the Concept 4 Series Coupe is the direction…

The so-called i4 breaks cover in LA as the BMW i3 Concept Coupe. It’s not surprising that BMW will spin off a new concept on the i3. The use of CFRP for the passenger cell,…

Carbon Fiber Ford recently announced that they’re jumping into carbon fiber in a big way. Current intentions are to use CF for body panels. They are using new CF processes to improve cycle times for…

BMW will celebrate the 100th anniversary of it’s founding in 2016 and while cars are the primary focus of the company currently, it hasn’t always been. Even when cars were first produced, over 10 years…

It is extremely odd to see an A pillar base so far forward on the fender of a BMW. And then it sinks in, BMW has gone and built a front wheel drive hatch. End…