6 Series
Detroit – BMW held a design workshop for the 6 Series convertible on Tuesday morning. The process started with an explanation of why a soft top was selected over a metal folding top. In talking…
Hugo Becker / January 11, 2011
6 Series
Detroit – The 650i convertible has been sitting on the floor for half the day and later afternoon the photographers and hangers on cleared out enough for us to take a close up look at…
Hugo Becker / January 11, 2011
Auto Shows
Detroit – Mercedes-Benz unveiled the 2012 C-Class at this year’s North American International Auto Show. A face-lift of the existing C-Class, it carries the bulk of the body panels over to the new model year’s…
Hugo Becker / January 11, 2011
Auto Shows
Detroit – Wandering the floor of the North American International Auto Show is a bit of treat before the crowds show up on the weekend. In addition you get to see some of the heavy…
Hugo Becker / January 10, 2011
Auto Shows
2011 NAIAS: Porsche shows their “Vision” – 918 RSR Racecar
by Hugo Becker / Date: January 10, 2011
1 Series
BMW has announced a series of minor running changes to the 1 Series Coupes and Convertibles sold in the North American market. This should be the last freshening of the model before the E82/E88 models…
Hugo Becker / December 16, 2010
BMW 1M
A pirate walks into a bar and says, “Arrrgh, I needs me a drink!” and the bartender replies, “Do you know there’s a steering wheel in your pants?”. And thus begins one of the more…
Hugo Becker / December 10, 2010
BMW 1M
Here is a collection of thoughts on the 1 Series M: The engine power figures will be disappointing to a large number of enthusiasts. The chassis is the weak link in the 135i, especially at higher speeds….
Hugo Becker / December 10, 2010
Test Drives
As luck would have it, a member of the gang I belong to phoned me late Thursday afternoon asking for a favor. He’d recently been in a bike accident and he needed to move his…
Hugo Becker / November 21, 2010
Interesting
“Of all the terms in the motoring lexicon, the ‘GT’ moniker has to be one of the most misused and abused.” is the opening sentence of Sam Dawson’s, ‘GT: The World’s Best GT Cars 1953 to 1973″….
Hugo Becker / November 18, 2010
3 Series
Electronic Power Steering (EPS) The safe bet is that it’s coming and will be standard on the full range of F30 vehicles. It doesn’t make any sense for BMW to develop it, deploy it on…
Hugo Becker / November 16, 2010