BMW Engines
BMW announced Monday that they had signed a contract to supply engines to an off-road vehicle startup known as INEOS Automotive. BMW mentioned that the quantity to be provided would be in the tens of…
Hugo Becker / March 19, 2019
Interesting
When Koenigsegg announced the Jesko at the Geneva auto show, a number of us at BMWBLOG zeroed in on the Light Speed Transmission. The idea of an automated nine-speed, multi-clutch gearbox that can shift from…
Hugo Becker / March 16, 2019
Auto Shows
One of our favorite quirky automobile marques here at BMWBLOG is Morgan. And, as Nico DeMattia has covered, Morgan introduced a new ‘Plus Six’ model sporting a BMW B58 inline six cylinder engine. It is…
Hugo Becker / March 6, 2019
Rolls-Royce
The unveiling, to the public, of the Rolls Royce Cullinan, reminded me that Rolls Royce has been down this road (or is that, ‘off road’) before. The company we know as Rolls-Royce Motor Cars got…
Hugo Becker / May 14, 2018
Interesting
Editorial: Range Rover – the Speed Bump On the Road to Strategy One
by Hugo Becker / Date: January 25, 2018
Car Tips
Last year, after my 2008 BMW 135i was wrecked for a 135i to be named later (right rear quarter taken out by an uninsured driver), I found the replacement – a 2013 BMW 135i, N55…
Hugo Becker / October 15, 2017
Interesting
Our Senior Editor Chuck Vossler, uncovered this gem on the interwebs not long ago. On Copart’s site was one “1948 BMW .01”. Odd BMW wasn’t building cars in 1948, in fact BMW just plain wasn’t…
Hugo Becker / September 11, 2017
2 Series
The ’13 135i was recently dropped off at BMW of Kansas City South for scheduled maintenance. My Service Advisor, Clint Wong, knew I’d need a loaner and he arranged to have a surprise waiting for…
Hugo Becker / August 22, 2017
Interesting
The German economic miracle, the ‘Wirtschaftwunder’, was predicated by the western allies currency reform – the replacement of the old Reichsmark with the new Deutschmark, tax reform, and the Marshall Plan. It aided Germany in…
Hugo Becker / October 17, 2016
Interesting
The day started with a laugh as I watched She Who Must Be Obeyed place a load of dirty clothes in the washer and power the washer up. It ‘sings’ on power up; really, it…
Hugo Becker / July 4, 2016
Interesting
One of the few things Germany did not have a shortage of at the end of World War II was rubble. There were over 400 million cubic meters of rubble on the streets of Germany…
Hugo Becker / June 11, 2016