Interesting
Saturday breakfast is with the usual suspects, car guys in KC – flying under the banner of Age & Treachery Racing, LTD. It offers more than occasional opportunities to ogle some pretty interesting machinery; the…
Hugo Becker / January 18, 2015
3 Series
The world premiere of the BMW 3 Series eDrive plug-in hybrid. Production will begin in early 2016.
Hugo Becker / November 27, 2014
News
We believe that BMW will likely phase out internal combustion engines over the next 10 years,” Baron wrote.”
Hugo Becker / November 11, 2014
Test Drives
BMWBLOG goes to Dallas to test drive the new 2015 Rolls Royce Ghost Series II When is a car not a car? An odd question, but appropriate for the buyer who views an automobile as…
Hugo Becker / October 14, 2014
BMW i
Reasons Why To Buy The BMW i3 with Range Extender
by Hugo Becker / Date: August 20, 2014
2 Series
The Appeal of the Roundel About ten years ago a co-worker wandered into my office at the phone company to interrupt my goofing off and talk about cars. Specifically she wanted to talk about replacing…
Hugo Becker / July 25, 2014
Test Drives
A Tale of Three Coupes – and a Sedan: BMW’s Un4gettable Test Drive: BMW 435i Coupe vs. Mercedes-Benz C350 vs. Cadillac CTS BMW holds, from time to time, driving events featuring their products and competitors’…
Hugo Becker / July 15, 2014
Interesting
It seems the mainstream media is catching on to the importance of BMW’s manufacturing plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina. BMW recently announced a $1 billion expansion of the facility and a new product, the X7…
Hugo Becker / July 14, 2014
Interesting
BMW, Toyota, and Subaru – One Too Many? There has been talk on the intertubes that BMW’s involvement on a joint sports car with Toyota will sink the Toyota/Subaru alliance. And, on the surface, it…
Hugo Becker / July 7, 2014
Auto Shows
The eighth annual Art of the Car Concours was held on the ground of the Kansas City Art Institute on Sunday June 22, 2014. As usual there were a number of BMWs on display and…
Hugo Becker / June 26, 2014
MINI
In light of an Automotive News Europe interview with Peter Schwarzenbauer, MINI’s chief, I’ve decided to promote myself from non-influential scribbler to Manager of Product Development – BMW. This will allow me to insert myself…
Hugo Becker / June 5, 2014