On the list of iconic BMW art cars, the Warhol one is right near the top. Combining a larger-than-life creator — the Velvet Underground’s very own Andy Warhol — arguably at the height of his…
BMW’s road to owning Rolls-Royce began long before the first Phantom rolled out of Goodwood. In the early 1990s, the Munich automaker made an unsuccessful bid to buy stakes in both Rolls-Royce and Bentley. A…
Your BMW has more than one personality hiding behind a single button — or in newer models, an iDrive menu. Comfort, Sport, and Eco Pro are the classics, but recent BMWs also add Personal and…
BMW’s takeover of MINI in the late 1990s was a gamble few thought would pay off. At the time, the small-car market was dominated by bare-bones economy models — the Toyota Tercel, Geo Metro, Chevy…
In 1995, BMW quietly built the rarest E36 M3 ever — the Australian-spec M3-R — a road-legal racing special with just 15 units produced.” BMW made several different versions of the E36 M3 during its…
Every year, Pike’s Peak International Hill Climb attracts some of the most dedicated and fearless drivers. A legion of remarkable wheelmen (and, presumably, women) assemble just under 15 miles outside of Colorado Springs to drive…
BMW is pretty good about giving the US cool cars when it can. Sure, we missed out on gems like the V10-powered E61 M5 Touring and our E36 M3 is a lot less exotic, but…
BMW and Formula One have an inextricable history. Most frequently, the relationship gets reduced to BMW’s history of supplying engines. Far from an unfair categorization. But there’s another way BMW “supplied” Formula One in the…
The BMW 5 Series (E39) is now getting on in years, with most examples now approaching 30 years old. But even nearly three decades later, the BMW E39 5 Series is arguably the quintessential BMW….
The BMW 328 Hommage celebrated, commemorated, and modernized the iconic 328, marking the car’s 75th anniversary in outrageous fashion. Considered by some to be the best sports car of the 1930s — and a huge…
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