BMW 1602

The German middle class was ready for the BMW 1500 when it debuted at the Frankfurt Motor Show in 1961. Orders poured in by the thousands, and BMW soon realized they had a tiger by…

At just 23 years old, Arnold Schwarzenegger owned a BMW 1600—a car that symbolized his newfound independence and ambition in America. Fast forward to 2022, and he found himself behind the wheel of a BMW…

Even today, BMW boasts an entire range of electric models based on its internal combustion engine cars. While many rivals are selling more bespoke electric vehicles built on dedicated platforms, the Bavarian automaker remains one…

Most BMW enthusiasts know of the 2002. It’s the iconic BMW, the car that put it on the map in North America and turned it into the maker of small sport sedans. However, fewer people…

Earlier this year, BMW had an i4 painted in Inka Orange to mark 50 years since unveiling its very first electric car. For the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, the Bavarian brand converted two 1602s…

For the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, BMW used two electric conversions of the 1602 as transport vehicles for the Olympic committee. Therefore, the original zero-emissions Bimmer was unveiled about four decades before the company’s…

It won’t be tomorrow or the day after that, but there will come a time when fossil fuels will be outlawed, meaning it’ll be impossible to drive your combustion-engined car anymore. Unless synthetic fuels gain…

While the BMW i3 is largely credited as the brand’s first electric car, it actually isn’t. In fact, the first-ever electric BMW debuted all the way back in 1969, with the BMW 1602 Electric. Back…

The electric revolution – as VW puts it – is upon us and that raises a lot of questions about our cars past and present. While the future is definitely shaping up to be electric,…

It looks like the 02 Series is becoming quite popular these days. Just the other day we were looking at a brilliant BMW 1600, courtesy of Petrolicious, and now we’re back, with a BMW 1602….