Jalopnik Features M10 as Engine of the Day
Our friends at Jalopnik are featuring the venerable M10 4 cylinder as their Engine of the Day. As you may or may not know the M10 was designed by noted engineer and race driver Baron Alex von...
View ArticleBimmerCast #7 – The 5 Series Show
It ‘s 5 Series week on the BimmerCast. Along with the normal news of the week we spend some time walking through the range from the E12 to the upcoming F10. Does the E34 look better than the E39? Are...
View ArticleEarly History: The BMW 5 Series
With the spectacular success of the New Class and the 02 Series, BMW had come off the ropes to reach new heights of prosperity. In the early seventies, a new plant was set up in Dingolfing to help...
View ArticleFive Times Around. History of the BMW 5 Series.
The 5 Series has sold 5.5 million units. Seems time to celebrate. So with that said BMW has rolled out some of our favorite 5er photos from the years and presented them with a thorough run through of...
View ArticleThe Slow Car Movement & Vintage BMWs
GQ columnist (and one of this authors favorite authors) Jamie Kitman recently wrote a piece on what he has termed the ‘slow-car movement ‘. It ‘s an idea that takes some of the principles of the slow...
View ArticleA Video History: The BMW E12 M535i
Brand Manager Norberr Knerr brings us yet another piece of BMW’s history. 35 years ago, BMW introduced what would become the basis of the legendary E28 M5, the 1980 E12 M535i. This particular car is...
View ArticleA Video History of The First Two Generations of the BMW 5 Series
There’s something special about the old 5 Series. In some ways they were the high-point of engineering led design. The years we had an E28 in the BF garage were good years. It served as a baseline for...
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