All Entries in the "Classic BMW" Category
BMW Classic Center Opens for Restoration of Classic BWMs
It doesn’t get more authentic than this. BMW Classic Center opens its customer workshop.
Munich. From now on, BMW Classic’s specialist workshop will not only be repairing and restoring its own classic vehicles, but also those belonging to customers. The BMW Classic Center thus closes the final gap in the complete range of services offered to [...]
The BMW “Spicup” or Spider-Coupe
GREEN ICON -This brash-looking car had long been given up for lost. It was only last year that was it rediscovered by a private collector in a barn in Holland. But it was undeniably the worse for wear. Orangey-red paint tried valiantly but in vain to hold the crumbling body together, the underpinnings could only [...]
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The History of the BMW Emblem
The first documentation we have of the BMW logo is from 1915. It is commonly thought that the BMW logo was modeled after an airplane propeller with blades whirring in a blue sky background. But that is not the actual story of the logo. The logo evolved from the father company of BMW, Rapp Motor [...]
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BMWs in the Movies
BMWs and the silver screen are a match made in heaven! In fact, name any movie involving cars, driving, speed, etc. and it is almost a guarantee that the director put a BMW in it. Below are examples of just a few of BMW’s appearances in films. We will keep our eyes out for [...]
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25 Years of BMW M5
25 years of BMW M5. Sheer understatement.
A quarter of a century ago, the BMW M5 was launched as the first generation. Aficionados like to think of this baby as the “Original M5”. This car was all about understatement and that’s how it remains today: The car’s debut, its profile, its accompanying documents. “On the basis of [...]
BMW Art Car Collection
Intro to BMW Art Cars (1975-Today)
A BMW racing driver from France, Herve Poulain, initiated the idea for an art car in 1975. He inspired his friend, renowned artist, Alexander Calder, to transform Poulain’s BMW racing car into an artistic masterpiece. The car, a BMW 3.0 CSL was a colorful phenomenon in its debut at the [...]
