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Aug 27, 12 •
E23 7 Series, E28 5 Series, E30 3 Series, Video •
Gabe •
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There ‘s so much awesome packed into the 6 minutes of 7 seconds of this video it may be a bit overwhelming for anyone who ‘s a fan of the E30 or 80 ‘s kitsch. As it goes through the E30 line-up we ‘re treated to the kind of exciting...
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May 23, 12 •
//M5, E28 5 Series, Video •
Gabe •
3 Comments
For the daily reader, you ‘ll know we had our own review of the famous M car last August. Our conclusion? While it lacks some of the immediate performance pleasure of today ‘s M cars, the purity offered through the steering wheel and chassis are...
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Sep 9, 11 •
//M5, E28 5 Series, Reviews •
Gabe •
8 Comments
Great drives in great vintage cars don ‘t happen that often. Yes, the automotive press is full of impossibly cool scenarios with vintage cars and some famous mountain road. The truth is we ‘re usually dropped in a handpicked location and given the...
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Aug 11, 11 •
E24 6 Series, E28 5 Series •
Staff •
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EndrasBMW has gotten the inside story on a long abandoned BMW dealership in small town Canada. And long with it an erie set of photos. After much research by EndrasBMW and some dedicated people at Maxbimmer the mystery has been reportedly solved: The story...
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Jun 18, 11 •
//M5, E28 5 Series, E34 5 Series, E39 5 Series, E60 5 Series, F10 5 Series •
Gabe •
8 Comments
What you see above could almost be called revelation. M ‘s latest M5 is getting back to basics with an almost fully exposed engine under it ‘s hood. And while it ‘s not the entire engine, BMW is showing off a good percentage of the M5...
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Nov 22, 10 •
E24 6 Series, E28 5 Series, E30 3 Series, E34 5 Series, E36 3 Series, E39 5 Series, E46 3 Series, E60 5 Series, E63/E64 6 Series, E90 3 Series, Opinion •
Gabe •
22 Comments
The naturally aspirated gasoline engine is dead. As dead as 15 ” wheels and roll-up windows. A generation from now no one under 25 years old will even know the experience of winding up a BMW inline six without a turbo sucking exhaust gasses out of it....
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Oct 8, 10 •
//M5, E28 5 Series, In the Press •
Michael •
2 Comments
Our friends over at Autoblog were part of a small faction of the media that had the honor of driving a pristine example of the original ///M5. If you are a fan of classic BMWs or stand by the belief that the feel of the drive is something only 20 year old...
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Sep 17, 10 •
E10 2002, E12 5 Series, E21 3 Series, E23 7 Series, E24 6 Series, E28 5 Series, E30 3 Series, Opinion, Vintage BMW •
Gabe •
9 Comments
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 food movement and translates them into...
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Aug 20, 10 •
//M5, E28 5 Series •
Gabe •
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Apr 13, 10 •
E12 5 Series, E28 5 Series, E34 5 Series, E39 5 Series, E60 5 Series, F10 5 Series, F11 5 Series Wagon, Official News, Vintage BMW •
Gabe •
5 Comments
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 the 5 Series history. (Full gallery after the jump)...
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Feb 17, 10 •
E12 5 Series, E28 5 Series, F10 5 Series •
Saad •
7 Comments
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 spur sales. BMW wanted to produce 1000 cars a day. In 1972, it...
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Nov 11, 09 •
E28 5 Series, Reviews •
Gabe •
23 Comments
Having had a half dozen new or late model BMW products over the last 10 years plus the opportunity to test pretty much every new model released this decade, I ‘ve had my share of experience with modern BMW products. As much as some would argue the lack...
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Oct 27, 09 •
BimmerCast, E12 5 Series, E28 5 Series, E34 5 Series, E39 5 Series, E60 5 Series, F10 5 Series •
Gabe •
8 Comments
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 the seat controls as ridiculous in the E28 as we...
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Apr 12, 09 •
//M3, E12 5 Series, E21 3 Series, E28 5 Series, E30 3 Series •
Gabe •
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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 Falkenhausen. Yes (as Jalopnik mentions) that is a helluva a name....
