BMW 318Ti Compact: A History of the Car That Never Quite Made It
If I still own it after seven years, I’m planning on taking my 1994 BMW 318Ti Compact back to the Munich plant it emerged from in September of that year. As such, it’s thought to…
If I still own it after seven years, I’m planning on taking my 1994 BMW 318Ti Compact back to the Munich plant it emerged from in September of that year. As such, it’s thought to…
BMW’s F22 2 Series Coupe is a car I quite fancy myself. Sadly, it’s not practical enough for my BMW parts business, but you know, one day, etc. Both the F22 and the F23 Convertible…
While the 1977 E23 BMW 7 Series was quite a good car, it was never considered a real challenger to the Mercedes-Benz S-Class. Many magazines instead compared it to the W123 mid-range model. The first…
Not seen in North America – for that, you can be eternally grateful… The BMW N43 engine is a technological masterpiece. Delivering 170 bhp without a turbocharger in a 2-liter four-cylinder engine was quite an…
Every manufacturer – ones that survived at least – has had that one ‘it’ product, the one that really made them. VW hit the ground running with the Beetle, and so did Ford with the…
Good grief, it’s another anniversary! We’re slightly late to this one, but only by months. The BMW E46 3 Series was launched in April 1998. Who remembers the “DNA” adverts? To think, we have moved…
If a single engine is the cornerstone of what revived BMW in the 1960s, the SOHC M10 four-cylinder is it. Built since 1963, the M10 was a good engine, but fuel economy and performance were…
Why I Love the New BMW 7 Series Editor’s Note: This is an opinion piece, so treat it accordingly. We, at BMWBLOG, don’t censor our writers’ views, especially when it comes to design. Over the…
BMW M70 V12 Engine: A History of Innovation and Performance In days gone by, some engineers in a large shed in Coventry, also known as Jaguar Cars, built what was considered the best production engine…
“What have they done to it!?” was almost certainly my first reaction to the E60 5 Series upon launch in July 2003, twenty glorious years ago. As we’ve just been treated to another controversial new…