Interesting
If there’s one automotive segment that is hotly contested, and subsequently well served, it’s the mid-size sedan market. The cars tend to have very similar dimensions, with wheelbases between 109 and 112 inches, length between…
Hugo Becker / January 28, 2013
Interesting
The press release from BMW this morning acknowledged that BMW and Toyota have formalized their memorandum of understanding from June 2012. It highlights four areas where BMW and Toyota will cooperate. Those areas are fuel…
Hugo Becker / January 25, 2013
Auto Shows
Detroit – On the Sunday before press days at the NAIAS, a gaggle of people and cars arrived at a hotel north of downtown. In that group was the 2014 Mercedes-Benz E Class. Walking up…
Hugo Becker / January 21, 2013
Auto Shows
The 1 series is not the entry into the BMW brand in North America. Rather, it is a niche vehicle, not unlike the Z4, meant to bring in a segment of the enthusiast market that…
Hugo Becker / January 15, 2013
Interesting
The Spun Bearing: BMW – A Look Back and Forward
by Hugo Becker
/ Date: January 1, 2013
4 Series
BMW has decided to take a page from Audi and bump its coupe offering up a number. Instead of the heretofore 3 Series Coupe, we’re seeing that the Concept 4 Series Coupe is the direction…
Hugo Becker / December 5, 2012
BMW i
The so-called i4 breaks cover in LA as the BMW i3 Concept Coupe. It’s not surprising that BMW will spin off a new concept on the i3. The use of CFRP for the passenger cell,…
Hugo Becker / November 27, 2012
Interesting
Carbon Fiber Ford recently announced that they’re jumping into carbon fiber in a big way. Current intentions are to use CF for body panels. They are using new CF processes to improve cycle times for…
Hugo Becker / October 14, 2012
Concepts
BMW will celebrate the 100th anniversary of it’s founding in 2016 and while cars are the primary focus of the company currently, it hasn’t always been. Even when cars were first produced, over 10 years…
Hugo Becker / September 14, 2012
Concepts
It is extremely odd to see an A pillar base so far forward on the fender of a BMW. And then it sinks in, BMW has gone and built a front wheel drive hatch. End…
Hugo Becker / September 14, 2012
Featured Posts
When I purchased my 135i, it came with an M steering wheel and M gear shift knob. At my first BMW CCA meeting one of the members, who had an E46 M3 at the time,…
Hugo Becker / August 23, 2012