Today is E30 BMW day for Fool’s Gold Twofer Tuesday (credit Jonny’s love of LeMons, and LeMons competitors love of the E30 3-series). And while I don’t pray at the Church of the 3-Series, the E30 is still a winner to me. The 325e was the “efficiency” version of the 3er, which meant that the [...]
The Bavaria: the only BMW I can think of that has a real name (not numbers) besides the Isetta. And what is it? It’s to the 5-Series what the 2002 is to the 3-Series. The simpler, more honest predecessor. Look at the gauges! That’s German stark design, baby. The Bavaria was meant to get BMW [...]
Well, Bimmer fans, the wait is over. BMW has finally gone online with its multitude of performance accessories. While the company originally said that the competition products would be available for the Z4 and 3-Series, judging from the site, the 1-Series has taken the Zed’s place. The trick bits include plenty of cosmetic upgrades, from [...]
In light of the venomous rumors that BMW would not be selling their diesel 335d until sometime next year, the Bavarian auto maker has stated that the cars will start production in September, just in time for November 2008 sales. The 335d’s will be sold as 2009 models and should get up to 33 mpg [...]
Have you checked your investment portfolio lately? You notice how it’s down? Not fun, is it? The last thing lots of folks want to do in these troubled economic times is to outlay a ton of cash only to face rapid depreciation the second they drive their new car off the lots. Luckily, the used [...]
You may remember our pondering over the refreshed small Bimmer we spotted in the desert. Well, BMW has let the Bavarian cat out of the bag on its newest 3 series mere days after we learned of the new 7-Series. Along with an exterior update, the company says the 2009 3-Series will be available with [...]
Just like the new 7-Series, master amateur spy photographer Levy, caught a lightly camo’d version of the refreshed BMW 3-Series creeping around the Mojave. An image of a non-duct taped 2009 3-Series showed up on the web yesterday along with news that the 3-Series Wagon will be becoming the 335i Wagon. Meaning the diminutive people [...]
[Update: Well... color us embarrassed. Turns out that the 3-Series we spotted is none other than the new 335d -- and the "d" stands for diesel. Our friends at the BimmerFile have rightly pointed out that the small circle behind the rear wheel is in fact an "AdBlue filler cap" for the urea injection system. [...]
Are we really surprised that Hamann is extending their expertise to the new Bimmer drop top? If you are, you shouldn’t be. Hamann knows that most of the time, when someone ops for the drop top they’re going more for style points than performance. They’ve dressed up the convertible in a four piece areo kit [...]
The Hamann BMW gods have blessed the new 3 series coupe with all their splendor and glory. All the Bimmer fanatics hit the ceiling when word came out that there would be twin turbos in the next generation of 3 series. Now that the coupes are on the street, Hamann is one of the first [...]
