A couple of centuries ago (or so it feels) my then employer, Trans Global Films, sent me to Munich to unearth old film footage for a BMW infomercial. I spent many hours in the basement of BMW...

When BMW said it was introducing a new car it didn't have in mind the kind of launch an exuberant Derrick Daly performed in a Monaco GP support race. It was 1979 and I was in Monaco to watch...

It makes sense that if you're in the auction game you'll feature the most exotic and costly vehicles in your Web sites and promotional material. But as I'm not in the business of catering...

When BMW launched the Z3 a few years ago it also commissioned a book about "the romance of the roadster." The book wasn't released to the public, only to a fortunate group of BMW owners...

When BMW said it was introducing a new car it didn't have in mind the kind of launch an exuberant Derrick Daly performed in a Monaco GP support race. It was 1979 and I was in Monaco to watch...

Automakers have a nasty habit of taking common words or phrases and distorting them when marketing needs arise. The coupe (coupé in France) is "historically defined" as a 2-door family car...

Americans will soon be celebrating Thanksgiving but few will be aware that it is also celebrated in Canada, although on a different day. My American cousins know that their holiday honors the arrival...

An unabashed romantic, I have to admit that whenever an opportunity comes along to feature the BMW 2002, I grab it. This photo, taken at the 2006 Concorso Italiano (which gracefully allows a paddock...

If you can recall the legendary BMW 328 from the 30's and early 40's you'll spot the bloodlines in this BMW Mille Miglia Concept. It is fashioned after the 1940 Mille Miglia-winning M328 Touring Coupe...

Oh, what I wouldn't give to be the owner of this "new" BMW 2002, just completed at BMW's Glass Workshop in Munich. I bought one of the first 2002's imported to Manhattan, took it with me when...