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Future Curbside Classics: The Cars We’ll Be Photographing Later – Part 3
Posted on December 19, 2013 | 56 CommentsSo it continues. The 2000s were a decade of dying domestic brands, rapidly expanding German lineups, transitioning Korean automakers and the occasional misstep by the indefatigable Japanese. I present to […] -
CC Capsule: 1983 BMW 757 – And That’s Not A Typo
Posted on October 6, 2013 | 50 Comments(This German-American has also been requested to make a return appearance) A BMW 7 Series CC is long overdue, and when I spotted this one catching some of the last […] -
CC Capsule: 1974 BMW 3.0 CS – Bringing the Gentrification
Posted on September 21, 2013 | 28 CommentsFountain Square is an old Indianapolis neighborhood that lies just southeast of downtown. It’s in the beginning stages of gentrification, which means that the trappings of blue-collar life – the […] -
Car Lot Classics: Take Your Pick – JC Whitney Lexus Or Single-Kidney BMW?
Posted on May 18, 2013 | 64 CommentsTime for a couple of back-row cast offs, courtesy of a local dealership. It’s getting so that even the old trade-ins at local dealerships are nothing more interesting than mid-’90s […] -
Curbside Classic: 1985 BMW 318i – Teutonic Respite At The Tail End Of The Great Brougham Epoch
Posted on September 25, 2012 | 70 CommentsIt’s September 1984, and you just made partner at Smith, Johanson and Olafson, C.P.A. in Minnetonka, Minnesota. You’ve been driving your tried and true 1972 318-and-TorqueFlite equipped Plymouth Valiant sedan […] -
Curbside Classic: 1976 BMW 2002 – The Ultimate Big-Bumpered Driving Machine
Posted on August 14, 2012 | 34 CommentsThis is a milestone car–not just for BMW, but for the whole future of the sport-sedan segment, now such a large one. Plenty of folks have written about the original […] -
Rolling Classic: Exhaustingly Hard To Find E12
Posted on March 23, 2011 | 5 CommentsTime for a new CC Category: Rolling Classics – sometimes that’s what it takes It’s the little surprises that keep life interesting, even on a deadly dull cold gray day. […]