by David Lightfoot | Apr 11, 2019 | Article
Our Winter Party at LeMay—America’s Car Museum, proved a huge success. We had the spectacular collection of BMW Racecars, courtesy of the BMW CCA Foundation, and the beautiful surrounds of the Museum. The caterer did a great job with Bavarian-themed food that seemed...
by David Lightfoot | Apr 11, 2019 | Article
This year BMW is marking the 60th Anniversary of the introduction of the 700. The role the 700 placed in the history of BMW is complicated. Some say the 700 saved the company, but it isn’t that simple. Immediately after the end of the war, BMW produced bicycles,...
by David Lightfoot | Apr 11, 2019 | Article
The Puget Sound Chapter’s E30 Picnic is the largest yearly gathering of E30s in the world. The most recent 2018 E30 picnic saw over 280 E30s in attendance, coming from ten states and two Canadian provinces. However, the event did not start out so large. Here is a...
by David Lightfoot | Jan 16, 2019 | News
Let’s face it, the 3 Series is the most important Series for BMW. For 40 years, the 3 Series has been the market leader, the car most competitors copy and, for much of that 40 years, has accounted for over half of BMW sales. There have been over 15 million 3 Series...
by David Lightfoot | Nov 10, 2018 | Article
Roundel is supposed to be running a longer review of Hobbo—Motor Racer, Motor Mouth, The Autobiography of David Hobbs. I’ll just keep this to the Seattle-are connections to David Hobbs’s life. You wouldn’t think there would be many Seattle-area connections with David...
