Happy Bracq Friday! The E23 generation BMW 7-series (designed by Paul Bracq) was released in 1977, right in the middle of the malaise era, but it was far from a floating slow boat that induced nausea and thoughts of self-harm. Domestic “AMERICAN” cars from the era might have offered luxury in the form of a […]
Happy Bracq Friday! Here at Daily Turismo, we use the day after Turkey Day to celebrate French car designer and artist Paul Bracq in a celebration known worldwide as Bracq Friday. This first was actually designed by Wilhelm Hofmeister (the king of kink!). But Bracq was the head of design at BMW starting in 1970 […]
The BMW 3-Series Baur Targa is an interesting combination of BMW E30 handling/driving goodness with a cool convertible/targa styling…and we at DT are not experts on these odd looking things, but the guys over at Baurspotting can give you the full details of how Karosserie Baur would hack the top off a new BMW 3-series […]
Sub $3K classics that you can drive home are all but extinct and this next car is no exception…because it doesn’t run. Despite that small fact, it does look to be a neat colored example of the E12 generation BMW 5-series. The biggest thing wrong is that it lives in the bullseye of California’s draconian […]
The Mercedes-Benz W114 was yet another gorgeous 3-box styling design from famed designed Paul Bracq. Today’s W114 started life as a Merrcedes M130 inline-6 powered coupe, but it is now powered by M50B25 from a BMW 525i that might displace fewer cubic inches but it puts out more horsepower and is mated to a manual […]
BMW built an astonishing 2.5 million E30s in coupe, sedan, estate & convertible trim from 1982 through 1994. The ursprünglicher gangster BMW 3-series was a successful yuppy-mobile when new and has generated a significant cult following as a cheap, fun & reliable sports sedan. Today’s example is a 4-door sedan with the M20 inline-6 engine […]
This next car is a great example of my favorite word in the English language, El Camin….no wait, that’s not English. I’m talking about “depreciation,” which Webster’s dictionary describes as “noun – the process where a $100K car becomes affordable for DT readers and writers”. Oh yeah. Find this 2002 BMW 745i offered for $3000 […]
I was lamenting the asking prices of decent examples of the E30 generation BMW 3-series the other day when I had the awkward realization that there is another skywalker. You could look for an E36 3-series 1990-1997); those aren’t that expensive unless they are mint, same with the E46 generation (1998-2004), or even the modern […]
The E60 generation of BMW’s 5-series (2004-2010) was not the first 5-series to get one of BMW’s all-wheel-drive systems, but it was notable since the E34 (1988-1995) only had a few 525iX models sold and the E39 had nothing but rear-wheel-drive. Anyway, if you are into BMW’s that drive all four tires and a manual, […]
The BMW 540i wasn’t the fastest of the E39 generation 5-series, but the V8-powered machine came awfully close to dethroning its big brother, the infamous tire-shredding M5. However, those M5 machines are expensive these days and a basic 540i with a 6-speed is 9/10ths of the performance, but 1/10th the cost. Find this 1997 BMW […]