The BMW 2002 has for years been a great starter car and the European equivalent of the Ford Mustang or Datsun 510. They were inexpensive, parts are plentiful/cheap and, most importantly, they are easy to understand, diagnose and fix when things go wrong. Unfortunately for the average Joe, the prices of the BMW 2002 have […]
The BMW 2002 is one of those all-time greats that represents what was possible when an automaker got the whole package just right. It’s compact but roomy, sporty yet practical, good looking but not flashy, reasonably powered, spry handling, and easy to maintain. Values for these are all over the map at the moment, but […]
It seems you can’t surf craigslist for classic cars without tripping over piles of BMW 2002 New Class 2-doors, but the 1600/1800/2000 sedans seem to be almost gone. Are they hidden away in collector’s air conditioned garages or rusted into the earth? All we know is that they make an impression when they do show […]
There is an old Chippewa Native American legend about how when the earth was formed there was a giant split in the ground with man on one side and all the animals on the other. All the animals shook in fear as the split widened, but only the dog dared to leap the chasm and […]
The BMW New Class was a line of compact sedans sold from 1962 to 1977 and is currently riding a wave of appreciation that is unusual for mass production car like the 1600/2002. Most 1600/2002s are getting fancy paint jobs and later fuel injected engines along with big digit prices, so it is nice to […]
The oft-heard advice given by motorheads is never buy another man’s project…but these are the same motorheads who constantly buy other folks’ projects – meaning the advice is actually a self serving attempt to keep competition and bidding wars at bay, or so I tell myself when I see something like this BMW New Class […]
If posting one BMW New Class is good, then two is better…right? Today’s Tii example requires some elbow grease before you can sell it to some rich dude for 30 large, but what if you hate to deal with bad paint? Pick up this 1968 BMW 1600 with M10 power and 5-speed for sale in Dublin, […]
According to internet lore famed GM design chief Harley Earl suggested a coupe pickup as early as 1952, but the Ford Ranchero beat the Chevy El Camino to market by a few years…it doesn’t matter because for whatever reason, the El Camino name is “stronger” and has become generic for any coupe pickup in the […]
The used BMW 2002 market in California has a unique “dip” in prices just after 1975, nothing to do with quality of the vehicles, hugeness of the bumpers or smog based reduction in power. Simply put, it is because the cheaper 1976 models need to be put through the ignominy of a bi-annual smog inspection […]
The early BMW 2002 round taillight coupes are sought after classics with a lively enthusiast base but a large population of aging versions that keeps the prices from going ‘all 911’ on us. We aren’t talking about lunatics crashing planes into buildings, we are talking about the original Porsche 911 (901 version) price insanity that […]