Bangkok Motor Show 2008
After my last Thailand motor show experience I wasn’t overly looking foward to attending the 2008 Bangkok International Motor Show. The only thing that drew me out of my air conditioned apartment and into the heat of Bangkok is that I heard the local BMW E30 club was going to be having a showing. When I [...]
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8. March 2009
Bangkok Motor Expo 2007
I decided to check out the Bangkok Motor Expo here in Thailand. Due to the extremely high import duties new cars are generally 2-3 times more expensive than cars in the West, $250,000 for a BMW X5 anyone?! With the average annual Thai salary being less than $10,000 I was curious as to what type [...]
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4. March 2009
Toyota Automobile Museum
After my tour of the ZAZ Museum I hopped on the floating Linimo maglev train and went to visit the Toyota Automobile Museum. I didn’t have high hopes for this museum as I was expecting it would be a showcase of past and current Toyota cars and let’s face it Toyota isn’t exactly known for [...]
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ZAZ Motorsports Showcase
I recently found myself back in Japan and with two weeks to spare I decided to get out of Tokyo and pay a visit to the historical capital of Japan, the city of Kyoto. Hopping on the bullet train my first stop would be Nagoya, a small quiet city between Tokyo and Kyoto. What brought me [...]
Continue reading...The BMW Art Cars
The BMW Art Car Collection, which has been displayed at museums including the Louvre and the Guggenheim Museums in Bilbao and New York, began in 1975, when the French racecar driver and art dealer, Hervé Poulain, persuaded his friend Alexander Calder to paint the BMW 3.0CSL that Mr. Poulain drove at Le Mans.
[Source: New York Times]New Ferrari 599xx vs Ferrari 599 GTB
If you love exotic cars, specifically fast, red, shiny Ferrai’s, you are going to love the new Ferrari 599XX that was on display at the Geneva Motor Show 2009. Want to get your hands on one?
[Source: Exotics and Luxury]Looking Back At The BMW Roadster Pt 2
In Part 1 we took a look at the history of Classic BMW roadsters, from the 3/15 DA-3, which premiered in 1930, to the 507, which ended its production run in 1959. After the 507 was discontinued, BMW was on financially-shaky ground, and would spend the next several years cementing its reputation as a quality car manufacturer. In 1989, thirty years after the 507’s demise, BMW made a return to the roadster market with the Z1.
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8. March 2009
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