By Chris Hennecy
12/03/2012
Unbridled lust—in public, before 10:00 a.m.? Guilty.
It was the first media day at the LA International Auto Show. Minding my own business, I simply wandered from the West Hall entrance across to the BMW display, looking forward to seeing old friends and familiar faces from both the Club and the company itself. Calm, pleasant stuff.
By Chris Hennecy
11/27/2012
Life can be hectic. Sometimes you feel like it’s a rushing river of different events and deadlines that swirl around and consume you; it’s a never-ending highway full of twists and turns, with unexpected debris in the road and the occasional cursed speed bump. We wake up every morning, put on our work clothes, grab our obligatory caffeine, and zoom off to the first priority: work.
By Chris Hennecy
11/19/2012
It might sound a bit too much like Inside Baseball, but BMW Motorrad received a nice pat on the back this week in Milan when Italian motorcycle manufacturer Bimota announced that it will power its next über-sportbike with the S1000 RR engine. That means it’s the best motor the Rimini craftsmen can find—and also that it has more potential.
By Chris Hennecy
11/12/2012
Alessandro Zanardi was already a hero driver, with two popular CART championships to his name, when he lost both legs to a horrific crash at Germany’s Lausitzring circuit in 2001. His recovery moved him beyond superstar status, to the realm of any legendary motorsports icon you’d care to name: Carracciola, Nuvolari, Fangio—men with something extra, something special, some inner drive to go beyond the limits of ordinary mortals.
By Chris Hennecy
11/05/2012
On Friday, just days after Hurricane Sandy unleashed its devastation, BMW announced that it would donate $1,000,000 to the American Red Cross for disaster relief. Even for us Left Coast dwellers, Sandy’s impact was felt very close to home. BMW of North America is of course headquartered in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey—one of the areas hit hard by the hurricane.
