The Combo – Alex Steff’s BMW E9 3.0
I hate to sound formulaic. After all, I firmly believe in celebrating automotive creativity and diversity, and I try to embrace that ideology in every build of my own as I travel across the automotiv...
I hate to sound formulaic. After all, I firmly believe in celebrating automotive creativity and diversity, and I try to embrace that ideology in every build of my own as I travel across the automotiv...
It's not StanceWorks's first CSL, and its sure not to be the last. In fact, this will be our 9th featured example, a milestone in and of itself, with only 491 left to go if we want to conquer them al...
If you're in the same boat as we are, chances are you won't understand a lick of this week's reel find. However, some sounds are universal. Enjoy the screams of the inline six versus the flat six in ...
On Wednesday, we began our journey with CSL #001/79 - Willi Martini's own E9 race car. After several decades of seclusion, the car was finally brought to Southern California, where famed BMW restorer...
Decades ago, before the likes of Alpina, Schnitzer, and even BMW's factory Works program, Willi Martini and his team stood as a staple in the world of BMW tuning and racing. As a pioneering figure in...
Photography by Courtney Cutchen "When you put the 'CSL' name on your vanity plate, its not something to be taken lightly," Shafique Bhimani tells me with a humble sense of confidence. It's not as tho...
"Would you like to see the E9?" I was asked. We had just finished our tour of the H predictably, I wasn't jumping at the opportunity. Interested? Sure. But not enthralled. Be that as it may, what rol...
In 1975, BMW began the Art Car Project, which paired the world's greatest living artists with the world's greatest marque, yielding one of the most unique and eclectic collections of art and cars eve...
After club racing his S54 powered 1979 e12 BMW for years, Brendan decided he’d like to try something a bit different. So with that in mind, he picked himself up an E9 to build into his vision of a re...
When it comes to builds, the best of cars tend to run in the best of circles. It came as no surprise that when friend and fabricator Art Bandarian sent me a few photos from his workplace at Rod Emory...