Sometimes the rides posted in Doing It Wrong are really doing it right. Like this woodie Bimmer wagon. I dig it. One more pic after the jump (and note that this thing is a 3-door).

This is by far the best Gran Turismo game rig ever. Actually it was already one of my favorite E30 M3 BMWs before I even saw the front of it and realized that it is being used to play video games in! Garage Studie is responsible for this masterpiece. I have a feeling I’m going to need to stop by there during an upcoming trip to Japan. See the full Studie shop tour post here.

Turbocharged and full of mechanical goodness, the 1,000 horsepower BMW M3 is a statement of speed and tuning perfection. A quick start of the motor and the beast within breathes performance bred strictly for Autobahn domination. Read more about the 1000 horsepower BMW M3 at Tampa Sports Car Examiner.

Some of you may remember when this car when it was covered with rust. Well now it has a nice patina and sports a fighter plane motif. What do you think? More pics after the jump! Via Stanceworks

When living so close to ‘The Ring’ you sometimes feel spoiled as the high performance cars you’ll encounter at the track become normal. For example, Porsche 911 GT3s are nothing special to see when Speedhunting at the Nordeschliefe.  So you start searching for cars that are less obvious to satisfy your car craving. On my last visit I spotted this BMW E36 touring which certainly grabbed my attention. Continue reading at Speedhunters

By Jeroen Willemsen

Recently my buddy Dave Mucci made the trip from Chicago to Ocean City, MD, all for the love of automobiles! I figured it’d be pretty whack of me to write an article about H20 International since I’ve yet to go myself, so I asked the man, the myth, my buddy Mooch, to provide some guest commentary. Some of you may be familiar with Dave’s work in 0-60 Magazine, doing detailed engine illustrations. The kid is one hell of an artist, but he isn’t a writer by trade and I’m not much of a grammatical genius so bear with us. Hopefully you will be too engaged with the dope photos to give a crap. For the photography, Dave enlisted the help of Patrick Mizenko who took tons of killer photos. Thanks again to you both!!!

Enough rambling – on to the story!! Continue reading and view more photos on MotorMavens!

It was closing time at the SEMA show on Tuesday evening, and they were telling all the attendees to vacate the show, but I bagged a 24 Hour all access pass, so that I could wander around (within reason) on the show floor. And look what I found, this little copper colored BMW Isetta. Continue reading after the jump!

This is a 1958 Model, and it was located at the CleanTools booth, makers of the Absorber. Imagine that, using this little Isetta at SEMA to push detail products. This particular car was made in Uruguay, which makes it particularly rare in the US. All I can say is that this car is diminutive, and I wouldn’t feel safe behind the wheel on today’s highways. Golf courses maybe, but not the highway. Did you know that this is a one door car, that opens from the front?

The owner had the car repainted this ever-changing copper color scheme, and didn’t like it, but his wife wouldn’t let him sell it. What do you think?

By combining one of the best chassis designs to ever come from the German luxury sport manufacturer and the most sought after JDM engine in the world, you get one amazing performance package! Capable of awesome handling and super sleek sleeper-like performance, this BMW powered by Supra is a killer setup for the country club. Sneak up to the unsuspecting and surprise the ninth hole putters by unleashing 500 horsepower worth of JDM hidden under your stylish BMW embroidered hood. No one will expect the punch a Supra powered BMW M3 can deliver! Learn more about this awesome build at Tampa Sports Car Examiner!

Um… Check out the eBay auction for more pics and details.

Have you ever noticed that the car model you owned in the past has grown in size, in weight, and in displacement? This phenomenon affects almost every car line from BMW to Honda, with a few exceptions. Remember when the name Honda was synonymous with lightweight, economical cars? The company established itself in the United States in 1970 with the N600, a small four-seater. It hit pay dirt with the introduction of the larger 1973 Honda Civic, a car that was light and fuel-efficient yet could fit four adults in modest comfort. Honda sold many first-generation Civics during its seven-year run, as the car was just what Americans needed during the first OPEC oil embargo. During subsequent redesigns, Honda offered more Civic models. What had been just a two-door truncated sedan became a three-door hatchback, a formal four-door sedan, even a five-door wagon. Engine size increased as well, growing from a 1.3-liter four-cylinder to a 2.5-liter. Read more about the ever growing models, including BMW, and a surprise Detroit entry at Automotive Traveler.