When you think of contemporary automakers that still produce cars with tuneable engines, a few spring to mind. The 1990s were undoubtedly run by cars from Japan. If I was to try and list just half of the iconic, tuneable Japanese engines, this article would be 10,000 words large and I wouldn’t even be halfway done. These engines […]
Family Values: The Moontech E30 M3
Project cars can be a life-consuming, money-sucking, soul-crushing journey of self discovery. If you’re in a committed relationship and have a project on the go, then you better hope your other half is on board. Ai Taguchi married into the madness. She’s the better half of Moontech’s Hikaru Taguchi, and shares a passion for building crazy-cool […]
Putting CSF’s E36 S54-Swap Cooling Solution Through Its Paces
German Sensibilities In the 1990s, all E36s were built the same. Sure, they left the factory in various color schemes, with different packages and specifications, but they all rolled onto BMW dealership floors crafted with the same pragmatic German precision. They were — and still are — great machines. But 25-plus years on, I can […]
An E46 M3 Touring & More: Turning BMW Dreams Into Reality
The Lore Is All-Consuming Last year, to celebrate 50 years of BMW’s M division, the BMW Museum displayed their back catalogue of one-off M car prototypes from decades past. Usually hidden deep inside the nuclear bunkers of Munich, these unicorn M cars would finally see the light of day and be put on display for anyone […]
Why BMW’s G8x Platform Is The Next Big Thing
Getting old is inevitable, and it’s something we all have to face whether we like it or not. That’s quite a weird opening statement for three highly-tuned BMWs on Speedhunters, but stick with me because I promise it will make a bit more sense very soon. Now, the most obvious indicator of age is that […]