2019-04-01 BMW Car

APRIL 2019 41 body-coloured boss, aluminium horn ring and wire spoke design. Part of the appeal of the Z8 for me is that it look ...

42 BMWcar DRIVING TIPS Performance driving coach Neil Furber answers more of your questions how to drive quickly, well and safel ...

APRIL 2019 43 DRIVING TIPS The friction disc is connected to the gearbox input shaft, while the fl ywheel and cover-plate assemb ...

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APRIL 2019 45 BMW CLASSICS T he 1950s was a tough decade for BMW. The post-war period left it with a Munich plant that had been ...

46 BMWcar BMW CLASSICS In the second half of the 1950s, BMW had been looking for design proposals for a small saloon and, in 195 ...

APRIL 2019 47 BMW CLASSICS fuel tank capacity, the 700 could manage over 300 miles per tankful, which made it a practical propos ...

48 BMWcar BMW CLASSICS Sales of the BMW 700 amounted to 190,000 units by the time it went out of production in 1965 the transmis ...

2015 BMW 435D X-Drive M Sport, 3.0 6cyl Turbo Diesel, 7-Speed ZF Auto, 32k with FSH, Metallic Black Sapphire, 18” LA M Star Spok ...

50 BMWcar MARKET WATCH T he production version of BMW's third-generation M6 Coupé was first unveiled at the Geneva show in 2012, ...

APRIL 2019 51 MARKET WATCH WITH THANKS I’m very grateful to Graham Beeson and Courtney Mahon at Renaissance Classic Cars (renais ...

52 BMWcar TECH TALK TYRES They might be round, black and sticky, but there’s a lot more to tyres than you might think, as Elizab ...

APRIL 2019 53 TECH TALK Hands up how many of you have never rotated your tyres. I don’t think it’s something that many do, but i ...

54 BMWcar TECH TALK A tyre’s tread pattern has to be able to do a lot of diff erent things, such as dispersing water, reducing n ...

APRIL 9 55 TECH TALK APRIL 2019 55 RUN-FLAT TYRES These deserve a mention because BMW has been championing them for a very long ...

56 BMWcar TECH TALK SIDEWALL MARKINGS Your tyre’s sidewall has a whole wealth of informati on it, some of which is relevant and ...

APRIL 2019 57 TECH TALK NG T a way of making it easier for consumers to understand w yres they are buying; the look similar to t ...

58 BMWcar W hether you’re spending a little, or a lot, everybody likes to get great value for money. And if you’re thinking of s ...

APRIL 2019 59 BMW BUYER BMW’s sharp-nosed 1990s super coupé is now an appreciating classic and, if you can fi nd a well-maintain ...

60 BMWcar BMW BUYER If you’re seeking serious kudos, then driving a contemporary 7 Series says ‘I’ve arrived’ better than almost ...