Recently, BMW NA invited about 30 journalists from all around the world to drive current and past M cars from Greer, SC to Amelia Island for the Concours. The journalists started at the Foundation, where they got to see a sneak peek of the cars that will be in the exhibit. Motor1.com
The BMW CCA Foundation is now listed in “Discover South Carolina” and “Yeah, That Greenville, SC”. Discover is located at tourist welcome centers all around the state of South Carolina. Yeah is located in various tourist areas around the Greenville, SC area. We are excited to be part of both publications.
First, and foremost, we want to welcome Christine Chabot, who became our new Operations Manager as of Monday, January 17th. She comes to us primarily from the busy Greenville hospitality industry and is seasoned at juggling lots of plates in the air. She is also a Bimmerphile, with her two Bimmers and a BMW motorcycle. …
Windy City BMW member, Larry Schettel, and Foundation Ambassador, takes lots of pictures at all the events he goes to. For as long as we can remember, Larry features pictures of the sponsors at OFest Forever in the Windy City BMW Breeze newsletter. Larry, thank you for including the Foundation in the January 2022 issue. …
Check out this short video from the GENESIS exhibit closing, the dedication of our new Founders’ Garden, and the announcement of a new Museum name – The Ultimate Driving Museum. https://youtu.be/U8hEoGe_-Z8
Check out this video of The Great Race cars that visited the BMW CCA Foundation Museum this year! https://youtu.be/BV2etSLEm9I
Eric Weiner from Hagerty interviews Kenn Sparks, Rob Mitchell, and Jackie Jouret. They are discussing the history of the BMW Z3 and how it was produced. There is a nice plug to the BMW CCA Foundation Museum and the BMW Z Car exhibit! Building and Promoting the BMW Z Roadsters and Coupes
AmazonSmile has made a quarterly charitable donation to the BMW Car Club of America Foundation, in the amount of $332.29 as a result of qualifying purchases made by customers who have selected us as their charity. Thanks to customers shopping at smile.amazon.com, or with AmazonSmile ON in the Amazon Shopping app, everyday purchases have generated …
Come see pictures of our Z Vintage Open House!
BMW Manufacturing’s Scholar Program apprentices built us a unique statue for our Founders’ Garden. Gadrian Zayas (center) is the Scholar Program Supervisor at BMW MC. Dorian Thomas (left) and Jason Perry (right) were the lead apprentices on this project. After several weeks of planning and manufacturing, they presented us with a one-of-a-kind statue that will …
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Phase 1 of our Founders Garden is underway. Launching in May, this will be a memorial garden with beautiful trees, bushes, flowers, benches, walking paths, and engraved bricks. So far, our dry river bed and a car display area have been installed. Click on any picture to make it larger for viewing.
In January 2020, the Foundation Museum was closing the PASSION 50 Years of BMW Cars and Community exhibit. The Museum was packed with visitors who wanted to see the exhibit one last time. The guys from BMMR stopped by to be part of the experience. They recorded some footage of the exhibit and the rides …
On Friday, February 19, the Foundation Museum held a unique event for a small group of people. It was called “Shoot the Car”. We brought in Ben Howard, an experienced photographer with a long career at capturing the moment, to provide pointers on how you can take better pictures of cars (and motorcycles). Fourteen club …
The BMW CCA Foundation appeared in a story in The Classic Cars.com Journals. Check it out here: TheClassicCars.com Journal
Our Foundation Ambassador and Street Survival in car coach was interviewed on Cars Yeah podcast recently. Check out her podcast here: https://carsyeah.com/ourportfolio/1727-lou-ann-shirk/
Bill Wade, our Street Survival Program Manager, was interviewed on Cars of Carlisle podcast. Bill discusses everything behind Street Survival. Street Survival is a teen defensive driving program that is held all across the country. Listen to the podcast here: Bill Wade (TireRack.com Street Survival) on Apple Podcasts or Bill Wade__TireRack.com Street Survival (Android) or …
Foundation Fest, the official opening of GENESIS exhibit, was featured in The Ultimate Classic. This is the newsletter for vintage and classic BMWs from the BMW Classic Car Club of America. See the story here: BMW_WINTER_P1213 To learn more about the BMW CCCA and to see more about their newsletter, please visit: http://www.bmwccca.com/
Our friends at the BMW Classic Car Club of America added a story in the Winter 2020 The Ultimate Classic newsletter about Lonny and Lou Ann Shirk receiving the Friend of the Club Award when they were at the Foundation Museum to turn over the keys to the Spooner Coupe. Congratulations to Lonny and Lou …
Here is our second issue of our newsletter for 2020, The Foundation Forum! We are launching this online newsletter to keep you up-to-date on all the events and activities of the Foundation, including the Library, Archives, and Museum, current and future exhibitions, the Ambassador program, and the latest news from Tire Rack Street Survival. Simply …
Here are two great videos by David Rose on Dirk de Groen’s 315/1 roadster and 328 roadster in the GENESIS exhibit. Enjoy! Click on the links below: Dirk de Groen’s BMW 315/1 roadster Dirk de Groen’s BMW 328 roadster
We have six videos from the 2020 Foundation Fest. Enjoy. Two donations to the BMW CCA Foundation Museum: 1992 BMW E34 M5 1970 BMW E9 2800 CS Next, Kenn Sparks interviewed several people about various levels of restoration and preservation on several of the vehicles in the GENESIS exhibit. Here are four videos from that …
Thursday Foundation Fest was three days of activities. It started with a private reception on Thursday night for the GENESIS car owners and sponsors plus a few other invited guests. This was the first opportunity for the seven car owners and three sponsors to see the exhibit. All were happy to see their cars. Jackie …
The Foundation Museum is proud to announce the latest addition to the Museum collection. We recently received the Reid Pepin, Parker Spooner, Michael Izor, and lately Lonny and Lou Ann Shirk 1970 E9 2800 CS. We are honored to add this beautiful car to our collection. The Coupe was in the PASSION exhibit in 2019. …
Update on 11/2/2020 We had a lot of interest in this E34 M5. We posted it online and instantly, we got several emails requesting more information. We had a great turn out of people who visited the car in person at the Foundation Fest events. Thank you to everyone that came out to see the …
We have received a generous donation from a local Sandlapper BMW CCA member who owned a 1992 E34 M5. He donated it with the intention of us selling it to raise money for the Foundation Museum and Street Survival. We have done some minor service to the car, had it inspected and appraised, and detailed …
Local media from Greenville News came out to view the GENESIS exhibit. See the article in the newspaper below. Greenville News
Our PASSION and ICON exhibits are featured in Garage Style Magazine. Check out the article from the April 2020 issue below. Garage Style Magazine 04_2020
Recently, Jackie Jouret appeared on a morning news channel from Charlotte, NC. Check out Jackie’s wonderful interview on QC Life. Jackie Jouret Video
The Herald-Journal from Spartanburg, SC did a story on the GENESIS. The Greenville News online picked up the same story and photo gallery and published on their website as well. Check out the story and gallery below. Story: Herald-Journal story Gallery: Gallery
Recently, the Foundation Museum welcomed an unlikely visitor. Armed with a backpack and a sense of curiosity, Mike Daikubara entered the Museum on a mission. He was here to see what he referred to as one of his favorite cars. While most visitors gravitate towards the 507, Mike was interested in seeing the BMW Isetta. Viewing the …
Today, GENESIS is featured in the Greenville Journal. See the story here: Greenville Journal
The BMW CCA Foundation Museum got international exposure when BMW Blog posted a story about the Museum and the GENESIS exhibit. Read the story here: https://www.bmwblog.com/2020/08/16/the-history-of-bmw-can-be-found-in-greer-south-carolina/
ClassicCars.com released a story and photos from the GENESIS exhibit and book. Read the story at the link below: https://journal.classiccars.com/2020/08/13/bmw-history-featured-in-genesis-exhibit/
Adrian Mitu from Romania has made a name for himself by painting water colors of vintage cars. What is unique about the art is that he uses coffee in his paintings. Three of his art collections are on display at the BMW CCA Foundation Museum (Blue Coffee & Blue Hero) and at the BMW CCA …
Due to the COVID-19, the BMW CCA Foundation wasn’t able to open the GENESIS exhibit on time in May. The Museum hired David Rose of Hitting Redline to create a video of the exhibit. This video was launched on the original grand opening date of May 15. Ian Branston, BMW CCA Foundation Ambassador, interviewed David …
Knudt Flor, President and CEO of BMW Manufacturing, and nine of his executive team visit the BMW CCA Foundation Museum to see the GENESIS exhibit. This was the first opportunity for the group to see this wonderful collection of BMW history. Outside of Germany, this is the most comprehensive collection of early BMWs put together …
Our friends at the BMW Performance Center created this video about Lothar Schuettler and his beautiful 1958 502 Cabriolet. Lothar has loaned this car to the BMW CCA Foundation Museum for the GENESIS: BMW From the Beginning exhibit. Watch the video here: Lothar Schuettler 1958 502 Cabrio Come to our Museum to see the car …
Our friends at Windy City BMW published more photos about the Foundation Museum and the GENESIS exhibit. Check out the pictures here. Windy City Breeze Aug 2020 To see the full newsletter, go to Windy City BMW
Check out our latest donation to the Museum. We got a MINI!!! Okay, it isn’t a real driving MINI, but it is a full-size fiberglass MINI from MINI of Charleston. This had been mounted on the wall in the dealership. Brad Davis rescued it after the dealership did a renovation. Brad just delivered the car …
We would like to welcome you to the first issue of The Foundation Forum! We are launching this online newsletter to keep you up-to-date on all the events and activities of the Foundation, including the Library, Archives, and Museum, current and future exhibitions, the Ambassador program, and the latest news from Tire Rack Street Survival. …
The Miller Norburn #64 2002 driven by Nick Craw, owned by Scott Hughes, is featured in the July 2020 issue of Roundel magazine. This car had been part of the ICON exhibit in 2018. Check out the article here: Miller & Norburn 2002
Foundation Trustee Scott Hughes and wife, Fran, have been featured in the Summer edition of The Ultimate Classic magazine. See a preview here. Scott and Fran Hughes in The Ultimate Classic summer 2020 issue Get your copy and read about Scott and Fran and many other classic BMW enthusiasts and their cars by signing up …
Our friends at the BMW Classic Car Club of America have a nice preview article about some of the cars that you will see in the GENESIS: BMW From the Beginning exhibit. Check out the article here: Genesis in The Ultimate Classic – Spring 2020
Check out the GENESIS: BMW From the Beginning book review by David Lightfoot in the July 2020 issue of Roundel magazine. Roundel Magazine
Check out the GENESIS: BMW From the Beginning book review by David Lightfoot in the Puget Sound chapter newsletter Zündfolge Quarter 3, 2020 issue. Click on the link below. Puget Sound Newsletter
Our friends at Windy City BMW have published pictures in both the May and July issue of the Windy City BMW Breeze newsletter from the vehicles in the GENESIS exhibit. Check out the issue here (Cover page and page 4 for May and pages 10 and 11 for July). Windy City Breeze 05_2020 Windy City …
Street Survival driving tips for teens during social distancing was promoted on Autoweek.com recently. Check out the article at this link. Click Here
The GENESIS: BMW From the Beginning exhibit book by Jackie Jouret was reviewed on BMW Blog by Hugo Becker. Click here for the article.
Bill Wade, National Program Director of the Tire Rack Street Survival provides some useful tips you can teach your teen in the driveway. This was published on Automobile Magazine online over the Memorial Day weekend. Click here to see the article
Since our February 4th news posting about starting the HVAC installation, although it has been slow, progress has moved forward. Due to a tremendous amount of rain this winter, it did slow down the work outside considerably. The system is now installed and operational with only a few minor tweaks remaining. The system has been …
In the summer of 2018 the BMW CCA Foundation hosted a birthday get together for Kurt Sposta, the project manager that lead the team building Plant Spartanburg. Kurt invited several of his friends, including one Manfred Heller. Manfred, a longtime friend of Kurt and BMW retiree, was the first executive at BMW that headed up …
At Oktoberfest 2019, this was the largest gathering of the Foundation Ambassadors at one event. The Foundation wanted to have a welcome dinner for these Ambassadors. For many, this was the first time to see the Foundation Museum as well as meet the Trustees and staff. Lance White and several others got up to talk …
