The organizers and volunteers did a terrific job and deserve gratitude for all of the work they put in to make the event smooth and enjoyable. And the people? It's remarkable how nice and engaging the 02 fans are. The camaraderie is one more good reason to love these cars.
Here are a few pictures from the day.
Just some of the cars parked on the green:
A handsome group:
Ready for the track:
This E9 coupe was recently restored and it looks the business.
I have long had a thing for the Neue Klasse sedans and these are some of the reasons why:
If you are a fan of the 8-Series, the top shelf model went a little beyond the fairly rare 850csi. BMW never produced an M8, stopping with the protype. Alpina took the bait and came through with a 5.0 liter B12, only one of which reached these shores. They took it a step further with the 5.7 liter B12 and only one of those made it to the U.S. as well. That 5.7 liter B12 was present on Saturday. Wow. 8-Series are not something that I spend much time thinking about, but this car is different. Some of it comes from the fact that it is the real deal, not a collection of Alpina bits thrown at a car. The rest of the tingly feeling comes from the beast that lies beneath the scalloped hood. A 5.7 liter V12 massaged to deliver 416hp and 579Nm of torque. Wow again.
This beige (Sahara?) '02 is very nice with its Italian front turn signals and Alpina steel wheels.
And then there was Inka.
Get a good look at the front turn signals because they have already found a safe home in a box in my garage. I scored a nice set of Euro signals at the show and they were installed later that night. A little modification was needed to transition from a one wire set-up to a two wire.
The good news continued because I also won a $100 gift certificate from Roger's tii!
It's been a year. Updates?!
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