The BMW 2002 = Time Machine

[Geronimo]

It's true. According to these two wonderfully crafted blog posts, the 2002s and the E21s were capable of time travel.

I knew that they were great cars, but I had no idea that they were capable of such feats. The first article says..

"The BMW 2002 series is important in the history of BMW for several reasons, not the least of which it brought the company out of near bankruptcy in the 1950s and put BMW as a marque on the map in the United States. It was the ancestral grandfather to the BMW 3 Series and was produced from 1968 to 1976."

http://tinyurl.com/3jx2j64

The second article says..

"The timing of the BMW 2002 was perfect; The company needed something to replace the larger aging 3 Series sedans."

http://tinyurl.com/3q9zjdt

If all of this was possible over 30 years ago, I can only imagine what the newer BMWs are capable of.

[txmatt]

maybe the second article was talking about the 327 or 340? probably not technically correct, but perhaps that is what they were trying to get at

more amusing was the statement that the 2002 had a 2002cc for which it was named

[Themis]

The cars that saved BMW from bankruptcy were the Neue Klass sedans (a refined version of which were the 1602/1802/2002 coupes). So, by association, the 2002 is credited with this. In reality, by the time 2002s were in the market, BMW was safely away from the clutches of Mercedes Benz, which were planning a hostile takeover when BMW was in trouble.

[Geronimo]

Good points brought up by the both of you. While the creators of each piece may have had the best of intentions, it's pretty obvious that neither one knows what they're talking / writing about. If they did, they might have put a little effort into providing some clarification. If you know what you're taking about, it's not that difficult to write as if nobody knows what you're talking about.

You know what I'm talking about?

[OopsClunkThud]

Just go with those descriptions.

The first one got me out of paying back registration in California as it showed the car had "historical significance". That combined with the fact that it was more than 25 years old and was owned by a "collector" exempts you from having to file a non-opp or paying back registration.