New Mexico Chapter News

Perfect Weather Greets BMW Enthusiasts at Annual Clean Car Show The BMW Car Club of America’s New Mexico Chapter held its annual Clean Car Show …Read More »

By Rob Anthony On Sunday, March 9, 2025, despite some unforeseen last-minute schedule changes, eight BMWs gathered in Los Lunas for the the BMW Car …Read More »

By Richard Massey Looking back, the year 2006 was the start of some wonderful things. Fifteen years after its introduction elsewhere in the world, BMW …Read More »

The BMW CCA New Mexico Chapter hosted a dinner gathering on Thursday evening, February 20, 2025, in Bernalillo, NM. The event took place at Bosque …Read More »

The BMW CCA New Mexico Chapter kicked off the year with its 2025 Annual Membership Meeting on January 18, 2025 at The Pizza Barn in Edgewood, …Read More »

The BMW CCA New Mexico Chapter hosted its annual Holiday Lunch on Saturday, December 21, 2024, in Bernalillo, NM. The day began with a gathering …Read More »

On November 16, 2024, the BMW Car Club of America New Mexico Chapter enjoyed a fantastic day filled with cars, camaraderie, and discovery, starting with …Read More »

By Rob Anthony   The 2024 BMW CCA New Mexico Chapter Karl Fox Memorial Tour on October 12th and 13th returned to our traditional format …Read More »

While you might know it from the 1997 movie Contact featuring Jodie Foster, BMW CCA New Mexico Chapter members learned the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) outside …Read More »

By Gregg Mich Some might say I am too engaged with BMW! Let me try to explain. It all started 25 years ago when I …Read More »

By Scott Wagner, Photo by Donnette Wagner The BMW CCA New Mexico Chapter July 2024 Cardinal Point Drive North gathered at the Nambe Falls Travel Center …Read More »

On June 8, 2024, the BMW Car Club of America New Mexico Chapter rolled up their collective sleeves and got hands dirty learning about the basics …Read More »

Turnout was good for the BMW Car Club of America New Mexico Chapter annual Clean Car Show on Sunday, May 26, 2024 at the beautiful New Mexico Veterans Memorial Park in …Read More »

By Curtis Holloway The BMW Car Club of America New Mexico Chapter April 7, 2024 driving adventure started in Socorro where we met our northern …Read More »

An Original Owner’s 2002 Odyssey By Jeff Brinker My odyssey began with the 1968 Road & Track Road Test of the new BMW 2002. I …Read More »

The journey with the BMW Car Club of America New Mexico Chapter Cardinal Point Drive West to Bibo, New Mexico on March 9, 2024, started from …Read More »

Jim Levandoski, Vice President of the BMW CCA New Mexico Chapter, coordinated the Chapter’s Holiday Lunch at the delightful Placitas Café on Saturday, December 16, 2023. …Read More »

The BMW Car Club of America New Mexico Chapter organized a successful and informative technical session on Thursday evening, November 9, 2023 at Hans Wittler’s Automotive Northside …Read More »

By Rob Anthony This year’s BMW CCA New Mexico Chapter Karl Fox Memorial Fall Tour kicked off on lucky Friday the 13th of October, 2023. …Read More »

The BMW CCA New Mexico Chapter held a get-together for dinner and drinks at Sobremesa Restaurant and Brewery on Thursday, September 21, 2023. The gathering on Albuquerque’s …Read More »

The Quest for the Ultimate Green Chile Cheeseburger By Dan Jones, Inspired by Jim Price, Albuquerque BMW Zs ZSCCA Area Rep New Mexico is the …Read More »

The second annual BMW CCA New Mexico Chapter Ice Cream Social on August 17, 2023 at Albuquerque’s I Scream Ice Cream provided a delightful evening filled …Read More »

By Curtis Holloway   For the BMW Car Club of America New Mexico Chapter Cardinal Point Drive West this summer, the chapter headed to Grants and …Read More »

By Donnette and Scott Wagner   The BMW CCA New Mexico Chapter June 2023 Cardinal Point Drive North started early Saturday morning, June 10, 2023 at historic …Read More »

The BMW Car Club of America New Mexico Chapter held its annual Clean Car Show on Sunday, May 21, 2023 at the beautiful New Mexico Veterans Memorial Park …Read More »

By Jim Storch The BMW CCA New Mexico Chapter Spring Tour began in Tijeras, NM on April 1, 2023 under a beautiful New Mexico sky. …Read More »

By Rob Anthony with Photographs by Christina Anthony BMW’s first production turbocharged car, the 2002 turbo, was introduced in 1973. The car was notorious for …Read More »

By Jim Levandoski and Curtis Holloway The BMW CCA New Mexico Chapter March 2023 driving adventure started in Tijeras, where most of us gathered at …Read More »

The BMW Car Club of America New Mexico Chapter visited the National Museum of Nuclear Science & History on Saturday, February 18, 2023. We met at Sandia BMW Wheels and …Read More »

The BMW Car Club of America New Mexico Chapter held a Chapter Lunch at the Placitas Café on Saturday, December 17, 2022. The day started …Read More »

Story and Photos By Shiv Patel Wheels & Coffee takes place on the third Saturday of each month at Sandia BMW in Albuquerque. There are always …Read More »

By Dan Jones Imagine yourself driving an F1 car down a short straight at 175 mph as you approach a 75 mph corner. You stab …Read More »

The BMW Car Club of America New Mexico Chapter held a Technical Session at Sandia BMW on Thursday evening, November 17, 2022. After munching on pizza, Sandia BMW …Read More »

By Christina and Rob Anthony   The BMW Car Club of America New Mexico Chapter held its annual Karl Fox Memorial Fall Tour on Saturday, October 22 and …Read More »

By Jim Storch   The day’s drive started on October 16, 2022 in El Paso at Lowes on Transmountain at 8 am, where Bob (335i) …Read More »

The  BMW CCA New Mexico Chapter visited the annual New Mexico Steam Locomotive & Railroad Historical Society Open House on Saturday, September 24, 2022. Attendees …Read More »

By Jim Levandoski Drive 4 Corners was started about 12 years ago for BMW CCA members from Colorado, Arizona, Utah, and New Mexico to meet …Read More »

It wasn’t planned this way, but the BMW CCA New Mexico Chapter Taos Enchanted Circle Drive on July 16, 2022 was a New Mexico True 50 Jahre BMW M celebration …Read More »

Bill Warren, the owner of I Scream Ice Cream, pulled all the stops for the BMW CCA New Mexico Chapter Ice Cream Social on Thursday evening, June …Read More »

The BMW Car Club of America New Mexico Chapter resumed its annual Clean Car Show on Sunday, May 22, 2022 at a new venue – …Read More »

Photo Courtesy of Albuquerque Isotopes   BMW CCA New Mexico Chapter members had fun providing BMW convertible rides for women athletes around the baseball field during …Read More »

By Rob Anthony   On April 2, 2022, 12 BMWs and 23 participants joined the BMW Car Club of America New Mexico Chapter for a tour …Read More »

Photos by NM Chapter Photographer Jason Collin Sometimes what we do to personalize our BMW’s take on visceral qualities like the pleasing “gurgle” of a …Read More »

By Sue Johnson   On March 12th and 13th 2022, BMW Car Club of America New Mexico Chapter members from the northern part of the …Read More »

On March 2, 2022, BMW issued a safety recall on the Positive Crankcase Ventilation (PCV) valve heater in some N51, N52, and N52K engines. Approximately …Read More »

On February 12, 2022, the New Mexico Chapter of the BMW Car Club of America held a tour to the ghost town of Chloride, New …Read More »

By Dan Jones Many members of the BMW Car Club of America New Mexico Chapter enjoy personalizing their BMWs including performance enhancements that are considered …Read More »

By Dan Jones The 2021 BMW i3 Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) is as much a breakthrough vehicle today as it was in 2014 when it …Read More »

The BMW Car Club of America New Mexico Chapter had an interesting and informative visit to the US Southwest Soaring Museum in Moriarty, NM on December 18, 2021. The adventure started …Read More »

The NM Chapter of the BMW CCA visited the Gilman Tunnels during the Cardinal Point drive through the Jemez mountains on November 20, 2021. The tunnels were built in …Read More »