In May, the BMW CCA Foundation, home of The Ultimate Driving Museum launched it’s sixth major exhibition, The Power of M: Celebrating 50 Years. We kicked it off with two back-to-back event weekends. Many of our exhibitions have been based on a major anniversary for…

OCTOBER 14TH-15TH, 2022 Make your plans to join us on Friday, October 14th and Saturday, October 15th for the biggest blowout celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the BMW M brand! Friday, October 14th On Friday evening, the Foundation will host Jochen Neerpasch, founder of…

The Power of M exhibit is currently on display at The Ultimate Driving Museum through January 21, 2023.  Museum hours are Monday – Friday, 9am – 5pm  |  Saturdays  10am – 4pm (Last admission is an hour before closing each day) We are located at 190…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Check out the latest edition of The Foundation Forum Inside: 15 Minutes with Bruce Hazard Street Survival GENESIS exhibit closing event The Great Race Cars and Coffee The new BMW Z exhibit opens ZFEST Homecoming 2021 Time Capsule Founders’ Garden Museum Membership Foundation Ambassadors See…

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Here is our fourth issue of our newsletter , The Foundation Forum! See the latest news 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…

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…

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.…

Here is our third issue of our newsletter , The Foundation Forum! See the latest news 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…

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…

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)…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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 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…

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.…

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…

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,…

Today, GENESIS is featured in the Greenville Journal. See the story here: Greenville Journal