Illustrated BMW Buyer's Guide (Illustrated Buyer's Guide) [Paperback]

Ken Gross (Author)

Book Description

Series: Illustrated Buyer's Guide | Publication Date: May 13, 1994

This complete and detailed reference work covers all of the great BMW automobiles up to the current models, including 2002, Bavaria, 3.0 CSL "Batmobile," M3, 850Csi, to the current 3-, 5-, and 7-Series sports luxury touring cars. Contains model development histories, options, specifications, investment ratings, and much more. 2nd ed.

Product Details

• Paperback: 190 pages
• Publisher: Motorbooks; First edition (May 13, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0879387548
• ISBN-13: 978-0879387549
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,411,442 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

An automobile and motorcycle enthusiast since childhood, Ken Gross was Executive Director of the Petersen Automotive Museum, in Los Angeles, California, for five years following a career in advertising and marketing. His car, travel, and motorcycle writing has appeared in Robb Report, The Rodder's Journal, Automobile Magazine, and Road & Track. Ken and his wife Patricia Serratore live in Hamilton, Virginia, with their children Jake and Kayla.

Customer Reviews

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Useful, although outdated, September 18, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Illustrated BMW Buyer's Guide (Illustrated Buyer's Guide) (Paperback)

I disagree with other reviews that recommend you don't waste your money on it. I know of no other book that provides the information that this one does, and found it extremely useful when shopping for a BMW. I wish it included a table (which I ended up creating myself) of "Buy/Don't Buy" models.

If you don't know about BMWs, it is useful.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Desperately needs a rewrite, February 15, 1999

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John Rosevear (Massachusetts USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Illustrated BMW Buyer's Guide (Illustrated Buyer's Guide) (Paperback)

This was probably a fine book when it was first written in the early 1980s, but it's been badly (cheaply?) updated since. It's now almost incoherent -- certainly not up to the standard set by some of the (excellent) other books in this series (Corvette, Mercedes, Ferrari). Needs a cover-to-cover rewrite, done by someone knowledgable. Don't waste your money until it happens.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars PaulG's review, June 30, 2003

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"tyr666" (CT) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Illustrated BMW Buyer's Guide (Illustrated Buyer's Guide) (Paperback)

I tend to agree with other reviewer about this book needing to be completely rewritten. Even though it was revised in 1994, the author still makes references to things occuring in 1987 "at current press time." Clearly, the original text wasn't revised. If the book was revised in 1994, these type of references should has been eliminated. Other than the text being out of date, the book itself has a lot of worthwhile information. The author rates the collectability (if that's a word) of each of the cars using a five star system.