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BMW Car Club of America

The BMW Car Club of America (BMW CCA) is a U.S.-based company of enthusiasts and owners of BMW-made automobiles (including MINI). Organized into five regions and 69 chapters, the club has more than 75, active members within the United States, making it the largest BMW owner/enthusiast company in the world.[1] The BMW CCA arranges a wide variety of social, technical and driving events, including autocross, high-performance driver's education, rallies, club racing and owner education on topics such as mechanical repair, automotive maintenance and collecting vintage vehicles.

History and structure

Founded in Boston in ,[2] the organization began as an owner-support network, the club exists as a separate thing from BMW AG and its North American subsidiary, although there is a close working partnership, such as discounts on vehicles and parts provided to club members by the company.

Currently headquartered at Highway South Greer, SC, the BMW CCA is a not-for-profit corporation, governed by an elected board of directors that meets quarterly.

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Five Regional Vice Presidents, who serve on the board, represent the interests of the chapters. Each chapter is an independent corporation chartered by BMW CCA and operates within with minimum standards of service to the membership.[3] All chapters are geographically based except for the E30 and E31 Chapters, which are non-geographic model-specific chapters.[4]

Past Locations

  • PO Box 99 at the Prudential Center, Boston MA (Jul )
  • 2 Brewer Street, Cambridge, MA (Dec )
  • Harvard Street, Cambridge, MA (Jul )
  • South Main Avenue, Suite Greenville, SC ()

BMW CCA Foundation

In March , the BMW CCA formed the (c)(3)BMW CCA Foundation.

This charity is committed to preserving the history of the BMW marque in the U.S., the club's history and to fund and operates a Teen Driver Safety School Program, known as Street Survival. The Foundation operates a car museum and archive building adjacent to the BMW Manufacturing Plant and BMW Performance Center in Greer, South Carolina.

The Street Survival program is aimed at learning young American drivers, age the importance of safe driving through emergency and accident avoidance workout conducted in their own cars by qualified volunteers and professionals.[5][6] Since , over Street Survival Schools have been conducted in the United States and Canada.

Publications

Roundel

Roundel is the club's national, monthly magazine. More akin to mainstream automotive periodicals than a newsletter, Roundel covers the history of the BMW marque, reviews current models and trends, applications articles on vehicle modification and maintenance, coverage of the organization's club races and columns by notable authors, racing drivers and club officials.

Local BMW CCA chapters publish newsletters to tell members about upcoming events.

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BimmerLife

BimmerLife is the BMW CCA's public-facing online news site, sharing stories about the BMW community. BimmerLife covers BMW news, motorsports, events (both CCA and non-CCA) as well as general interest articles from the BMW community as a whole.

While some content is user submitted, BimmerLife also has recurring articles from columnists such as The Hack Mechanic: Rob Siegel.

National programs

Oktoberfest

Each year the club hosts a week-long event, Oktoberfest, a national club gathering, that includes non-speed competitive driving events, a wide variety of technical sessions, vendor displays and presentations, as well as plenty of socializing with fellow BMW enthusiasts.

The first BMW CCA Oktoberfest was held in in Concord, Massachusetts. Since then, the annual gathering of the Club has been held every year. Here are the Oktoberfest locations and the years:

  • Concord, MA
  • Washington, DC (New Carrollton, MD)
  • Virginia Beach, VA
  • Atlantic City, NJ
  • Waterbury, CT
  • Alpine Valley, WI
  • Washington, DC (Silver Spring, MD)
  • San Mateo, CA
  • Oconomowoc WI
  • Danvers, MA
  • San Diego, CA
  • Milwaukee, WI
  • Albany, NY
  • Colorado Springs, CO
  • Sturbridge, MA
  • Monterey, CA
  • Orlando, FL
  • Tulsa, OK
  • Rochester, NY
  • Keystone, CO
  • Columbus, OH
  • Waterbury, CT
  • West Palm Beach, FL
  • Sonoma Valley, CA
  • Andover, MA
  • Breckinridge, CO
  • Tysons Corner, VA
  • Waterville Valley, NH
  • Orlando, FL
  • Indianapolis, IN
  • Spartanburg, SC
  • Waterville Valley, NH
  • Keystone, CO
  • Austin, TX
  • Pasadena, CA
  • Greensboro, NC
  • Grand Rapids, MI
  • Fort Worth, TX
  • Watkins Glen, NY
  • Lake Lanier, GA
  • Elkhart Lake, WI
  • Birmingham, AL
  • Columbus, OH
  • Monterey, CA
  • Beaver Creek, CO
  • Absecon, NJ
  • Monterey, CA
  • New Orleans, LA
  • Pittsburgh, PA
  • Greenville, SC

BMW CCA Club Racing

The BMW CCA organizes and oversees the BMW CCA Club Racing series, one of the largest single-marque amateur racing series in the United States.

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Begun in , BMW CCA Club Racing has grown to nearly 50 races annually, organized by region, with more than a dozen classes for different models and levels of modification.[7]

Techfest

Techfest is not currently an active program.

The BMW CCA Techfest was a national three- to four-day gathering of Club members and BMW technical experts and vendors. Techfest presented lectures, panels, and technical instruction workshops aimed at informing BMW owners on advanced repair and maintenance techniques, and also provided a forum for independent service providers and aftermarket vendors to performance off their wares and services.

Techfest was held in the Los Angeles, California area. Techfest was in Reston, Virginia. There was no event in In , Techfest was hosted in St. Louis, Missouri.

Founded in Boston in[ 2 ] the organization began as an owner-support network, the club exists as a separate entity from BMW AG and its North American subsidiary, although there is a close working relationship, such as discounts on vehicles and parts provided to club members by the company. Five Regional Vice Presidents, who serve on the board, represent the interests of the chapters. Each chapter is an independent corporation chartered by BMW CCA and operates within with minimum standards of service to the membership. This aid is dedicated to preserving the history of the BMW marque in the U.

The last Techfest was held in in Tacoma, Washington.[8]

Techfest was the successor to the long-running Gateway Tech, which was held annually by the Saint Louis BMW Club, a BMW CCA chapter, starting in Although it was presented by the St.

Louis chapter and staffed mostly by volunteers from that chapter, and remained a chapter event, Gateway Tech eventually became sanctioned as a regional event by BMW CCA. Gateway Tech was always held in the St. Louis, Missouri area, but attendees came from all over the United States.

The last Gateway Tech under that name was held in For , Gateway Tech's successor event, Techfest, returned the gathering to its roots in St. Louis, Missouri.

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