Wheels & Weisswürscht

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What do you get when you combine a Cars & Coffee–style meet in Munich with hearty Bavarian food and drinks, a stunning mix of cars and bikes, and backing from one of the biggest automotive manufacturers in the world? You get Wheels & Weisswürscht.

Held on select Saturdays from May through September, Wheels & Weisswürscht is much like Cars & Kopi: an informal gathering that brings together both classic and youngtimer vehicles, or as the Germans say, Old- und Youngtimer, of all makes and models. The event takes place on the historic home turf of BMW Group Classic, creating the perfect setting for enthusiasts to celebrate motoring heritage in true Bavarian style.

I’d seen pictures of this meet on social media before and had always hoped to attend one day. Happily, we managed to drop by while in town for the IAA Mobility Show, and as you’d expect, this being Munich, it did not disappoint one bit!

As with every meet, including our own Cars & Kopi, there are certain cars I’m certainly more drawn to so let’s begin with my favourite, you would have no doubt have already seen it in the cover image, no prizes for guessing why.

Yes, it’s this absolutely gorgeous race-spec ’02 with all the period-correct hot bits, Alpina pig cheeks, fat, wide Minilites, a wild cluster of spotlights, and a stripped-out cabin that looks like it’s just itching for its next rally stage.

This ’02 is seriously cool. I’d imagine it was no less built under the bonnet.

Coming in a close second was this incredibly purple E31 850CSi with an equally purple interior! The official name of that exterior paint? Lila Metallic Individual, a special, custom-spec shade with only 15 cars ever produced in this colour. This particular example turned it up a notch with a tasteful selection of Hamann bits sprinkled throughout. Absolutely gorgeous.

Parked next to a standard E31, already a special sight on its own, you could really see just how wild this violet 850CSi looked!

I do hope you’d agree with me that it is near impossible to not be enthralled by an E30 M3, especially an immaculately kept exanple in EVO II spec! This particular beauty is owned by Anders Warming, current head of Designworks and BMW Group Advanced Design, and Director of Design at Rolls-Royce.

This Z4 M Coupe was also extremely beautiful finished in a very rare shade of Sepang Bronze.

I’ve got extremely fond memories of this Z4 generation, the Z4 M Roadster was actually the first BMW I ever got to test-drive for an automotive review, some 18 years ago. Electrifying then, electrifying now. I still remember grinning from ear to ear, not wanting to give the keys back, and how massive an impression it left on me. Honestly, it’s still one of the best drives I’ve ever had. Maybe one day I’ll own one. Until then… well, I’ll just keep admiring from afar.

That being said, I do feel rather bless to have at least achieved one of my dream cars, even if mine is still currently sitting in the workshop.

There were quite a good number of ’02s around so I was kept rather happy.

Even a couple of proper Neue Klasse cars showed up! It’s Munich, what do you expect?

This 1800 looked really good. I remember these cars languishing in value not too long ago, but they’ve since shot up considerably, and who knows? With the reintroduction of the Neue Klasse nomenclature, they might climb even higher.

This 2000CS Neue Klasse Coupe was rather pretty too. Interesting bit I learnt about these cars is that they share their, almost impossible to source, pitman arm setups with RHD 2002s, LHD 2002s have a much simpler design with plenty of spares, guess how I know?

Sitting high on my desirability list are these Z1s, with their absolutely wild designs. Doors that sink into the sills, motorcycle-style dash gauges, and a plastic body engineered to be swapped out for instant color changes. Honestly, whoever gave this car the green light for production deserves a medal! Sadly, they only made these in LHD forms so they will never see the light of day on our local roads.

Also interesting, albeit a little strange, is that the Z1 actually shares a chassis code with the 3-Series of its time: the E30. Yes, both of them are technically E30s, I’m pretty sure it has cause some confusion when ordering parts.

Outside of the BMW sphere, there’s a car many might consider mundane—but seeing a W201 in this condition and spec today is becoming increasingly rare and is quickly becoming a IYKYK classic.

One car I didn’t quite expect, and which gave me some strange feelings, was this S30. I’ve seen plenty of these back in their homeland, but spotting one in Bavaria was certainly an interesting sight. It must take a truly dedicated classic JDM enthusiast to maintain one of these here.