Born in the 1960s, Trevor Alder was raised and educated in Essex, England and was eagerly involved in the family horticultural business from a young age. He moved on to become a technical author in the data communications business, employed first by Marconi then BT in his home town of Ipswich. He now works in the electricity distribution industry.

Trevor has been an eager collector of historical printed material from a young age, which has led on to the publication of several books. His collection includes full runs of several UK motoring magazines dating back 90 years, as well as a collection of early Range Rovers.

In 2006 he and his father self built a six-wheel Land Rover which they drove to the Sahara desert and back. Trevor was also responsible for the Transport Source Books road-test reprint book series back in the 1990s.

He is married with grown up children, and enjoys photography, cycling and a new hobby: driving his electric cars.

Contents
Introduction
Early beginnings: Pre-war cars
Post war saloons 1945-1955: 321, 326, 327 & 340
1952-1959 501, 503 & 507
1950s/60s Microcars and 700
New Class from 1962, saloons, coupes & 3200 CS (incl. 2000)
1966-1977 02-Series (1502, 1602 & 2002)
1968-1977 2500 & 2800 (E3 & E9) Saloon & Coupes
1972-1988 5-Series (E12 & E28)
1975-1994 3-Series (E21 & E30)
1976-1999 6-, 7- & 8-Series (E24, E23, E32 & E31)
The 1978-1981 mid-engined M1 (E26)
The later 1987-2003 5-Series (E34 & E39)
Z1, Z3, Z4 & Z8 (1989-2008) roadster and coupes
1990-2006 3-Series (E36 & E46)
1994-2015 7-Series (E38 & E65/6, then F01/02)
New century SUVs: X5, X3, X6 & X1 (E53, E83, E70, E71 & E84)
2003-2010 5-Series & 6-Series (E60/61 & E63/64)
The 2004-2013 Compacts: 1- & 3-series
The future’s electric (i3 & i8)
Appendix 1. E-Series model designations
Appendix 2. Key achievements in motor sport
Appendix 3. Main BMW TV & movie appearances
Index