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VIDEO: CGI be damned! Inside the BMW M3's V8 Click above to view the BMW M3 ad.Ever since Industrial Light and Magic dropped Jurassic Park onto the scene, it's rare to see a movie, TV show or advertisement that doesn't involve some form of CGI. It's amazing what can be done by a handful of programmers and a case of RedBull, but something gets lost in translation when computerized effects are used in place of their analog forbearers. The advertising firm IdeaCity recognized this and melded high-tech wizardry with old-school filmmaking to create an... Article added: 2008-04-08 05:07:00 Article Views Rating: 187
Who Wins The STUD Test? BMW 135i Or Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution MR "There we found the perfect 135i competitor: a 300-horsepower, two-door, four-passenger, rear-drive sports car that comes in at $28,000, but can hit the mid-30s fully loaded.Then we sobered up and realized that nobody cross-shops a BMW against a Mustang. So we rolled up our sleeves and dug past some of the usual disqualifiers to focus on concepts like pure performance and fun factor. Which is how we arrived at the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution MR-two extra doors, two fewer cylinders... Article added: 2008-04-13 17:14:11 Article Views Rating: 187
BMW to add further features, complications, to iDrive These days, technology and customization go hand-in-hand. Laptop computers and MP3 players now come in a rainbow of colors and your computer's operating system can be made to suit your unique preferences. BMW has big plans in store for its oft-criticized iDrive system which would make it and the vehicle in which it's installed extremely customizable as well. Simple choices such as color schemes and screensavers for the iDrive's graphical user interface pale in comparison to the ability to adjust... Article added: 2008-06-02 06:48:31 Article Views Rating: 187
BMW Leads The Way In Latest Brand Quality Survey-VW Takes Corporate Honors Luxury brands once again dominated an annual U.S. automobile quality survey by a California research company, but total quality dropped for the first time in four years, the company said.BMW led all brands in the results released Wednesday by San Diego-based Strategic Vision Inc., followed closely by Hummer, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, Infiniti, Lexus, Land Rover, Cadillac, Lincoln and Volkswagen.Volkswagen AG, which includes Audi, led all corporations with a total quality index score of 892 out of 1,000... Article added: 2008-05-29 04:23:17 Article Views Rating: 186
Usain “Lightning” Bolt endorses the BMW M3 Olympic Champion Usain Bolt tests the BMW M3 / “Love at first sight”.Munich. The world record in the men’s 100 meters stands at 9.69 seconds, whilst a BMW M3 Coupe is capable of reaching 100 km/h in 4.6 seconds. Starting today, three-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt knows what it feels like to travel at both speeds because the 22-year old Jamaican was able to experience the outstanding driving characteristics of his future sports car while driving it to its limits at the BMW Vehicle Test Facility... Article added: 2008-11-28 08:54:01 Article Views Rating: 186
BMW & Mercedes in EV talks with Magna One of the weirdest concepts from the recent Geneva Motor Show wasn’t from a major a carmaker but from independent manufacturer Magna-Steyr. The concept was the Mila Alpin hybrid and it served as a platform to showcase a number of different technologies all in the one vehicle. Features displayed on the Alpin include a new modular design that’s said to make construction cheaper and more efficient, a compact 4WD system capable of climbing terrain at 45 degrees and a mid-engine layout with a hybrid... Article added: 2008-04-01 05:38:19 Article Views Rating: 185
BMW gets into the premium home speaker business You are looking at the new Klipsch® Palladium P-39F floorstanding speakers -- designed by BMW Group DesignworksUSA. The speakers are a collaborative effort between Klipsch and BMW. Klipsch is a leading global manufacturer of high-performance loudspeakers, while BMW DesignworksUSA... well, they design things. In addition to spitting out automobiles like the 3 Series sedan and the Z4, they have applied their artistic wizardry to products including espresso machines, wind turbines, and commercial jets... Article added: 2008-04-23 06:16:44 Article Views Rating: 184
BMW And German Brands Worry Openly About the Biggest Crisis Since WWII More than 1.5 million workers in Germany depend on the automobile industry for their jobs. But that industry is now facing one of its worst crises ever. Respected giants BMW and Mercedes are particularly exposed as sales plummet. It was time for Martin Winterkorn to relax. The exhausted chairman of the VW Group was sitting in a leather seat on the company jet, coming from a conference in Berlin where he warned attendees of the consequences of the financial crisis. It had been a long day. It was 9... Article added: 2008-11-29 08:01:16 Article Views Rating: 184
Officially Official: BMW S 1000 RR race bike Click above for high-res gallery of the BMW S 1000 RRLet the speculation end! BMW has officially pulled the covers off of its S 1000 RR race bike, which will sprout a production model next year. General Director of BMW Motorrad Hendrik von Kuenheim says that the company is committed to building 1,000 units of the new model next year. Featuring a 1000cc inline-four transversely mounted between the frame rails and an upside-down front fork, the RR is rather conventional by BMW standards. This has allowed... Article added: 2008-04-17 14:32:33 Article Views Rating: 181
HAMANN tunes the new BMW E92 M3 Coupe Click above for high-res gallery of the HAMANN-tuned BMW M3 CoupeThere's no denying that the new BMW E92 M3 is a superlative automobile, but that doesn't mean experienced tuning houses like HAMANN can't work their magic and make the best even more best. HAMANN has just introduced its tuning package for the new E92 M3 Coupe and Convertible, which includes two stages of performance tune, upgrades for the suspension and brakes and aerodynamic tweaks. The first stage of tuning bumps power from the car's... Article added: 2008-04-14 17:41:33 Article Views Rating: 180 |
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