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In The Autoblog Garage: BMW X6 XDrive 35i Click above for high-res gallery of the BMW X6 XDrive 35i You know things have gone awry when BMW now offers three different flavors of non-cars, all of them antithetical to the Bavarian brand's classical claim to fame. The X6 is the latest addition to the range, joining the X3 and X5, and BMW is calling it a Sports Activity Coupe, creating an acronym that's oddly prescient for a vehicle that's essentially a post-bris X5. Beyond the looks that are an acquired taste, we wanted to know if there's BMW... Article added: 2008-12-02 10:58:46 Article Views Rating: 171
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: 183
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: 185
BMW will drop high-revving NA engines for turbocharged units BMW has decided that they will move away from the high-revving, naturally aspirated engines for their high-performance models. The first to benefit from a turbocharged direct-injection engine is the new M-powered X6.[source] Article added: 2008-11-28 08:54:00 Article Views Rating: 127
BMW switching to turbocharged M cars After two decades of normally-aspirated high-revving engines shoehorned under the hoods of its M cars, BMW is changing direction and will begin to offer direct-injection turbocharged powerplants in its future high-performance flagships. The German automaker is blaming tough environmental emission standards and the soaring manufacturing costs of the specialty-built V8 and V10 engines found in today's M3, M5, and M6 models for its decision. We also suspect the fact that both Audi and Mercedes-Benz have... Article added: 2008-11-28 08:53:57 Article Views Rating: 132
RUMOR: Will The Cancelled BMW CS Concept Be Re-incarnated as a Rolls-Royce? The hottest rumor i came upon at the LA Auto show was that the BMW CS concept although cancelled, was going to be re-incarnated by the Gents over at Rolls-Royce and become a straight on competitor, to the Aston Martin Rapide.And boy, was I digging THAT when I heard the rumor.So I at the BMW/Rolls dinner i approached a couple execs and asked them flat out if I was on to something.And the answer was...NOT gonna happen.So I went into my diatribe telling them that it might be an awesome idea if they really... Article added: 2008-11-27 08:21:51 Article Views Rating: 159
Video: BMW launches Z4 teaser and countdown BMW has launched a mini-site counting down to the launch of the next-generation BMW Z4. In a campaign called “An expression of joy,” BMW starts off with a creepy teaser that later becomes fun and exciting! Yay!What colour is driving pleasure? What shape is passion? Watch the invisible become visible very soon.Of course the answer is the BMW Z4 but you can find out more Dec. 15th by checking out the BMW site for yourself.Follow the jump for the video...[source] Article added: 2008-11-27 08:21:47 Article Views Rating: 156
BMW Fender Gills- Are they the price of admission for Luxury Styling? I am baffled by a recent phenomenon in the automotive styling world. It seems non-functional, plastic fender gills are now the price of entry in the luxury market. I first took notice of this trend in the 2000 BMW M3.The overall styling of the E46 M3 was primarily non-offensive, excluding the cancerous growth on the hood dubbed "the power dome" and the plastic gills on the fenders.The M3 gills coincided with the BMW Z8, a supercar with super-retro styling sans LSD. I liked the Z8, at the time, and... Article added: 2008-11-27 08:21:36 Article Views Rating: 161
VIDEO: BMW Z4 countdown site launched, car coming Dec. 15! We were half-expecting the next generation BMW Z4 to be revealed at last week's LA Auto Show, but instead, we got an eye-full of the new twin-turbocharged V8 7-series and its ActiveHybrid variant. Yesterday, came word that the new coupe and roadster would be unveiled sometime next month and now, we've got a date: December 15th. BMW has launched a teaser site at http://www.bmw.com/joy that seems to imply that the Z4 will come in a variety of vibrant colors. Either that, or BMW is trying its hand at... Article added: 2008-11-27 08:21:35 Article Views Rating: 163
BMW working on compact Z2 roadster with hybrid variant Insiders suggest that BMW’s project-i is on the run on a half blood brainchild anent the z2 and execute a will estate what it has learned with the. Rumor has her that bmw is again accomplishment accidental an rectilinear lower roadster dubbed the z2. Them commandment be in existence a compact soft-top roadster that will be extant based on bmw’s 1-series platform. The 2010 BMW z4 is expected to be a hard-top convertible that will be found faster... Article added: 2008-11-26 06:44:21 Article Views Rating: 221 |
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