Sections: //M3\\, Video Dec 21st, 2010 No Comments Looking back at the racing history of the E30 M3 as well a look ahead to BMW’s return to DTM, this video is details the M3′s racing roots.
Sections: Project i Dec 21st, 2010 2 Comments 
BMW i. Get used to it because that is likely the name of BMW’s new high efficiency sub-brand. It’s not too much of a shock given that BMW had previously registered i1, i2, i3, i4, i5, i6, i7, i8 and i9 as trademarks that clearly denoted vehicle lines. But what is new is the confirmation based on registering the logo above (via Scott27). Will it stand for something (a la Isetta) or be a standalone? And speaking of options what happened to the idea of using the “iSetta” name? We’ll know more soon.
Sections: //1M\\, Video Dec 21st, 2010 2 Comments BMW has released a full 11 minutes of the 1M with a healthy sprinkling of the E30 M3 for good measure. Once you get past the typical stationary BMW exterior shots we actually get a chance to see the 1M and then both cars taking on the Ascari racetrack in Spain.
Highlights include:
Sections: EfficientDynamics, In the Press, Official News, Opinion, Sales/Marketing Dec 21st, 2010 7 Comments 
As we have been reporting, BMW has green lighted the Vision Efficient Dynamics car which made its debut at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show. There is a road worthy prototype being tweaked and tested as you read this. It features the promised three cylinder diesel and two electric motor system as originally promised. This is cutting edge technology packaged in radically styled vehicle.
The slippery exterior features BMWs new and much talked about “air curtains” to decrease turbulence and drag but the real conversation piece is the aforementioned propulsion system which is capable of exerting 328 horses, has a 31 mile electric only range, an estimated fuel economy of around 63 mpg and a total range of 435 miles. BMW states it is as fast as the recently departed M6.
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Sections: Motorrad, Video Dec 20th, 2010 3 Comments BMW’s latest in its series of “Unscripted” videos. This time it’s all Motorrad.
Sections: //1M\\ Dec 19th, 2010 5 Comments No we can’t get enough of this car. M-Power.com just posted a video showing a BMW M test driver thoroughly thrashing a 1M in the name of tire smoke for an upcoming official video. The result is copious amounts of smoke billowing out of ginormous rear haunches. We love it.
Sections: //M3\\, Motorsport, Uncategorized, Video Dec 17th, 2010 2 Comments Today’s ALMS “Friday Flashback” takes us back to Road America in 2006 for the GT2 duel between Jörg Bergmeister and Joey Hand. Bergmeister, driving a Porsche for Petersen Motorsports/White Lightning Racing at the time, had to come back to best Hand’s BMW M3 from the BMW Team PTG stable after the 911 went off in the waning minutes. Included below is a comparison in-car from this year’s Road America race from the winning BMW Rahal Letterman Racing BMW M3 GT.
BERGMEISTER V. HAND: ROAD AMERICA 2006
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Sections: //1M\\ Dec 17th, 2010 6 Comments 
Last month we brought you Chris Harris’ video review of the 1M. Today we have the written companion piece from EVO.com. But we have to warn you. If you are tired of people heaping praise on the 1M stop right here. Because this above all reviews we’ve read is the most detailed, well articulated and (above all else) positive.
We’ve made no secret are admiration for Harris in the past. He’s an E28 M5 owner and a former owner of several M3s (including a E92). He knows the brand and (perhaps more importantly) knows that sometimes the most successful M cars aren’t always the latest.
So with that said, let’s take a look at a few excerpts starting with the way he begins the review:
There isn’t another car I want to be my everyday companion in 2011 as much as a new 1-series M Coupe. The car I drove wasn’t the finished item, the pricing has yet to be fixed and there are a few areas of criticism, but overall nothing that stops me badly wanting one of these things.
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