Archive for June, 2011
An Era Has Ended: Dr. Mario Theissen Retires
An era has ended: On Wednesday Mario Theissen was officially bade farewell during an emotional event in Munich’s BMW Classic. On 1st July Jens Marquardt assumes sole responsibility for BMW’s …
BMW NA to Offer 640i N55 Coupe in the US
It’s not unsurprising given the 740i but Autblog has confirmed that BMW NA intends on offering a six cylinder 6 Series Coupe for the first time in the US since …
Autocar Drives the Alpina B5 Biturbo Touring
Another day, another car the North American Market won’t be seeing. But once again this is still pretty pertinent for all markets. For one we believe Alpina will have a …
The 1M Drifts the Highest Helipad in the World
Brought to you by the same team that created the 1M vs the Concrete Walls commercial we featured a few weeks back, this installment shows the (seemingly) 1M going in …
BMW Updates X1 with sDrive20d EfficientDynamics Edition
Longest name ever? Check. An engine that likely won’t come to North America? Check. But before you start scrolling for the next story this is an interesting car in that …
Is it Really About Lap Times For ///M?
Once upon a time there was a car, it was a fast car. This car went around, what is considered by many sports car aficionados the most demanding race track …
F10 M5: Fastest Sedan at the ‘Ring with a 7:55
Or so claims fastestlaps.com (courtesy of Bimmerboost). That’s 18 seconds faster than the E60 M5 and over half a minute faster than the E39 M5. According to the source it …
Nurburgring 24 Hours Race: Ultimate Gallery
Flickr member and BMW fan ‘backfromleave’ has what looks to be the best photo-set we’ve seen yet of the Nurburgring 24 Hours held this weekend. Everything from the new M3 …
BMW M3 at Nurburgring 24 Hours: Ultimate Gallery
From day to night and into day again. It was an incredible race full of spectacular crashes and even better racing. And while BMW didn’t capture the overall win as …
Nurburgring 24 Hours: BMW Finishes 2nd
While it wasn’t the result BMW had hoped for, 2nd place at the Nurburgring 24 Hours isn’t a bad place to be. The winner this year was the Manthey Porsche …
Nurburgring 24 Hours: Team Schubert BMW Z4 Flies Off Track
We showed you the M3 GT diving its way through traffic without incident. Now we’ll show you what happens when it all goes wrong. Remember that gorgeous Z4 Coupe race …
