Archive for September, 2012

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Farfus Claims Fourth Win of the Season for BMW Motorsport in Valencia

Official Release: Valencia (ES), 30th September 2012. Brazilian debut in Valencia (ES): BMW Team RBM’s Augusto Farfus has won his first DTM race at the “Circuit de la Comunitat”. The …

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The 2012 Paris Motor Show (Full Gallery)

The Paris Motor Show is a big one for the BMW Group. The BMW Active Tourer, F30 M Performance, F21 M135i xDrive just to name a few. Then there’s the …

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The Smoking Tire Pits the Porsche Cayman R Against the BMW 1M

We drove both the Porsche Cayman R and Boxster Spyder last summer and came away decidedly impressed. But against the 1M we felt that both lacked a sense of occasion …

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The BMW M6 Reborn (Video)

Despite the sale stoppage on recall on the M6 due to a faulty oil pump, BMW is still rolling out the marketing and promotional footage. Today we have BMW UK’s …

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The X2; BMW’s Future Compact Crossover Coupe

As BMW goes further down the path of integrating future MINI products into the BMW brand’s own products, the next obvious crossover is with the small crossovers themselves. More specifically …

BMW Motorsport Driver Shows His Wife a Different ‘Ring

As the wife of a BMW works driver you follow countless races closely, always hoping your husband puts in a great result, coming home without a scratch. However, Liri Farfus …

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BMW Halts all Deliveries of the M5 & M6 and Recalls Sold Vehicles

BMW has halted deliveries of the new M5 and M6 and is calling current owners to have their car flat-bedded to dealers due to an issue with the S63TÜ V8 …

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BMW Manufacturing Remains Largest US Vehicle Exporter

BMW Manufacturing Co. announced today that the National Association of Foreign Trade Zones (NAFTZ) recognized the company as its Exporter of the Year. In addition, the NAFTZ recognized BMW as …

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US Exclusive: BMW Individual X6 Performance Edition

It looks like BMWNA is getting the X6 into the mix when it comes to ultra limited edition US spec cars. According to BMWblog the Individual X6 Performance Edition has …

BMW Announces an Additional DTM Team for 2013

BMW Motorsport announces an additional team for 2013- BMW Team MTEK. MTEK will have its headquarters in Garching, not far from BMW M and of course the BMW Motorsport Headquarters …

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Drive Gets Behind the Wheel of Two Turner M3s

Drive, the new and exceptional internet only show on cars, spent some time with famed BMW shop Tuner. More specifically Drive got to take the 535 hp Frozen M3 street …

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Thieves Cloning BMW Keys Finally Stopped?

Throughout Europe there has been an uptick in stolen BMW’s. Not because thieves are flat bedding them away as in years past, but because thieves have gone high tech and …

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Autocar Drives the new Three Cylinder N37 Engine

More reviews are filtering in on the new N37 three cylinder engine, this time from England’s Autocar. As with the others, things are looking interesting… From the first probing nudge …

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BMW Team RLL Finish 4th & 9th at Virginia International Raceway

Official Release: BMW Team RLL finished the inaugural American Le Mans Series race at Virginia International Raceway with the No. 55 M3 GT of Bill Auberlen and Jörg Müller in …