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It’s Like MotoringFile vs BimmerFile in Video Form

MotoringFile Sections: //M3\\, MINI, Video Jul 10th, 2010 3 Comments


Paul Walker Races 650hp Mini Cooper in Supercharged BMW M3

It’s Saturday so what could be better than a video of a 650hp Mini Cooper racing a Supercharged BMW M3 E92.



BMW Celebrated 25 Years of the M3 (w/Full Gallery)

MotoringFile Sections: //M3\\, Official News Jul 10th, 2010 1 Comment

Official Release: The anticipation began in August 1985. That summer Germany’s automobile magazines built up their readers’ expectations for the fastest 3 Series BMW of all times. The key data revealed a sports car that would punch way above its class: 200 hp, top speed in excess of 230 km/h, sprint from a standing start to 100 km/h inside 6.7 seconds. However, the story was that “the most dynamic BMW 3 Series drivers” would have to wait until mid-1986. The pundits were right on that count. But one prediction missed the mark by a mile: anyone who “wants to be in the A Team needs to be turbocharged under the bonnet”. Not true.

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The Best Looking E92 M3 Yet?

MotoringFile Sections: //M3\\ Jun 28th, 2010 4 Comments

BMW NA is officially rolling the new range of Carbon Fiber accessories for the M3 and we thought it was a good opportunity to take another look at a car most of us can’t get enough of. The current E92 M3 with the Competition Package is nothing if not aggressive. In fact we’d have to say it’s our favorite E90 era 3 Series ever (sans the GT3 of course).

So for no real good reason, we present you the 2011 M3 with Competition Package in Alpine White.



Frozen Grey M3: Gone in 15 Minutes

MotoringFile Sections: //M3\\ Jun 21st, 2010 2 Comments

This comes to no surprise to us here at BF but the limited Frozen Gray ///M3 coupes sold out in under 15 minutes. If you tuned in to our recent BimmerCast you heard our take on this special matte car and may note that we were pretty close in our estimated time for them selling out.

Thirty 2011 M3 Coupes claimed in less than fifteen minutes after lines open.

Woodcliff Lake, NJ – June 21, 2010… Less than fifteen minutes after the hotline opened to reserve one of only thirty 2011 BMW Frozen Gray M3 Coupes, each has been reserved for sale. Customers will be able to take delivery of the 2011 Frozen Gray M3 Coupe through an Authorized BMW Center starting later this month.

“We leapt at the chance to bring this truly special vehicle to the United States,” said Larry Koch, M Brand Manager for BMW of North America. “The Frozen Gray M3 is a striking work of sculpture, speed, and style, and perfectly marks the 25th birthday of the M3 model. I’m personally thrilled to see that our customers are as excited about it as we are. We filled the thirty reservation slots within twelve minutes and took the names of at least fifty alternates in the first hour. The 2011 Frozen Gray M3 Coupe will be one of the most unique BMW vehicles ever imported to the US.”

BMW at the Goodwood Festival of Speed

MotoringFile Sections: //M3\\, Official News Jun 21st, 2010 No Comments

BMW is a long time sponsor of the Goodwood Festival of Speed and for the 2010 event the Bavarian manufacturer will roll out not only some cars and motorcycles from its glorious heritage but also a selection of the hottest current cars and its latest Art Car. It will be the perfect marriage of BMW past, present and future.

Something old…

Exactly 70 years after BMW achieved its most famous victory up to that date, the 1940 Mille Miglia winning 328 Touring Coupé will climb Goodwood’s hill. This unique car comes to Goodwood fresh from competing in the 2010 Mille Miglia. Driven by Guiliano Cané, several times a winner of this regularity competition, the Touring Coupé won the event outright, covering the 1,000 miles without a single technical hitch. It is believed to be the first time that the very same car has won the recreated Mille Miglia as well as the original event itself.

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BimmerCast #24: It’s MINI vs BMW with Whiteroofradio (+ BMW News)

MotoringFile Sections: //1M\\, //M3\\, BimmerCast, F10 5 Series, MINI Jun 20th, 2010 10 Comments

Big show tonight. We invited our good friends from Whiteroofradio (the MINI podcast the is arguably the most popular independent automotive podcast on iTunes) to talk BMW and to talk BMW vs MINI. It’s a throw-down and I think it’s pretty clear who the winner is at the end.

We also talk BMW news. The 1M of course followed by some diesel talk (if you want to know what the next diesel BMW NA is bringing, listen), our 550i review and of course we talk about the new Frozen Grey Edition M3.

But what about the new front wheel drive BMW and how it relates to MINI? We dive into this with the WRR guys and talk about the challenges BMW is going to have sharing a chassis and engines.

Finally there’s the 24 Hours of LeMans. Not BMW’s finest hour and we dissect what happened and why.

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BMW Model Number Cheat Sheet

Classics
E9 CS (1968-1976)
E10 2002 (1967-1977)

1 Series
E81/82/88 1 Series (2004-)
F20 1 Series

3 Series
E21 3 Series (1975-1983)
E30 3 Series (1982-1993
E36 3 Series (1991-2000)
E46 3 Series (1999-2006)
E90/E91/E92/E93 3 Series (2006-)
F30 3 Series (2013-)

5 Series
E12 5 Series (1972-1981)
E28 5 Series (1981-1988)
E34 5 Series (1987-1995)
E39 5 Series (1995-2002)
E60/E61 5 Series (2003-2010)
F07 5 Series GT (2010-)
F10 5 Series (2011-)

6 Series
E24 6 Series (1976-1989)
E63 6 Series (2005-)
E64 6 Series Conv. (2006-)
F12 6 Series (2012-)

7 Series
E23 7 Series (1977-1987)
E32 7 Series (1988-1994)
E38 7 Series (1995–2001)
E65/E66 7 Series (2001-2008)
F01/02 7 Series (2009-)

8 Series
E31 8 Series (1989-1999)

X Series
E84 X1 (2009-)
E83 X3 (2004-2011)
F25 X3 (2011-)
E53 X5 (1999-2006)
E70 X5 (2006-)
E71 X6 (2008-)

Z Series
E36/7 Z3 Roadster
E36/7 Z3 Coupe (1995-2001)
E86 Z4 Coupe (2006-2009)
E85 Z4 Roadster (2002-2009)
E86 Z4 M Coupe (2006-2009)
E89 Z4 Roadster (2009-)
E52 Z8 (2000-2003)

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