Apr 15th, 2012
Claudia Hürtgen, Dominik Schwager and Dirk Adorf crossed the line in second place at the Nürburgring-Nordschleife, while team-mates Uwe Alzen and Nico Bastian came home behind them in third place. Victory went to Porsche drivers Jochen Krumbach and Marc Lieb.
The number 19 car, which finished third on Saturday, had started the season with a fine win two weeks ago – and for a long time victory number two seemed well within the grasps of the BMW Z4 GT3. Closely watched by BMW Motorsport Director Jens Marquardt who was on site, Alzen and Bastian had led for long periods of the race and were the only car among the front-runners to have come in for their third and final pit stop when the DMV 4-Hour Race was forced to abort the race prematurely due to heavy hail. As a result, the two BMW Team Schubert drivers dropped back from first to third place. Despite this, the general feeling in BMW Team Schubert was one of great satisfaction after another strong performance in the legendary “Green Hell”, which will host the 40th running of the Nürburgring 24 Hours on 19th and 20th May 2012.
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Dec 8th, 2010
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The Z4 M Coupe. Is a new one coming? We break down the rumor and talk about engines and timeframe. Then of course we turn to the 1M. Yes we’re tired of the strip tease but we’re not tired of hearing about the car. We talk about the enormous modding potential that the engine and beefy drivetrain make possible as well as the rumored 12.12.10 debut.
We then move onto BMW racing in 2011 and some changes for the driver line-up and the elimination of the WTCC factory team.
Finally we talk about the change at MINI Design with head of BMW exterior design Anders Warming replacing the much love Gert Hildebrand. What does it mean for MINI and BMW? All questions we wonder ourselves.
Nov 29th, 2010
As readers by now know, we love the now extinct Z4 ///M Coupe. We have even gone as far as saying it is the ultimate modern ///M. If it was not for practicality more of us enthusiasts would have them parked outside of our homes, but sales suffered and BMW has shied away from discussing making an ///M of the newest drop top Z4.
From the outside it looks like BMW has no interest in building another Z4 ///M, stating poor sales numbers are probable as past efforts have shown. There is one glaring issue that may force BMW to build this car they rather not discuss- they will have no high performance model in that pricepoint once the E9X M3 is set out to pasture in 2012, and a two year gap until the next M3.
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Nov 23rd, 2010
A 1addicts user stumbled onto something. What we can’t be 100% sure but it clearly looks interesting. Here’s an excerpt from the post:
It looks to me that this is confirmation that the new 1M will have 250 Kw N54engine. That is 340 HP. Engine code: N54B3OTO
What is even more interesting is the highlight text! Looks like BMW is thinking about a special US only model with 332 Kw or 451 HP! I personally think this will be the engine that ends up in the next M3. I don’t think BMW will offer a 1M with this sort of HP power. But seeing it on the screen is very interesting indeed!
It also looks to be the very same 1M Engine code: N54B3OTO, which would suggest that with only a tune/SW the 1M engine will make another 100 Hp!!! Food for thought!
Here’s our take this could very well be either the next generation M3 engine or potentially something that shows up in a as yet unknown Z4M or X3M type of prodcut? It certainly is not meant for a 1 Series.
Update: One thing to note – both the 340 hp and the 451 hp version have the same N54B3OTO code name. Could it be possible that the changes are simply on the software side? Can you imagine what that means for molding a 1M?
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