Archive for the 'BMW' Category

BMW announces end of M6 production

Wednesday, September 8th, 2010

Like it or not, it’s officially time to say auf wiedersehen to the potent M6. BMW has just announced that it has ceased production of both the M6 coupe and convertible. The uniquely styled GT cars primarily found favor here in the U.S., with a total of 3,528 of the hardtops and 3,247 convertibles sold on American soil. [...]

More BMW M3 Tiger Edition photos surface

Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

BMW’s new Joy ad campaign looks to have made it to China with the M3 Tiger – or as one Autoblog commenter called it, “the M3 by Ed Hardy.” Part of the continued celebration of a quarter century of M3s and the year of the tiger, the limited edition coupe took part in a photo shoot with [...]

Video: BMW releases second 1 Series M Coupe teaser

Saturday, August 28th, 2010

The achingly slow striptease of the BMW 1 Series M Coupe continues with a 47-second-long spot of the camo-clad coupe bearing just enough sheetmetal to keep us interested. The multi-spoke wheels, drilled discs and quad-exhausts are the only elements not left to the imagination, but the extra vinyl aft of the front wheels is sure to [...]

Report: Wiesmann MF5 exiting production as BMW V10 supply dries up *UPDATE

Tuesday, August 17th, 2010

It’s not easy to build a car without an engine. Shocking news, we know, but it has major ramifications for small boutique automakers that don’t have the resources to design and manufacture powerplants of their own. One such company is Wiesmann, which has historically relied on engines from German automaker BMW. As you may know, Wiesmann’s top-level MF5 [...]

G-Power tuned BMW M5 World’s Fastest Sedan with 231 mph top whack?

Tuesday, August 17th, 2010

The mad scientists at G-Power have reworked the company’s sinister M5 Hurricane into something even more impressive. Meet the M5 Hurricane RR – an 800 horsepower beast that G-Power claims is the fastest sedan in the world. The company started by plopping a new set of superchargers onto the M5 sedan’s already potent BMW V10. With a [...]