Archive for June, 2011
BMW M3 CRT (Carbon Racing Technology) Mega-Gallery
BMW used a special M Night event in Germany to reveal its new M3 Carbon Racing Technology sedan just days before the 2011 Nurburgring 24 Hours endurance race , which took place this past weekend and in which BMW’s own M3 GT race car managed to finish in second place overall.
Unofficial: BMW F10 M5 sets fastest production sedan time at the Ring with 7:55 lap
Perhaps the ultimate in bragging rights for any performance automobile worth its Nordschleife bumper sticker.
BMW Reveals New 2012 M5 Nurburgring Taxi
The Nrburgring taxi gets upgraded to the newest-generation 2012 BMW M5 next year.
Video: BMW 1 M Coupe Wows Jeremy Clarkson
Ironically, in the same weekend BMWBLOG”s founder Horatiu is in Munich to pick up his 1M Coupe , season 17 of Top Gear debuted on the BBC with, wouldn’t you know it, a review of a Valencia Orange BMW 1M Coupe! At the outset of the review, I was concerned about hearing Clarkson pan yet another BMW, something he’s prone to do. However, the there was no disdain, no negatives – only elation. Early on, Clarkson compares the 1M Coupe to the iconic Volkswagen GTI Mk I, no small statement considering the legacy of the GTI as a game-changer upon its debut.
M Festival Photos: BMW M3 Frozen Black
Among several BMWs present at the M Festival, an unique M3 stood out. They say “good things come in three” and the statement cannot be closer to the truth this time.
New Video: 2012 F10 BMW M5
BMW UK releases another video ad of the highly emotional 2012 BMW M5 . Unveiled this week at the M Festival, the new M5 is shaping up to be one of the best M cars built to date
F1 circuits want 18,000rpm for new engine rules
(Inautonews.com/GMM) The vast majority of the formula one race promoters are threatening to boycott the sport over proposed engine rules for the future. The FIA is set to scrap the controversial four-cylinder rules for 2013 after the teams and engine makers agreed instead to run turbo V6 engines in 2014. But every grand prix race promoter except > Read complete article inside…
Schumacher must trigger 2012 contract option
(Inautonews.com/GMM) Michael Schumacher can decide if he stays at Mercedes or hangs up his formula one comeback at the end of this season.
Alguersuari ’shuts mouths’ with improved form
(Inautonews.com/GMM) Jaime Alguersuari was asked on Sunday if he hoped his improved form in the month of June had silenced the doubters. Daniel Ricciardo is waiting in the wings at Toro Rosso and Spaniard Alguersuari’s sagging form in 2011 had marked him out as the cockpit occupant most likely to make way
Media slams Vettel’s ’snooze control’ in Valencia
(Inautonews.com/GMM) The media slammed the sagging spectacle of Sunday’s European grand prix. After seven exciting races boosted by the new overtaking ‘DRS’ system and heavily degrading Pirelli tyres, the formula did not conspire to spice up the usually-processional action on the streets of Valencia
