Engine of the year results

June 24, 2010 by Lupica G. · 1 Comment
Filed under: Audi, BMW, Fiat, Mercedes, Toyota, VW 

The 2010 International Engine of the Year awards seen an end to proceedings and in that end there were ten different engines being honored in 11 categories, plus an overall winner chosen.

VW 1.4 TSI engine

VW 1.4 TSI engine - Overall best engine of the year

The engines were rated by a jury of automotive journalists from around the world had the difficult task of rating the engines and ranking each of them in categories that featured sizes from sub 1 liter three cylinders to a 6.2 liter V8 and go from mild to wild.
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U.S. Special edition BMW M3 sold out incredibly fast

June 22, 2010 by Lupica G. · Leave a Comment
Filed under: BMW 

After teasing U.S. buyers about a week ago, just before the weekend BMW USA revealed what they’d been preparing, a special edition of the 2010 E92 BMW M3.

2011 BMW Frozen Gray M3 Coupe

2011 BMW Frozen Gray M3 Coupe

The special edition headed stateside is entitled the BMW Frozen Gray M3 Coupe and it went on sale On Monday, June 21, 2010 at exactly 11:30 AM.
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Life Ball event sees the Mini get a makeover from the fashion world

June 19, 2010 by Lupica G. · Leave a Comment
Filed under: BMW, Mini 

The biggest HIV/AIDS charity event in Europe isn’t very far away as it is scheduled to take place in Vienna on 17th July 2010 and within the program there will be a raffle with profits being sent of to funds for the cause at hand.

Life Ball

Life Ball

The winners of this raffle will be getting a pretty interesting prize in the form of a very special mixture between the automotive world and the global fashion scene as three Minis are getting a complete makeover.
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BMW M3 Coupe from App Europe

June 14, 2010 by Lupica G. · Leave a Comment
Filed under: BMW 

The BMW M3 Coupe gets a new tuning package, I know that’s not big news since this car is so loved by tuning companies a new kit springs up once every two weeks or so but this one is a bit different.

App Europe BMW M3 Coupe

App Europe BMW M3 Coupe

Firstly, it’s creators App Europe don’t advertise it as a fire breathing monster with swollen wheel arches, wings fit on the Red Baron’s plane and other such accessories.
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Morgan EvaGT teaser sketch

June 13, 2010 by Lupica G. · Leave a Comment
Filed under: BMW 

One of the most charismatic British manufacturers, the yardstick for tradition and craftsmanship has just released a teaser photo containing a sketch of their next release.

Morgan EvaGT teaser

Morgan EvaGT teaser

The car which has its lines featured in the shot is the Morgan 2+2 EvaGT.
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Saab in discussion with BMW on 9-2 compact

June 12, 2010 by Lupica G. · Leave a Comment
Filed under: BMW, Saab, Spyker 

The Swedish at Saab and their Dutch owners at Spyker have been looking for a partner to aid production of a modern Saab 92 and we now have a potential partner for the affair.

SAAB Logo

SAAB Logo

The partners in question are the Bavarians from BMW.
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Some details on 2011 BMW X3

June 4, 2010 by Lupica G. · Leave a Comment
Filed under: BMW 

BMW have just announced a few details on the future generation of their X3, and a small number of “spy shots” prior to the car’s debut, scheduled for the Paris Auto Show this year.

2011 BMW X3

2011 BMW X3

The Bavarians are hoping that the new design and the new engineering that is going to be found on this car will continue the market success the first generation (E83) had as since its launch in 2003 there have been more than 600.000 sold.
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BMW Gran Coupe Concept At Beijing 2010

April 24, 2010 by Robert · Leave a Comment
Filed under: BMW, Concept Cars 

This BMW Gran Coupe made us a very pleasant surprise at Beijing Auto Show 2010, it wants to go against the new generation of Mercedes CLS and with the future Audi A7 and those are the official details and photos with this car. Three years ago BMW impress us with a luxurious coupe with four doors, I’m talking about BMW CS Concept, and now in 2010 also in China BMW gives us this amazing Gran Coupe.

This BMW Gran Coupe has 5 meters length and only 1.4 meters height. The front side of this concept is different from the 5 Series thanks to the headlights and to the narrow grille. The spoiler is entirely modified providing two aggressive holes on the side.

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New Details About BMW M5

April 21, 2010 by Robert · Leave a Comment
Filed under: BMW 

This new generation of BMW M5 will be an extreme sport car, the power will be incredible and is very close to the series version. This will be the most powerful BMW ever, coming with the same V8 twin turbo engine from BMW X5M, but on this model the power will go up to 570 horsepower and a torque of 650 Nm.

Compared with the recent version which has a V10 engine at 5.0 liter capacity and develops 507 horsepower and a maximum torque of 520 Nm, the new generation announces with 0.3 seconds faster, going from 0 to 100 km/h in 4.4 seconds. The actual RS6 will no longer be the fastest car from parking lot, and also the E63 AMG will be with 0.1 seconds slower than the future M5.

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2011 BMW 528i pricing for the US

April 17, 2010 by Lupica G. · Leave a Comment
Filed under: BMW 

BMW‘s new 5 series has been a recent fascination of the media especially since the pricing announced for the 2011 535i and the 2011 550i are nothing short of great value.

2011 BMW 5 Series

2011 BMW 5 Series

Today they have announced that the 528i BMW that is set to go on sale in 2010 will be available for everyone who’s pockets hold $45,425 (this includes $875 destination and handling charges).

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