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Entries for January, 2011

BMW to share a new hybrid powertrain with Mini

Mainly trying to reduce the production costs or for any other reason, the Germans from BMW will create a new hybrid powertrain that will be shared with the British sub-brand Mini. According to the first details, the new hybrid powertrain will use of course the electric engine and the 1.6-liter petrol unit able to develop [...]

BMW officially introduces the new 2.0-liter TwinPower Turbo unit to the U.S. this year

Shortly after we talked about the new 2.0-liter TwinPower Turbo engine, the Germans from BMW officially announce that the unit in question comes to the U.S. market later this year and replaces the naturally aspirated 3.0-liter six-cylinder propeller. The new 2.0-liter turbo engine develops around 245 horsepower and the Germans say that it’s a good [...]

BMW Z5 Concept renderings revealed by Turkish designers

Thanks to two Turkish designers, İsmet Çevik and Fatih Tezel we get the opportunity to see how a future BMW Z model will look like. In fact, they called it BMW Z5, which should be the very next model bearing the Z badge but it is clearly that the model presented in these renderings approaches [...]

BMW M3 Touring E91 most probably to be produced – rendering available!

According to some rumors there is a very big chance to see in the future a Touring version of the BMW M3 E91. Developing a Touring version of the M model which is of course not designed for the circuit but fits best a family driver is not that spectacular mainly considering that the Germans [...]

VIDEO: BMW reveals serious driver training area in East Germany

Somewhere in the East Germany, BMW developed a secret area build in the place where in the past was a soviet military airpoty and show us some training skills of specially trained drivers. This training base is presented as the perfect place for anyone who needs advanced driving skills even they have a risky job [...]

BMW M3 E92 Track Edition debuts in Netherlands

BMW decided to unveil a new limited edition, this time designed for the Dutch market. The base model is the BMW M3 E92 which suffered few modifications such as the special matte gray exterior and a new high performance exhaust system. The BMW M3 E92 Track Edition is specially deisgned for the Dutch market and [...]

BMW and Brilliance Auto to develop together the 5 Series F10 EV for China

Considering the tremendous increase of 87% saw last year by the German manufacturer on the Chinese market comparing to 2009, BMW decided to give more and more attention to this market and to manufacture an electric version of the current BMW 5 Series F10. At this moment, BMW is building the standard 5 Series F10 [...]

VIDEO: BMW ConnectedDrive concept teaser

Expected probably at the upcoming Geneva Motor Show, the Germans revealed a teaser where we can subtle admire the new ConnectedDrive concept which follows to be fully unveiled soon. This German concept comes also as an anniversary one, the automobile industry celebrating this year “125 years of the automobile”. Also, BMW has quite enough reason [...]

BMW 1 Series E87 controled through a Nokia C7 mobile phone

Nokia together with two young developers teamed up and managed to develop a software and also a system which fitted on a BMW 1 Series transform it into a remote control car. The software has been created for the Nokia C7 Symbian smartphone in around 20 days, which is fast, indeed. The results speak for [...]

2012 BMW 1 Series (F20) spied in Northern Europe

Somewhere in some frozen lands, the Germans from BMW are testing the future 1 Series generation, tests which seem to be pretty advanced as they are forcing the model’s abilities in difficult road conditions. The new BMW 1 Series F20 is expected to debut somewhere next year or late 2011 at a major auto show. [...]

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