The 2010 Engine of the Year contest has concluded and while our favorite Bavarian car maker hasn’t had an overall win or a performance related win the trophies earned are quite amazing.

The judges at the fabled competition gave BMW a prize for three categories, four if you’re willing to count the Mini Cooper S’s victory.

The first win came in the 1.8 to 2.0 liters category and it went to BMW for their 2 liter inline-four diesel delivers 204 horsepower and 295 pound-feet of torque. Using this engine the 123d delivers 37 mpg even driven to some serious performance driving.

The next win came at the upper category with the BMW N54 taking the glory in the 2.5 to 3.0 liters section and it is a well worth prize as I don’t recall anybody, ever, having something less than great to say about it.

The Bavarians at BMW get another prize in the 3.0 to 4.0 liter category for the S65 4.0 liter V8 engine that can only be found in the M3. That’s pretty much all you need to know.

As an added bonus, the subsidiary company, Mini took best in class at the 1.4 to 1.8 liter category for the engine in the Cooper S for the combination of performance and fuel efficiency.

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BMW have announced today that the BMW ActiveHybrid 7 Series has received certification from the Internal Revenue Service for a tax credit which goes up to $900 under the Alternative Motor Vehicle provision.

In having done so, both versions of wheelbase of the 2010 BMW 7 Series ActiveHybrid join the list of Bavarian creations to qualify for the Alternative Motor Vehicle Tax Credit.

The first of the special German cars to obtain this distinction were the BMW X5 xDrive35d, the BMW Advanced Diesel 335d Sedan and the BMW X6 ActiveHybrid.

The BMW ActiveHybrid 7 is powered by a 4.4L V8 engine that produces 440 horsepower and a peak torque of 475 lb-ft which is mated to a 3-phase synchronous electric motor that produces an additional 15 horsepower and some 41 lb-ft of torque (available from 0 rpm).

The whole setup is teamed with a 8 speed automatic gearbox which will help get the car from 0 to 60 in 4.8 seconds and up to a top speed of 150 mph (electronically limited) and all of these happen while it achieves an EPA rating of 17 mpg city and 26 mpg highway.

If I were the Lexus LS600hL I’d be pretty worried, and this is despite the pretty consistent price bump which will take make the 2010 BMW ActiveHybrid 7 see list pricing start at $103,125.

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Just as the title says, the Bavarians have won the fabled race that ended just hours ago with one of their new BMW M3 GT2’s run by Team Schnitzer.

The No. 25 BMW Team Schnitzer M3 GT2 of Jorg Müller, Augusto Farfus, Uwe Alzen and Pedro Lamy was the car to finish first at the 2010 24 Hours of Nurburgring marking a great comeback to the event.

The offset of the race didn’t look too promising for team BMW as Porsche announced they were ready to make history with their hybrid and Audi had completely dominated the qualifying sessions taking the first four spots on the grid and a lap record.

In the end it turned out that Porsche’s Hybrid system great as it may be isn’t good enough to last a full 24 hours of racing and Audi… well they had lots of problems but we have a good right to feel smug as BMW fans that the Bavarians stuck it to the four ringed company once again.

In full admittance the BMW M3 GT2 was slightly slower than the top competitors but it was far more reliable despite some gearbox concerns towards the end and had backing from a very organised team that helped the car through a radiator change during the night.

The final results of the race were as follows:

1. 25 BMW M3 GT2 – 154 laps
2. 43 Ferrari F430 GTC +3:53.191
3. 97 Audi R8 LMS +1 lap
4. 76 BMW Z4 GT3 +2 laps
5. 102 Audi R8 LMS +2 laps
6. 20 Porsche GT3 Cup S +3 laps
7. 26 BMW M3 GT2 +4 laps
8. 18 Porsche GT3 Cup S +4 laps
9. 69 BMW Z4 GT3 +5 laps
10. 35 Porsche 997 GT3 +6 laps

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BMW haven’t managed to overtake Lexus as top seller in the United States over the past ten decade despite a great product lineup.

This year however, Lexus have suffered quite a bit due to the company recalls.

Despite these “good” news analysts still believe that Lexus will still come in first and BMW will still be trailing even closer behind. What is most likely to be the thing keeping BMW from taking the sales crown in the American states is the wind down of the old 5 series since, in preparation for the June launch of the new model the dealers have … almost run out of cars to sell.

BMW AG global sales chief Ian Robertson stated that the 5 Series amounts to around 25 percent of BMW sales in the states and this issue will be a slight problem but with the launch of the new one it should be covered and he expects sales to register a few digit points of growth which are most likely to keep overall sales at a level pace.

So BMW are doing quite well while Lexus will have to wait for the simple results of the recall issues with the Lexus GX that took a bit off the boost sales Lexus required.

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BMW has announced the introduction of the xDrive intelligent all wheel drive systems on models that don’t have it available yet.

The list of models in cause includes the full 5 Series Gran Turismo range and the BMW 740d.

In the case of the BMW 5 Series GT the xDrive will be an option, starting June 2010, on all engines available for it, more specifically for the 3 liter diesel and the 4.4 liter petrol engine.

According to official BMW data, the 530d xDrive GT will do 0-60 mph in 6.9 seconds, will continue on to 146 mph and will do these feats and eventually average an estimated 41 mpg with a CO2 rating of 183 g/km. As far as the BMW 55oi xDrive GT is concerned, things are a bit different as the sprint to 60 mph from a standstill will be over in 5.4 seconds. The same can be said for the top speed which will be electronically limited to 155 mph. The green data from this beast of a car turns in at around 24 mpg and produces 275 g/km of CO2.

If you may want to have some other options you’ll have to wait for September as that’ll be the release date for the 535i and 535d versions of the GT.

Around that period, the autumn, the BMW 740d will get this option of the xDrive so that it’s 306 horsepower turbo-diesel engine can get down to road better.

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This is a 4×4 of the motorcycles. Why? Because you can use thise motorcycle on high ways and streets as well on off road ground. Of course, you can’t use this motorcycle on difficult off roads or to make some jumps and flips as with an off road motorcycle but it’s still good at that type of road.

I don’t remember very well but I think that the guys from “All Way Down” TV show used this type of motorcycle so it’s very good to make some big rutes with it. It uses a 1,170-cc Boxer engine that can develop up to 110 horsepower. The top speed of the engine is at 8,500 RPM.

I think that any guy that loves motorcycles would make a good ideea about the new 2010 BMW R1200GS. It has quite a big power and there are some cars weaker than this motorcycle. I would love to travel through some contries only on such a motorcycle!

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Yes, it’s closer and closer so another set of spy photos appeared on the internet. You probably got bored but if you want to buy such a car, I recommend you to watch each spy photo to find out any detail about this car.

I noticed a thing talking about the camouflage: on 2010 BMW 5 Series they are sticking the stickers the same way. To make you notice that, I put a spy photo from another set of images (see the last thumbnail). After many talks about this new 2010 BMW 5 Series, they even made a codename for this car: F10.

The base model of the new 2010 BMW 5 Series will be packed with a 2.5 liter engine while the most powerfull model will be packed with a 4.8 liter engine wich will make this car to fly. Now stay tuned to our blog because this is not the last time when you hear things about the new 2010 BMW 5 Series.

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BMW 5 Series Sedan is a class leader being at the same time a very important car from BMW but at the same popularity is the Touring Wagon that we talked about few weeks ago. These spy photos caought the 5 Series Sedan with few camouflage sticks and from what I see, nothing else.

It’s supposed to have an 8 speed transmission with automatic shifter gearbox. There is a very cool option that you can make when you buy a 2010 BMW 5 Series Sedan: the all wheel drive. We know that this option is made particular for SUVs. Anyway, it’s useful at 2010 BMW 5 Series Sedan too because for example, when you get stuck into a hole with the front wheels, you have traction also on the rear wheels.

The 2010 BMW 5 Series Sedan will debut at the next Geneva Auto Show on 2010 March and will be avialable for everyone in early 2011. Anyway, my prefered 5 Series still remains the Gran Turismo.

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BMW really wants to raise the manufacturing started by employing more workers in BMW Plants and started making new BMW models: first was 2011 BMW 0 Series (you can see a sketch here) and now they are making an 8 Series. At the 8 Series they really developed the ideea and there are a lot of real photos, not just sketches.

It’s not official, but some rumors say that 2010 BMW 8 Series will be released in 2010 and from what I think, it will be at the end of the year because they just released the news that this car will be built. Under the hood is said that will be a 6.0 liter V12 engine or a V8 just like on the next M5.

BMW reported that there will be no M version of 2010 BMW 8 Series wich from my thoughts, this car is awesome just the way it is; 2010 BMW 8 Series doesn’t need any power upgrade. I’m disappointed to see that there is no talk about a hybrid version of 2010 BMW 8 Series. Anyway, there is no doubt that 2010 BMW 8 Series will make part of the next BMW generation.

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It is possible that what you see in these pictures, the 2010 BMW Z10, to be put into production next year. Few people talks about this so there’s nothing sure about this. First, BMW Z10 was just a concept and at the moment is still a concept but it has some chances to become reality.

The concept started from this sketch and you can see some matches between the car from the sketch and the car from these photos. 2010 BMW Z10 will be powered by a 3.0 liter twin turbo straight 6 engine developing 450 horsepower and a torque of 350 lb-ft.

Comparing with the EfficientDynamics Concept, 2010 BMW Z10 is much powerfull, but at the same time, it presents a big problem for the planet because from what I see, this concept is not a hybrid at all. Anyway, there is something very futuristic at this car: the design. I really hope that this is not a joke and I’ll be able to see a 2010 BMW Z10 on streets.

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