The track-only BMW M6 GT3 is popping-up in our news again, the racer being recently delivered to Turner Motorsport. We are dealing here with two cars which will compete in different championships around the world.

The Turner Motorosport`s Markus Palttala driver, who was recently awarded the second BMW privateer driver in the entire world, will drive the #97 BMW M6 GT3, along with co-driver Michael Marsa, in the 2016 IMSA Wheathertech SportsCar Championship.

The team`s second driver Bret Curtis, will be behind the #96 BMW M6 GT3, alongside BMW Factory driver Jens Klingmann. The car`s first debut will be however, at the Rolex at Daytona, starting the 30th of January.

Besides Turner Motorsport, there are also other several teams to have received the BMW M6 GT3. We are talking here about German team Schubert Motorsport, with two GT3s racing at the Nurburghing 24 Hours.

The second largest team to get its hands on other two BMW M6 GT3s is Lowe Racing, which will compete at the same Nurburgring 24 Hours, followed by Blancpain GT, Spa 24 Horus or the FIA GT World Cup.

Under the hood, the BMW M6 GT3 is powered by an upgraded 4.4-liter M TwinPower Turbo V8 unit, which develops 500 horsepower and “impressively high-torque”.

BMW has also added a new photo gallery with the exquisite BMW M6 GT3, enjoy and don’t forget to share your opinions with us!

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Like it or not, electric is still grabbing considerable headlines, so this bit of news about the BMW Active E has climbed to the top of today’s list.

The Bavarians tell us they’ve managed to deliver the first ever BMW Active E to a U.S. customer. The customer in question is the Moloughney family.

Tom and Meredith Moloughney are on BMW’s special list, this has been so ever since 2009 and all through the trials of the Mini E.

BMW named the Moloughneys the first ActiveE Electronauts and upon delivery of the brand new electric 1 Series we’re talking about marketing went over the top.

Ludwig Willisch, President and CEO of BMW of North America even went as far as to call the U.S. couple pioneers. Now, it’s nice to see early adoption be rewarded and worked with but there are some limits.

Speaking of limits, the BMW ActiveE still has them and, just like any other electric model, they are inferior to traditionally powered cars.

Even with that considered, there’s still plenty of plus points to consider on your daily commute. 170 horsepower and 184 lb-ft of torque are available from the electric motor and the range is still pretty impressive.

Some 100 miles can be traveled between trips to the plug and the performance is pretty much right on the money for what you’d expect in a town car.

The Moloughney family will be getting the BMW ActiveE as part of a two year lease and will eventually go on to buy a BMW i3.

Source: WCF

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