Besides the BMW 6-Series facelift models and the M Performance Parts for the BMW 2-Series, the German carmaker also decided to showcase one of their classic models that made history.

We talk about the BMW 3.0 CSL racing car in a beautiful M livery on top of a white paint. This model won the 1973 European Touring Car Championship as well as the Le Mans series in the same year (class victory).

Weighing only 1,102 kilograms, the BMW 3.0 CSL is powered by a 3.2-liter engine producing 344 horsepower but there’s also a more potent 3.5-liter unit delivering 430 horses.

At the exterior, it stands out thanks to a wide body kit with new bumpers, side air vents and a rear wing.

With this been said, be sure to check the photo gallery for a closer look at the special BMW 3.0 CSL, a model built between 1968 and 1975.

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The German folks at BMW officially pulled the wraps off the new 6-Series, a model which receives some styling tweaks with no performance improvements.

At the exterior, buyers will now get new Glacier Silver, Cashmere Silver, Mediterranean Blue and Melbourne Red exterior finishes, a revised front bumper, new headlights and a tweaked front grille. The new 17-inch alloy wheels won’t go unnoticed while for extra money there’s the larger 18- and 20-inch variants.

Enter the cabin and you will be greeted with improved materials, two-tone leather upholstery and an improved head-up display system.

As mentioned above, the engine range remains untouched with the xDrive system being optional on all units. In conclusion, you will be able to choose from a variety of engines starting with the base 3.0-liter 315hp model and ends with the high-performance 4.4-liter V8 producing 560 horses in the BMW M6.

The new BMW 6-Series will be showcased early next year, at the Detroit Motor Show.

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This year’s iteration of the Detroit Motor Show is upon us, and BMW, as expected, is present in high form, with plenty to show to the world.

With so many new models, the Bavarian car maker certainly has reasons to be proud of, and decided to share with the ones who couldn’t make it to Detroit some photos.

As you can plainly see, all the expected models made an appearance: the new M3 and its counterpart, the M4 and the also brand new M235i. The new green cars from BMW, the i3 small city car and the sportier hybrid i8 are also displayed. Besides the completely new models there are also new versions of older ones.

In short, BMW brought pretty much everything they can show off, with the probable exception of bikes. Such a presence will draw a lot of people, and it should be fun to see if any other manufacturer can compete with them.

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The relationship between the medias and car manufacturers goes something like this: the manufacturers go to great lengths to build outstanding vehicles and the media goes to great lengths to acquire information on these vehicles.

Of course, information is not all that is important, as even simple pictures can make the object of an interesting article.

And when we’re talking about a highly coveted car like, let’s say, the F82 BMW M4, any photo is a welcome sight. Thanks to Autogespot we now have a nice little compilation of photos with said model caught in the wild. With a good resolution on the snaps and even better, no camouflage on the vehicle, we finally get to see the car without any photoshop.

The Austin Yellow paint job, a color especially designed for this model, also works miracles, fitting right in with the overall styling of the F82 BMW M4. With the Detroit Motor Show set to start next week, on January 13th, we will get to see even more of the BMW M4, alongside its Sedan counterpart, the M3.

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The Germans at BMW released first photos and details on the Pure Fusion Design edition for the Z4. The company will present the model in world premiere at the upcoming North American International Auto Show but decided to let us get a closer look now.

At the exterior, the main attraction will be the special Sparkling Brown metallic finish with no other real modifications.

At the interior you will find the most tweaks, starting with Ivory White / Saddle Brown Nappa leather, brown stitching, perforated leather seats and Fineline wood trim.

“The equipment package known as Pure Fusion Design adds an exclusive aesthetic appeal to the sporty open-air experience,” says the company.

More details, photos as well as pricing and availability details will be released by the Bavarian company at the model’s debut in Detroit.

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Indecision is, by no means, the best thing one could have in his life. In fact, it’s often quite the opposite. Businesses like BMW have somehow managed to cash in on it though.

Don’t know what to get between the F10 BMW M5 and the F12 BMW M6? Why not have both within the spirit of the 2014 BMW M6 Gran Coupe?

The halfbreed was showcased at the currently ongoing 2013 Detroit Motor Show to one simple result. It appears to be more likable in “the flesh” than in shopped pictures.

There’s a difficult reality to wrap your head around in this car. It comes with the stunning looks of the M6, the practicality of the M5 (nearly) and still carries the same engine.

Being powered by a 4.4 liter twin-turbocharged V8 engine and having 560 horsepower and 500 pound-feet of torque on tap can really make it lively.

In fact, pushing it means you can get to 60 in just 4.1 seconds and the 155 mph cruise is easily done. Aside from the specs, the new selections of alloy wheels the M division uses here is very desirable.

Having showcased it in Detroit, BMW have presented the M6 to American customers who will soon be buying the four door supercar and annoyed us all with one simple fact.

The M6 Gran Coupe won’t actually go on sale until the summer. Further more, the pricing hasn’t yet been announced so we don’t even know how many pennies to count.

I’m pretty cool with it, I’m sure the bank I’m eyeing to rob will cover purchase and around one year’s expenses easily.

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The Detroit Motor Show is loaded with stuff. They have cars, and trucks and like minivans, but they also have awesome concept cars to show off.

BMW’s 4 Series Coupe Concept is not exactly a surprise and despite the branding, it’s not that much of a concept either.

What it is, is something truly awesome. Something BMW could not hide from this time is how the new 4 Series looks like in the real world.

Flood lights, lack of photoshop options and the absence of a stunning background scenery could easily detract from the new looking coupe.

Would the svelte body look “fatter” this way? Would the carefully planned out details and sculpted shapes lose charm when things are more hectic?

That could easily happen and we’ve seen it happen over time on various occasions. This isn’t the case though.

The F32 BMW 4 Series Coupe Concept looks just as stunning in these more difficult to control conditions and that’s not something to take away from the Bavarians.

When it comes to the real world, the concept status will be dropped, some genuine naming will replace it. We expect the BMW 428i and 435i to be the most popular versions.

Vehicles which do get the popularity vote will be those with sportier versions of the big 3.0 liter straight six cylinder engines.

So far, we’ve heard of the F32 BMW 440i being an option in the lineup and it could be such a taste of the wonderful things to come with the new M4.

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I hate going along the same route but I would have really loved to see a manufacturer mess up and mess up big at an official event.

Unfortunately, the Bavarians are not the ones to provide such an unusual satisfaction. They’ve kept their promise regarding the E89 BMW Z4 facelift they recently announced.

With the 2013 Detroit Motor Show having just opened up its doors, the Germans were ready with the official unveiling of the new Z4.

Alongside it, the rest of the models they promised to have in store for NAIAS were readily available. They really won’t give me any sort of hope.

While we did have a bit of a look at the car earlier on and the changes aren’t that revolutionary, there’s the Hyper Orange Package we need to talk about.

That’s an exclusive metallic orange paintjob which was hinted at in the press releases but it’s also something that really looks striking.

Under a bunch of flood lights, the reflective nature of this new paint shade really, really puts one retinas at strain.

It’s not something a BMW should do, not even one with a controversial design but since the Z4 is doing rather poorly in sales, a few unusual efforts might be what it needs.

Before receiving a smaller brother or a major overhaul that brings the sporty side, the Z4 will have to keep on being on sale in its current form.

I actually reckon the GT side really suits the E89 BMW Z4 and the sporty feeling in it is quite well kept in these conditions.

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While there’s no shortage of pipeline products lying around BMW’s future lineup, one of their showcases at next year’s Detroit Motor Show will not be amazingly new.

In fact, it’s borderline boring to see the E82/E88 BMW 1 Series turn up but that’s what their doing. We’re going to see a limited edition run of that model.

The *erm* new model is to be called the Lifestyle Edition and treats the coupe and convertible versions individually.

The E82 Coupe gets a new exclusive metallic paint shade called Mineral White and it is available only with this and two other exterior colors (Sapphire Black metallic, Space Grey metallic).

While 18 inch wheels don’t sound this big anymore, let’s not forget what a small car we’re talking about here. Meanwhile, the E88 Convertible stands up to attention with different ideas.

The same exterior colors apply and there’s now a brown soft-top with silver pigmentation in the lineup but the interior receives most of the attention.

Inside the 1 Series Lifestyle Edition you get seats, steering wheel rim and door panels covered in brown leather trim with contrasting stitching done in white.

Other cute details come in the form of Fineline Stream wood for the dashboard, branded door sills and an anthracite-colored roof liner.

The Bavarians say the exhaust tailpipe embellishers are finished in matt chrome or black chrome and it sounds amazing. Maybe that’s because “chrome exhaust tips” was an over-used term.

In what’s likely to be one of the last few contacts we get with the previous generation 1 Series before the F20-like 2 Series comes along.

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BMW have promised that the next generation of the BMW Z4 will shake some of its grown up, GT feel and get back to the youthful sporty roadster experience with the next generation.

Until that happens, we’re to get an interesting surprise from the current E89 Z4 as it is going to receive an M Performance version.

In other words, there’s going to be a new lo call version of the BMW Z4 M of this generation, one that’s to foresee the sort of sportiness in store.

It should be quite the interesting project “but wait, there’s more” to know about this particular car. Sadly, it’s not to do with the details on it.

What it still known is how BMW plan to unveil this specially prepped M Performance roadster at the 2013 Detroit Motor Show.

There’s still four months or so until the event opens up but given the amount of work M Performance has been putting into cars until now that’s quite a quick release.

Everybody will be looking forward to the E89 BMW Z4 sDrive35iS which is expected to gain some 30-40 horsepower from it’s straight six turbocharged engine.

As always, there’s the option of a surprise and we could see an M Performance version of the sDrive28iS. That’s quite unlikely.

What has a bit of a probability is to see the suspension and handling characteristics revised alongside a set of aero parts rather than messing around with the cars too much.

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