The most interesting bit of the F30 BMW 3 Series lineup will soon be the unveiled and it won’t even be wearing the same internal name.

It will be called the F80 and it will probably be awesome. Before it happens though, there’s a lot of testing going on before it’s ready.

The folks at KGP Photography managed to snap a few shots of the F80 BMW M3 going through the desert testing stage. This is where the most important stress tests come in.

Death Valley has a way with dishing out the heat but when going through the desert in a turbocharged car with quite a lot of power.

Even if the testers go through the event with a little more common sense than us M3 freaks would if we had a chance at it, they’re still taking a chance with the prototype.

What is important about the F80 and the shots it was caught in this time is the fact that more of the front end was visible this time.

The lower part of the front bumper is more opened up than the F30 standard sedan which is understandable given the conditions and the need for improved cooling.

With these images the rear end of the F80 is also available. The sporty sedan looks a lot more like the sedan than the previous version.

Which could end up giving the new F80 BMW M3 a better chance at being a sleeper performance car rather than the obvious predecessor.

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It’s becoming rather difficult to avoid talking about the BMW X6 and its recently spied facelift for the upcoming model, so we might as well get on with it.

Over the last few days it’s been spotted all over the place and more and more images are beginning to turn up online in front of plenty of curious eyes.

Despite the Bavarians placing the facelifted X6 on display almost naked, the changes aren’t easy to spot and that’s for a simple reason.

The changes on the design of the BMW X6 aren’t that visible because they’re all contained in the very little parts of the car that actually have some camouflage on it.

Those giggling in remembering a time when BMW brought a refreshed X3 to Geneva that featured nothing other than color coordinated bumpers will understand.

Expect the nip-tuck sort of redesign to be the delight of the BMW X6 facelift as there’s little to see here apart from some redesigned light arrangement, front air intakes and probably a few gizmos inside as well.

From the look of things in the spyshots the new BMW X6 will sport headlights that get busier as more and more LEDs are added, whereas the tail lamps are bound to get a slight redesign as well.

Technically, nothing is for certain on the new facelift the BMW X6 will be getting apart from the fact that the hybrid version will be dropped.

Where differences are bound to turn up, is in the color palette you’ll have for the exterior, the new styling options for the alloy wheels and perhaps some added interior materials.

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