With all the love the Bavarians have gotten for their BMW X1 compact crossover in Europe and Australia, they are now getting ready to send it over to the U.S.

At least, that’s what the rumor says. The same rumor also says that the first version to come in would be the BMW X1 M35i xDrive version.

Americans haven’t exactly been strangers to power but I love BMW’s take on this idea. Instead of making the X1 an M Division product they’ve shuffled it over to M Performance.

Getting back to the engine and performance, the branding and name would suggest it would get a similar version of the engine that’s going to power the recently spied M135i.

That means we’re looking at a 3.0 liter inline six cylinder engine, with a turbocharger, which should develop somewhere around 320 horsepower.

Since it is an M Performance model, the engine won’t be the only aspect of the X1 that has changed so the suspension and aerodynamic package will also get refreshed.

Though it is a crossover and a compact one, somehow I don’t think the BMW X1 M35i xDrive will be slow or pay too much attention to leaning when in the corners.

An official release date isn’t available and BMW still tells us they’re not in a hurry to send the X1 stateside.

However the same rumor which brought us all this info also claims that the US launch of the BMW X1 will take place sometime in the fourth quarter.

In slightly more boring news, the Americans are going to get two diesel engines available on the X1.

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The latest edition of the BMW 3 Series, the F30, has recently been getting quite a lot of praise, an increased interest in its engines, interior and overall presence but little bad press.

For a bit of a change in scenery let’s focus on a little something the 2012 BMW 3 Series doesn’t have. This is obviously, too much space inside or in the boot.

Despite having grown in size when compared to the previous model, some of us BMW fans that are more practical will be looking forward to the upcoming estate version.

It’s all fine and well but what will happen to the American residents that for a while now have been deprived of the BMW 3 Series estate and instead pushed towards larger members of the Bavarian family?

Well, according to some leaks from within BMW themselves, this time that’s not going to happen, they will actually be sending an F30 3 Series estate stateside.

We’re still to find out when this will happen but my best guess is that Americans will be more willing to forgive the Germans for not offering the BMW 3 Series estate there for so long.

This is likely to happen as the new BMW F30 3 Series will also be sending a new engine over the Atlantic and it will be something else they’ve not really been getting, a diesel.

As to be expected no information on what diesel version that will be but it doesn’t really matter as it means people looking for a bigger sized BMW 3 Series in the U.S. will be catered to, as well as those looking for more efficiency.

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A few days ago BMW released some teasing information according to which a special edition of Bavarian creations is headed stateside.

Though it pains me to say this I have to say i was expecting a bit more, while what this car is is far less than disappointing it sort of doesn’t live up to the hype created around it.

The special edition promised to the Americans is entitled the 2011 M3 Frozen Gray Edition and it will only be available in 30 units all of which identically-equipped examples made exclusively for the United States.

The special part of these cars is justified with an exterior look done in Frozen Gray matte finish, an interior look in Fox Red & Black bi-color Novillo leather and that’s about everything.

Actually there’s a bit more that can’t really be seen but since BMW’s M3 is about as close as you can get to the Ultimate Driving Machine you should be able to feel the effect of these additions. They are made up of a trio of standard packages including the Competition kit which reduces vehicle ride height by 10mm and includes special 19-inch wheels with wider offset for enhanced stability, standard Electronic Damping Control with enhanced programming, and higher-threshold programming for the M Dynamic Mode.

While I’m a bit disappointed, I’m also sure that there’s a lot of people out there who want an M3 that isn’t like any other one you might end up next to at the lights.

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