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With just over a week to go until the Nürburgring 24h-Race (May 17th to 20th), we've chosen to focus on some of the star attractions taking part. And there are few more exciting contenders than BMW's Z4 GT3, which has been dominant in the first few rounds of the 2012 FIA GT1 series, in...

If you haven't yet watched the opening round of DTM 2012 from Hockenheimring last weekend, then you're missing out on a cracking race, with Mercedes finishing first and second ahead of Mattais Ekström's Audi in 3rd, and the best placed BMW of Andy Priaulx in sixth.

Despite securing pole position in yesterday's qualifying, Audi driver Mattais Ekström lost the lead to arch-rivals Mercedes and never recovered it, finishing in 3rd place, with Andy Priaulx chasing down Audi driver Mike Rockenfeller to finish in 6th, as the best-placed BMW driver.

The 2012 DTM championship is underway, and after plenty of pre-season speculation we can now judge the performance of each of the three premium manufacturers - Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz.

If you're a UK-based fan of Germany's DTM (Deutsche Tourenwagen-Meisterschaft) series, then you may be wondering how to catch up with the action on TV or online.

This weekend 72,000 fans gathered at a special DTM presentation in Wiesbaden to meet the teams and drivers, watch racing taxis perform spectacular drifts, lightning-quick pit stops, and see the new DTM contenders from Mercedes, Audi and newcomer BMW up close.

To mark the 40th anniversary year of M GmbH, BMW are offering a limited-edition M3 Coupé Frozen Silver Edition model for UK customers. 2012 will also be the final year of production for the E90/E92/E93 Model M3, before the V8-powerplant is replaced with a new turbocharged six cylinder unit in the new 3 Series,...

Veteran MotoGP racer, Loris Capirossi, who retired at the end of last season, has become the MotoGP series organiser's safety advisor. Alongside this new role, BMW has chosen Capirossi as a BMW M MotoGP expert, responsible for stewarding guests around the MotoGP paddock and providing an exciting glimpse behind the scenes.

According to the website, aprilfoolsdayontheweb.com, there were more than 350 April Fools' Day pranks conducted by brands and bloggers across the web yesterday. We kept track of the automotive ones and of these, only 4 out of 9 embraced the medium of video - with one of those (Google's driverless NASCAR race car) not...

All-Fools' Day. It's a great opportunity for PRs to drop the pretence of responsible behaviour and unleash the hidden child within, but it takes more than clowning around to produce an effective April Fool's gag.

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