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.
BMW has unveiled their Concept M135i at Geneva this morning, showcasing its new 3-door 1 Series design and the first six-cylinder petrol engine M Performance model.
Don't get bogged down in the name - M135i - or try and correlate its powerplant with that of the previous generation 1 M. This is a straight six twin-turbocharged 1 Series from the new BMW M Performance range, that recently brought us the M550d and M50d X6/X5.
What is the BMW M6? A more focused and sporty M5? A rival for Porsche's 911? Or, perhaps a working man's Aston Martin? In some ways it could be all of those things, but equally none of them.
In what will be seen as the most controversial move yet by the German manufacturer, BMW has unveiled 4 new M models - all of them powered by diesel engines. In a subtle play on words BMW have named the range, BMW M Performance Models, distinguishing oh-so-subtly from their core BMW M Models such...
The following interview with Jürgen Poggel, Head of Engine Development, BMW M GmbH is re-published from m-power.com.
Q: Mr Poggel, what were the greatest challenges in developing the V8 engine for the new BMW M5?
It's launch time for BMW's new M5, a car which delivers the oddly juxtaposed characteristics of more performance with more efficiency, and amidst the vault of images is this one which illustrates the F10 M5's horsepower advantage (552 bhp) over its E60 predecessor (500 bhp).
In response to BMW's M5, Kia will be unveiling a new sports saloon concept at the next month's Frankfurt motor show. "In response..?" I hear you say, "I didn't know there was a question that the Korean manufacturer needed to respond to.."
Last night spy photographer Palbay contacted us to share a series of images of BMW's 1 Series M Coupe at the BMW Performance Center Skidpad in South Carolina. The water adds a nice effect to the shots, and serves to underline just how much fun the driving school instructors were having at the time....