Driving difference.
BMW S1000RR at 14,200rpm
BMW USA has released a very impressive video of the motor from their S1000RR Superbike. An interesting view as the cylinder has been cut away allowing you to seen how some of the internal components actually work at full tilt.
Updates, facelifts, call them what you want but I think they’re mostly nonsense. When a car gets a facelift absolutely nothing important receives even the merest sniff of an improvement but the grill or headlights get eyeliner. Not that I’m complaining, when cars get facelifted the price of the ‘outdated’ model could drop when essentially [...]
A few days ago three images were leaked of the forthcoming MINI crossover vehicle, now however with the cat well and truly out the bag BMW has decided to release official images as well as details on the car itself.
The forthcoming MINI R60 Crossman is scheduled to debut at the Geneva Motor Show during March but it seems that the internet has other ideas. An anonymous source has leaked three images of the Crossman, BMW’s new 4X4 MINI. This leak does however come just after an official teaser video was released so I’m not [...]
With the New World Supebike season kicking off at the end of February I think we are in for a feast of 2-wheel racing. We have several new riders and the team structures have changed. And then of course we have lost the talent of Ben Spies to Moto GP.
The biggest change for me is [...]
The BMW Group has decided to invest 200 million euros in their Rosslyn plant, a huge pile of by any standards. The money is said to be primarily for the expansion of the existing structure and manufacturing facilities but the cash injection will also aid the linked parts supply industry.
At the moment BMW’s Rosslyn [...]
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Take a standard sDrive35i, make the 7-speed DCT gearbox and M Sports suspension standard and modify the magnificent straight-six engine to develop 250 kW and 450Nm, with the ability to increase to 500Nm by means of an overboost function and you get the BMW Z4 sDrive35is, the new flagship model in the Z4 range.
The BMW [...]
BMW’s M3 is brilliant, we all know that although some may not like to acknowledge it, you do after all have to drive like idiot to own one. Nevertheless, the CSL variant has been hotly anticipated because it takes an impressive machine and improves it with more power, and less weight.
This time round however [...]
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Ever since BMW introduced its first roadster prototype in 1934, driving (fast, preferably) with the wind in your hair has been a special experience that lasted in memory long after the actual event. In Europe there are autobahns and Alpine passes that make such driving experiences even more exhilarating, of course, but we are equally [...]
I love show- and concept cars, mostly because they give us an opportunity to escape our own mundane existence to a world where we can actually afford any car we fancy, and get styling as out of this world as our own imaginations can sometimes be. So what if the production models – if it [...]
