Hey BMW fans! You’ll love this! A member of one of the largest online enthusiast communities for the BMW 1-Series decided to record a video of himself driving his latest acquisition—a brand spankin’ new BMW 1-Series M Coupe – around the world’s most difficult racetrack against a previous generation E46 M3 CSL. The E46 M3 [...]
Tiff Needell and Vicki Butler Henderson of Fifth Gear have taken two of the most extreme BMWs and Porsches out on the track for a head-on-head comparison – it’s the BMW M3 GTS meets the Porsche 911 GT3 RS. If you’re not already watching the video after the jump, then we’re not sure what you’re [...]
BMW has just gotten around to officially unveiling the latest M3 DTM Concept Car for the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters competitions. “It is good to see how our DTM project is picking up speed,” said Dr. Klaus Draeger, the individual responsible for the M3 DTM Concept Car and a member for BMW AG’s Board of Management. [...]
Heat and weight are the two biggest enemies to cars. But while on the topic of the latter, weight is more of an enemy as cars grow bigger, retain a more comprehensive options list and more powerful power and drivetrains. That said, carbon fiber has been the automobile industry’s next best friend because of its [...]
G-Power hits some impressive numbers with its M3 SKII tuner with “Sporty Drive”. With all the work put into the car, the G-Power team decided to take it’s BMW to the track at Italy’s 2011 Nardo High-Speed Test Event Christain Stober, G-Powers’ Vice President and Technical Director, drove the car around the track, and pushed [...]
BMW’s M3 has been the buy-word for the best combination in performance, practicality and luxury and has since spawned a modicum of M models to follow proudly in its wake. Continuing that trend, BMW M-Division’s Boss, Dr. Friedrich Nitschke confirmed that several new M models are on the way. “Our pace of development must accelerate,” [...]
BMW’s M GmbH department is very busy developing future models, some of which have surfaced in a report over at AutoExpress. According to the publication, BMW is planning to launch a Porsche Cayman and Audi TT RS rival. While that is a key product, BMW is also working on a new ‘revolutionary’ M3 and is [...]
Just this past weekend at the M Night event during the Nurburgring 24 Hour Race, BMW unveiled a limited-edition BMW M3 sedan that uses advanced carbon fiber technology to cut weight. Known as the BMW M3 CRT, the total weight of the vehicle comes in at 3,476 pounds, which reduces the weight of a standard [...]
The 2012 motorsport season is just around the corner and as a part of the DTM event at Munich’s Olympic Stadium in July, BMW will unveiled a new BMW M3 DTM Concept Car. The coolest part about this all? BMW says that the Concept Car ‘will give the first impression of what next year’s car [...]
At the Nurburgring 24-hour race, BMW M GmbH is using the M Night event to showcase a new limited-edition BMW M3 sedan that uses advanced carbon fiber technology to cut weight. Known as the BMW M3 CRT (Carbon Racing Technology), the model achieves a weight-to-power ratio of 7.7 pounds per horsepower. Total weight of the [...]
