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Thursday, 25 October 2012

2012 Bmw 3 Series Pictures

2012 Bmw 3 Series Pics

Bmw 3 Series

Friday, 9 December 2011

2012 BMW Sport Cars 650i Convertible Cute Pictures

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2012 BMW Sport Cars 650i Convertible

2012 BMW Sport Cars 650i Convertible Best And Simple Review

2012 BMW Sport Cars 650i Convertible Review

“You’ll know when you feel that 4.4-liter V-8 and eight-speed automatic transmission!” said Gary Gordon, general manager of Fields BMW of Lakeland, with child-like enthusiasm when asked about why our test car, a 2012 BMW 650i Convertible, stood out among its peers. He had a point. The new 4.4-liter twin-turbocharged V-8 engine and eight-speed transmission are part of the most expansive redesign of the BMW 6-Series since it was first introduced for 2004. The new engine replaces the 4.8-liter V-8 and produces 40 more horsepower while decreasing fuel consumption by nearly nine percent.

We slap the transmission lever to the left to turn on a manual mode with gearshifts via paddles in perfect reach of our fingertips from behind the steering wheel. The engine revs quite quickly, but it’s the car’s lack of hysteria even when being pushed hard that fails to drawn our attention to the impending redline. Luckily, the automatic nature of the transmission pops in to select the next gear. The car’s new 4.4-liter V-8 and eight-speed automatic transmission join forces to offer effortless acceleration, accompanied with a slightly muted burble designed to inspire but not intrude.

Longer, lower, and wider, the new car is larger in every dimension than its predecessor except height, where it now sits nearly half an inch closer to the ground. BMW says the increases aid in passenger comfort, specifically rear seat room, but we would still not recommend the backseat for larger adults or for longer stints. Trunk space is also lacking and is only good for a couple bags but not much more. In addition, the increase in dimensions adds approximately 300 pounds to the car’s curb weight despite the use of aluminum for the doors and hood and a glass-fiber composite for the front side panels, roof lid, and trunk. However, according to BMW, the 2012 car is still faster to 60 mph compared to its predecessor, and the car is nearly 50 percent more torsionally rigid.

We always felt the old 6-Series was a little frumpy, so the 2012 car’s new taunt metal makes it look smaller than its antecedent and much more sleek. It also better aligns the 6-Series with the new seductive styling of the BMW sedan lineup. But from behind the wheel, the car’s size is apparent. The car feels big, and its steering is heavy, artificial, and lacking of feedback, but when pushed hard, the whole package tightens up as the 650i reacts like a true sports car.

Gordon talks a great deal how all BMWs are engineered to be superior driving cars, handling the curves and straight-line dashes as well as any sports car, but it’s the brand’s headway with the latest technologies and well-appointed interiors that make it standout in the luxury class. This was apparent the first time we jump in the pair of comfortable chairs, which provide a full-spectrum of adjustments, even allowing for the tweaking of the amount of cushion in the shoulders and offering a flexible head pillow to cradle the cranium. Front and center is a hard-to-miss 10.2-inch display controlled by the infamous iDrive knob just right of the gear selector. We were a little rusty with the various layers to the iDrive system, but picked it up fairly quickly. It is from here that you will gain the most control of the car’s various driver technologies. Some features and options currently offered include Surround View via five well-placed cameras around the car, night vision with pedestrian recognition, parking assist (like Lexus’s parallel-parking feature), blind spot warning, and a warning system for unintentional lane changes. This last item deserves specific attention because it was overly active in our test car, vibrating the steering wheel during slower lane changes and even when entering corners. Luckily, it can be turned off via a switch on the left side of the dashboard. Another noteworthy item is the full-color 3-D graphics portrayed on the windshield via the heads-up display.

The 650i Convertible has always offered a unique convertible mechanism. Its two rear fins help keep the appearance of a coupe by appearing like large C-pillars. It also provides a small rear window that can be raised or lowered independent of the cloth top. This allows the rear window to be down when the top is up to push more air through the cabin or up when the top is down to act as a wind deflector and aid in a quieter cabin. And a quiet cabin it does have. Even at speeds reaching 90 mph, we could still hold a conversation with all the windows up. The soft-top mechanism will even work at speeds up to 25 mph, lowering in 19 seconds and rising in 24 seconds.

Walking away from the BMW 650i Convertible, we were impressed with its hi-tech yet tasteful interior and sporty pedigree that appeared to be built in the very structure of the car. We had mixed feelings about the many technological “advancements,” finding the Surround-View system and 3-D HUD graphics to be a plus while loathing the near constant vibrations from the Lane Departure Warning System. Altogether, we will remember the 2012 650i Convertible as a stylish and superior grand touring vehicle for two.

Saturday, 19 November 2011

BMW 1-Series 2012 Videos

BMW 1-Series 2012 Videos

BMW 1-Series 2012 Review Videos

BMW 1-Series 2012 Review Videos

BMW 1-Series 2012

Sports Car BMW 1-Series 2012 Wallapapers

BMW 1-Series 2012 Wallapapers

BMW 1-Series 2012

Sports Car BMW 1-Series 2012 Pictures

BMW 1-Series 2012 Pictures

BMW 1-Series 2012

BMW 1 Series 2012 All Review With Detail

2012 BMW 1 SERIES REVIEW

Pricing:

116i - from $36,900
118i - from $42,800
118d - from $43,500

Fuel consumption:

116i – 5.7 l/100km (combined)
118i – 5.9 l/100km (combined)
118d – 4.5 l/100km (combined)

Overview:

BMW’s new 2012 1 Series: cheaper, yes, the entry point to the range is nearly five percent less than the car it replaces, and it’s better – what else would you expect it to be?

BMW rarely gets things wrong, and it hasn’t gotten the new 1 Series wrong. Petrol or diesel, this is a car that any keen driver will enjoy.

And while it might sit at the base of BMW’s range of sporting cars, there is no sense that the compact 1 Series is built to a long list of compromises, nor built to a price.

Like its bigger brothers, it feels every bit the premium package.

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It’s not perfect – it’s still a bit cramped in the back, the style of the nose is a tad polarising and, though quick, even the 118i Sport will be shown a set of heels by the likes of the Golf GTI - but you get a lot of thoroughbred for the price.

We put the 118i Sport, 118i and Urban Line 118d variants through their paces – each with the superb eight-speed automatic – and came away convinced.

If you’re in the market for a quality compact car, and can stretch the budget just a little further, you must at least have a very close look at the new 1 Series

Interior:

Each of the cars we drove was pretty heavily optioned, but the pick of the interiors ‘off the shelf’ is the Sport.

Ours came with the optional black Dakota leather with red stitching. In base trim it gets a cloth and anthracite combination with red or grey highlights.

It looks very smart. Red highlights are repeated throughout the cabin, offset by gleaming piano-black surfaces and a neatly-styled sporting cockpit.

Tightly bolstered, with electric adjustment to the back rests, the seats are terrific for my frame, both comfortable and secure for press-on driving.

The Urban Line interior might not be to everyone’s taste. The gloss-white exterior highlighting on the grille, wheels and rear diffuser lip, is repeated inside on the centre console and dash highlights.

It comes with cloth/leather combos off the shelf, we had black leather.

We didn’t much care for the white surfacing – neither inside nor out (it looks like it got sent to the wrong dress-up shop). That said, the white splashes add a breezy air and will no doubt appeal to buyers looking for something a little different.

The new 1 Series has a very appealing interior though.

It feels very snug, it’s airy and beautifully proportioned, the instruments and controls sweep around the driver and into the centre console (where the now standard and brilliantly usable iDrive controller sits).

And, with more leg and shoulder room and larger side glass, it all feels considerably more spacious and accommodating.

A reach and tilt adjustable multi-function steering wheel is standard across the range, so too is keyless ignition, automatic stop/start, USB interface, Bluetooth, CD/MP3 audio system, cruise control, iDrive controller, 6.5-inch monitor, air-con, and a host of other features – all as standard fit.

And this in a range that begins at $36,990 (for the 116i) and has a BMW badge on the nose.

While the price bolts away if you dig too deeply into the options bucket, the entry-level purchase is well-featured and, as I am sure is BMW’s intent, will lean very heavily on VW Golf, Audi A3 and even Mazda3 sales. Here’s a premium buy - a BMW - in reach of the average buyer.

On The Road:

Whether at the wheel of the 118i turbo-driven 1.6 litre petrol, with 125kW and 250Nm of torque, or the 118d 2.0 litre turbo-diesel, with 105kW and 320Nm, it’s impossible not to get a buzz at the wheel of the 1 Series.

It is a deliciously-balanced car and can really be hustled along around a winding road.

Each, both the diesel 118d and the petrol 118i, feels alive. There is such accuracy and precision to the front end, and such a communicative chassis, that it draws the driver out in you.

Our route took us through some long winding passes, damp with rain and with slippery bark-debris littering the roads. The levels of grip and balance in the new 1 Series is class leading.

We were wringing its neck before we had the back-end breaking away – and then only momentarily, and only on mid-corner hollows, before seamlessly ‘caught’ by the traction control (which works delightfully transparently in press-on driving).

Throttle response, from both the 118i petrol and largely unchanged diesel (it’s a carryover from the previous model), is instantaneous.

Mated to the optional eight-speed automatic transmission (with manual ‘sport’ mode and a $3500 cost), both petrol and diesel can run like rabbits.

While the diesel is as good as you’ll find (it’s smooth, willing, has a wide torque band and is eager to rev), the 118i petrol is the pick.

It’s got much more ‘headroom’ at the top of the rev counter, you can really stretch it out and can consequently can hold gears for longer between corners.

With the diesel, counter-intuitively and despite its significant torque advantage, in press-on driving you find yourself paddling back and forth through the eight-speeds to keep the torque in the sweet spot.

Down below, with hard-walled run-flat tyres, the 1 Series is less at home on small surface corrugations – which can jiggle and jar a little – than larger potholes and undulations, which it swallows effortlessly.

The extended wheelbase (up 30mm) produces a generally compliant though nailed-down ride - better considerably than the previous gen car.

In a day of quick punting over some pretty narrow secondary surfaces, we found the bump-stops just once; finding a large pothole at the base of deep hollow.

Fuel consumption? After wringing the 118i’s neck, we returned 8.2 l/100km; ditto with the 118d and returned 5.7 l/100km. BMW claims 5.9 and 4.5 l/100km
respectively.

Monday, 31 October 2011

Sports Car 2012 BMW M5 Concept Videos

2012 BMW M5 Concept Videos

2012 BMW M5 Concept

Sports Car 2012 BMW M5 Concept Review And Wallpapers

2012 BMW M5 Concept Review And Wallpapers

Review:

The new BMW sedan entitled 2012 BMW M5 Concept seemed to gather much attention from car lovers and critics all over the world. This car is going to make its first debut and premiere at the Shanghai auto show this year. As the previous BMW model’s 2012 BMW M5 Concept is primarily stunning for its powerful engine and rear-wheel drive.With new high-revving V8 engine with M TwinPower Turbo Technology guarantees typical M power output. The eight-cylinder power unit delivers a spontaneous and even acceleration, which remains constant up to the highest load and is characteristic of the M feeling, in a previously unequalled dimension.The BMW M5 Concept is sports car with four doors and five seats. It embodies the vision of a premium upper midrange sedan offering the highest degree of comfort for up to five occupants and allowing the driver to follow the ideal racing line both on the racetrack and in everyday road traffic. The BMW M5 combines outstanding performance resulting from racing-inspired drive and suspension technology with typical M aesthetics that authentically express the vehicle’s dynamic potential.

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2012 BMW M5 Concept

Saturday, 8 October 2011

2010 BMW X6 M Original Images

2010 BMW X6 M Images

2010 BMW X6 M

Sports Car 2010 BMW X6 M Review

2010 BMW X6 M Review

The following is a performance-capsule review of the 2010 BMW X6 M. It is based on our analysis of 8 published reviews and test drives. Please check back soon for our full review.

The 2010 BMW X6 M is a luxury SUV that behaves like a sports car. According to Edmunds, "It doesn't make much sense, but it's a whole lot of fun."

The 2010 BMW X6 M is a performance-tuned variant of the 2010 BMW X6, which garners praise for its sporty performance, long list of tech gadgets and high-quality interior finish.

The 2010 BMW X6 M builds upon the base trim, transforming it from a sporty SUV to a true sports performer. Equipped with a 555-horsepower Advanced Turbo V8 engine and a plethora of handling technology, the 2010 BMW X6 M blasts from 0 to 60 mph in just 4.5 seconds -- and does it in comfort. While many critics agree that it doesn't make much sense to soup up an SUV with this much power and capability, most concede that it's still a helluva lot of fun to drive. "We suspect that, like the Porsche [Cayenne Turbo S], the BMW will rarely be seen on a track in any role other than impressive tow machine," writes Popular Mechanics. "But it might just be the quickest tow truck in the lot-and it'd likely make for a really great ride out to the local steakhouse at the end of the track day."

Wednesday, 5 October 2011

2008 BMW M1 Homage Concept Car Pictures

2008 BMW M1 Homage Concept Car Pics

2008 BMW M1 Homage Concept

Tuesday, 4 October 2011

2008 BMW M1 Homage Concept Car Review

2008 BMW M1 Homage Concept Review

BMW has created the M1 Homage in celebration of the 30th anniversary of the M1. The design study was unveiled at the 2008 Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este held in Cernobbio, Italy.

Produced from 1978 to 1981, the M1 was BMW's first and only mid-engined street car. The project was originally contracted to Lamborghini for chassis development and assembly, but when the Italian firm hit a financial rough patch BMW took over. A total of 456 M1s were built.

The original car was designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro and was itself based on the 1972 BMW Turbo concept penned by Paul Bracq. BMW has kept the overall proportions and many design cues of the M1 alive on the Homage, including the small kidney grille, hood vents, and rear window louvers. Also present are the original's hidden headlights, but instead of pop-up units the lights on the M1 Homage are tucked under the hood overhang and are only visible when illuminated.

The M1 was powered by a 3.5-liter six-cylinder that was later modified and used in the M5 and M6. No powertrain details were shared for the M1 Homage as the car was built as a design showpiece.

Read more: http://www.automobilemag.com/features/news/0804_bmw_m1_homage_concept/index.html#ixzz1ZpuevhkU