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Newswheel staff :: 29 April 2008 :: Filed under Cabriolet, Front engine sportscar, BMW, BMW M3
Drop-top versions of BMW’s M cars are traditionally a little off message when it comes to driving dynamics. That’s the price you pay for hacking the roof off, compromising structural integrity and cranking up the kerb weight. But the new M3 Convertible is the first BMW to feature the firm’s new seven-speed M Double Clutch Transmission (M DCT). So, it’s a little more interesting than your average 155mph sun trap…
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Newswheel staff :: 29 April 2008 :: Filed under Mid / rear engine sportscar, BMW
Will anything come
out of the many rumours regarding a possible new supercar project
from BMW? Who knows. But if a production car does emerge, it
definitely won’t be a dead ringer for the M1 Hommage concept,
revealed at the weekend. Yes, it’s dramatic. Yes, it’s official BMW
produce. But BMW says the M1 Hommage is nothing more than a 30th
anniversary celebration of the classic M1 supercar…
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Newswheel staff :: 17 April 2008 :: Filed under BMW
Bikes may not normally be our bag here on the ‘Wheel (basically, we’re cowards). But this one is a BMW, it’s black, it’s bitchin’ and it looks meaner than Dick Cheney with heart burn. Yes, it’s the new S 1000 RR. For now this is purely a racing bike, but a production model will follow shortly…
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Newswheel staff :: 10 April 2008 :: Filed under Coupe, BMW, BMW 1 Series
Forgive
us the Rumsfeldism, but BMW’s planned shift away from large,
multi-cylinder engines towards smaller, more efficient engines is a
known known. It’s the details, as the Donmeister would
say, that are a known unknown. But try this for size. BMW might be tooling
up an uber-high reving four-pot lump for the 1 Series. How
does 11,000rpm and 260 ponies grab you?
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Newswheel staff :: 26 July 2007 :: Filed under Coupe, BMW, BMW 3 Series
The evidence is anecdotal at best. But it seems the waiting list for BMW’s new M3 may be suffering something of an exodus in the UK. Following several lukewarm road test reports in the usual UK print press publications, web forums are buzzing with customers claiming to have cancelled orders.
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Newswheel staff :: 26 July 2007 :: Filed under Crossover, BMW, BMW X6
BMW’s plans to build a crossover-coupe come SUV aren’t exactly news. But we’d no clear idea of what the new model will look like. Until now, that is. Those tireless, tree-dwelling snappers Brenda Priddy & Co have caught the X6, as it will be known, on the prowl in Germany.
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Newswheel staff :: 13 July 2007 :: Filed under Coupe, BMW, BMW 3 Series
Too soft, too civilised, not special enough. That’s the verdict following the initial round of road tests of BMW’s rather licentiously anticipated new M3 performance coupé. Whoopsie…
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Newswheel staff :: 09 July 2007 :: Filed under Coupe, BMW, BMW 1 Series, Europe & UK
Creeping gargantuanism. It’s the ever present plague of the modern motor car. So, with each new model BMW’s painfully popular 3 Series coupé gets a little portlier. Take the flagship of the current (non M3) range, the 335i. It clocks in at 1,600kg and is a massive 350mm wider than a mid ‘90s E36 3 Series. But what if you’re after something a little smaller, more driver focused and, hell, maybe a bit cheaper, too? Well, BMW has just delivered. The new 1 Series Coupé has been unveiled and it will be available with BMW’s mega 3.0-litre twin-turbo straight-six…
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Newswheel staff :: 10 May 2007 :: Filed under BMW
That’ll be three years on the trot, then. Yup, BMW has topped the tables again in the International Engine of the Year award. This year’s triumphant lump is the twin-turbo six pot fitted to the 335i. BMW took the gong in ’05 and ’06 with the V10 screamer from the M5 and M6 models…
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Newswheel staff :: 06 May 2007 :: Filed under Coupe, BMW, BMW 1 Series, Europe & UK
BMW’s latest V8-powered M3 coupé is a damn fine thing. But we can’t help mourning the loss of classic six-pot power. But maybe there’s no need. According to a recent report, BMW is preparing to drop the engine into the upcoming 1 Series coupé. Even more tantalising, however, is the prospect of a lightweight Motorsport variant of the next 1 series, powered by a high output four-pot lump and designed to resurrect the finely honed driving experienced delivered by the original E30 M3…
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Newswheel staff :: 09 February 2007 :: Filed under Saloon, BMW, BMW M5, Europe & UK, US
As we reported back in November, Stateside public demand has forced BMW to backtrack on its original decision
not to offer the M5 supersaloon with a triple pedal, stick twiddling transmission
(though European and British buyers remain stuck with the robot box as the only
option). However, justification for BMW’s reluctance has now emerged courtesy
of a report suggesting that the US-only manual M5 suffers from excessive axle
tramp…
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Newswheel staff :: 14 November 2006 :: Filed under Saloon, BMW, BMW 5 Series, Europe & UK
Last week, we reported BMW’s official announcement of the widely anticipated and long overdue manual gearbox option for the M5 saloon. Yesterday, BMW confirmed to Newswheel that the company has “no plans” to bring manual versions of either the M5 or the M6 to the UK. In the words of the great Kevin Kline, disappointed!
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Newswheel staff :: 08 November 2006 :: Filed under Saloon, BMW, BMW M5, US
It should have been this way from the beginning. But BMW has
finally caved in to customer demand and announced a manual transmission for the
M5 saloon. The irony, of course, is that it’s customer demand in the slushbox-loving
US of A that has forced BMW’s hand…
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Newswheel staff :: 24 October 2006 :: Filed under Cabriolet, Coupe, BMW, BMW 3 Series, Europe & UK, US,
Previous contender for 2006’s worst kept secret award and a first for BMW, give it up for the 3 Series Convertible, the German outfit’s debut folding hard-top cabriolet. The three-piece folding contraption hurtles up or down in just 22 seconds but comes at a price in terms of cost and kerb weight…
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Newswheel staff :: 02 October 2006 :: Filed under Coupe, Estate/Wagon, Hatchback, Saloon, SUV, BMW, BMW 3 Series, Ford, Ford Mondeo, Mini, Europe & UK, Trade shows, US
How well does Ford’s Kinetic Design hang together on the new Mondeo? Is BMW’s 3 Series coupe individual enough? And how the hell do you identify the latest BMW Mini? Answers to these questions and more within…
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Newswheel staff :: 25 September 2006 :: Filed under Coupe, BMW, BMW 3 Series, Europe & UK, US
US rag Automobile has done the decent thing and strapped BMW’s new turbo-charged 335i coupe to a dyno. The results are sobering. The magazine tested two cars, both of which comfortably beat BMW’s 306bhp flywheel claim and one briefly peaked at around 300 at-the-wheels ponies…
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Newswheel staff :: 12 September 2006 :: Filed under Hydrogen, Saloon, BMW, BMW 7 Series, Europe & UK, US
Momentous news, folks. The Hydrogen 7 has passed both BMW’s obligatory Product Development Process and homologation under the usual rules and standards in both Germany and the ECE. In short, BMW’s first hydrogen-powered production car is ready for the road. But it’s not clear if it’s actually for sale…
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Newswheel staff :: 04 September 2006 :: Filed under Coupe, Saloon, SUV, BMW, BMW 3 Series, BMW 7 Series, BMW M6, Europe & UK
Bloody Germans. While Jaguar takes a painfully public pasting and the British car industry in general heads for an icy, infinite oblivion, the evil Hun goes from strength to strength. Enter BMW’s multi-pronged September salvo of new hardware for the UK - three new models, including the delectable E92 3 Series coupe, a tarted up X3 entry-level SUV and the pimped out M6 cabrio, plus no less than 30 new derivatives…
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Newswheel staff :: 01 September 2006 :: Filed under BMW, BMW 3 Series, Toyota, Toyota MR2
Our, ahem, colleagues over at Pistonheads.com have published the results of an impressively comprehensive survey of the relative merits of the high octane petrol products. Thorney Motorsport spent seven months spanking a BMW M3 CSL and Toyota MR2 juiced up with various fuels on their new dyno Milton Keynes…
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