Category Archives: BMW

September 17, 2011
Hamann shows us the dark side of the BMW 6 Series convertible

Hamann has a knack for taking already impressive-performing vehicles and turning up the heat a few degrees.
The styling choices along the way are hit or miss, but the vehicles always turn heads. One of the tuning company’s latest vehicles is the Hamann 6 Series Cabriolet, which is quite clearly a BMW 6 Series with a [...]

January 25, 2011
BMW’s visions for future mobility look as ridiculous as they are impractical

Turns out we were way off on this whole car of tomorrow business. According to BMW the car of tomorrow is a form-fitting suit with unflattering horizontal lines and ball-bearing shoes.
Or, maybe it’s a kind of bat winged jacket that attaches to a collapsible scooter… thing. That one’s called Flymag, pictured [...]

January 24, 2011
BMW Z5: A New Design Study for a Mid-Engined Supercar– also posted in Supercars

Feast your eyes on the BMW Z5, a conceptual study for a mid-engined supercar created by a pair of young Turkish designers named İsmet Çevik and Fatih Tezel.
There’s no description attached to the pictures, but if we counted the number of cylinders correctly, the designers built the concept with a V8 [...]

January 20, 2011
BMW gets Nokia C7 remote control, James Bond can eat his heart out (video)– also posted in Videos

At CES and the NAIAS in Detroit this year we saw ever more powerful smartphone integration, but nothing like this.
Nokia Asia teamed up with two Chinese coders, An Jiaxuan and an unnamed friend, to whip up a C7 app that controls a BMW 1 Series.
They said it took them only 20 [...]

July 7, 2010
BMW shows first teaser for the new Megacity EV

BMW presented the first information on the new Megacity electric EV model.
BMW said the new electric model will be both structural parts, and body panels made of fiber carbon.Va be a first for mass production models. So far the only models that have used a carbon structure were your McLaren F1 [...]

July 1, 2010
BMW M8 hybrid sports car

According to German press BMW is preparing to launch a new fireball which will have a hybrid propulsion system and will develop about 600 hp. Technical details are ready and waiting for approval to launch the new BMW fireball.
The official debut will be made in 2013, and in the absence of [...]

June 30, 2010
BMW Concept X9 Concept by Khalfi Oussama– also posted in Concept Cars

If the Dark Knight ever wanted to ditch the Tumbler for something a bit more snazzy, Khalfi Oussama’s BMW-badged X9 Concept would be a prime candidate for the job – preferably in a matter black finish.
The 18-year old designer from Tunisia did not attach any information about the X9 Concept, but [...]

June 30, 2010
BMW X5 M in 2010

The latest news from Auto Show in Chicago are about models made by BMW at the event, which although not as exciting as the Detroit Motor Show, borrow something of the calm zone. BMW stand is less aggressive and colorful compared to other salons, but the cars listed are just interesting.
The attraction was a stand [...]

June 30, 2010
2011 BMW Alpina B7

Another lucky car magazine in the UK had the amazing opportunity to drive the Alpina B7. The guys managed to CarMagazine to spend time with a one of the most widely spoken blog cars on ours.
Review after seeing the initial sites, and shortly following some amazing photos, I decided keep [...]

May 27, 2010
BMW turns Singapore buildings into amazing 3D Joy– also posted in Videos

BMW advertising gurus have a big job ahead of them when it comes to supplementing their longstanding “Ultimate Driving Machine” slogan with the company’s new “Joy” campaign.
Bimmer fanboys had lived and died by the company’s proclamation of superiority for years, so it’s going to take some coaxing to get BMW [...]