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Plastic fantastic i8 at Geneva in final form After all the wallpaper test mules and the “will-they, won’t-they” styling questions, what looks like a production i8 is poised on the BMW stand at Geneva. And it’s impressive. Thumbnail Image:  read more $72 BMW 5 Series kit is pure Brilliance Copyright and international law aside, you’ve [...]

Auberlen and Dalla Lana score their second win of the day at COTA Turner wins the Rolex Series GT class while Ganassi finishes third in DP Bill Auberlen and Paul Dalla Lana recovered from an early setback to win the GT class in the Rolex Series race at the Circuit of the Americas in their [...]

Melandri, Davies crash and score points at Phillip Island Marco Melandri says his third place finish in the second World Superbike race of the day at Phillip Island was ‘like a win’ to him after hurting his already injured shoulder in his spectacular collision with Carlos Checa during the first race. Thumbnail Image:  read more [...]

BMW recalls 570,000 cars over battery connector BMW is recalling almost 570,000 cars in the U.S. and Canada because a battery cable connector can fail and cause the engines to stall, says the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.  Thumbnail Image:  read more Z4 GTE details emerge More information about the new Z4 GTE has [...]

R.I.P. Murray Fowler Thumbnail Image:  read more BMW quits panel over safety of new refrigerant BMW has stepped down from an industry research program investigating the safety of a potential new air-conditioning refrigerant. The company disagrees with the test methods, according to Reuters News Agency. Thumbnail Image:  read more BMW 3 Series GT hurls into [...]

Clamped driver's enthusiasm curbed No one likes to see their car clamped, (who can forget the scene in Four Weddings and a Funeral?), but once it happens, the only thing you can do normally is pay the ticket and complain. Thumbnail Image:  read more Mini appeal: At least let me sleep in the garage? Mini’s [...]

Ganassi Riley-BMW wins Daytona again Juan Pablo Montoya piloted the #01 Ganassi Riley-BMW across the finish line for a win in the 51st running of the Rolex 24. He had to pit for a splash of fuel just minutes before the end of the race, losing the lead to Max Angelelli in his Corvette DP [...]

BimmerWorld’s Cooke and Liefooghe finish second in ST at Daytona Greg Liefooghe and Tyler Cooke in their BimmerWorld 328i finished second in the BMW Performance 200, the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge season opener at Daytona. Liefooghe won a dramatic late-race battle with Ryan Eversley in a Honda Civic Si with the two racers trading [...]

BMW, Toyota plan hydrogen, sports car projects BMW and Toyota are close to finalizing a deal for the future of each automaker’s hydrogen fuel cell technology. The agreement will mean BMW licenses future technology from Toyota, and marks the latest cooperation between the two automakers. Thumbnail Image:  read more Digest powered by RSS Digest

Mini wins Dakar 2013 X-Raid takes four of the top five spots  Stéphane Peterhansel and Jean-Paul Cottret in their X-Raid Mini ALL4 Racing won the 2013 Dakar with a 42-minute lead over their closest competitors, Giniel de Villiers and Dirk Von Zitzewitz in their Toyota Hilux. It was the duo’s second consecutive Dakar win, and was Peterhansel’s [...]