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BMW announces start-stop system and Competition package for M3, M Sport for X5

BMW is hell-bent on incorporating its EfficientDynamics systems into every model in its line-up, and the latest recipient is the M3, which will come equipped with Auto Start Stop this spring. According to BMW, the system, which cuts the engine when the M3 comes to a stop, reduces emissions and fuel consumption by up to eight percent. BMW will also begin offering a Competition Package for the M3 coupe and sedan in Europe, which includes 19x9-inch wheels, a suspension lowered by 10mm and a revised Sport traction control setting. A carbon ... Read more →

VIDEO: Top Gear pits BMW X5 M against Audi Q7 TDI and Land Rover Range Rover Supercharged Jonny Lieberman

If you're like us – and odds are very good you are – you have an evergreen problem. Namely, getting your significant other to feel one-tenth of the excitement about cars that you feel. ...

G-Power takes the BMW X6 M, X5 M to 600 hp and beyond Jonny Lieberman

We all know what the biggest problem with the BMW X6 M is, right? Not nearly enough power. Sure, 555 hp from a 4.4-liter twin-turbo V8 is 5 hp more potent than a Porsche Cayenne Turbo, making the ...

REPORT: More details on BMW's rumored M1(s) Jonny Lieberman

Audi has the mid-engined R8 (now available with a 525-horsepower V10). Mercedes-Benz now has the AMG SLS (with more power than the R8 – 563 horses). BMW has... a 500-horsepower V10 in a ...

Spy Shots: BMW X5 M caught in South Carolina... but will it debut in NY? Jonathon Ramsey

Two alert readers caught these latest snapshots of BMW's forthcoming X5 M near the company's Spartanburg, South Carolina facility. With that stance, six front intakes, and that enormous rubber, ...

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BMW X5 M and X6 M get official teaser site, source code reveals 550 bhp 1 year ago on Autoblog

The teaser site's tag line reads, "M. Welcome to the next chapter." The now official X5 M and X6 M will certainly be something we've never read in the book of BMW high performance vehicles. Recent chapters have featured high-horsepower, rear-wheel-drive cars like the M3, M5 and M6 as their main ...

BMW's 2009 unveiling schedule? 1 year ago on Autoblog

BMW Blog has trained its spyglass on what it says is a list of BMW rollouts for 2009, and it will begin next month with the brand spankin' new Z4 showcased at the Detroit Auto Show. It is March, though, that will bring year's first real bounty. At Geneva, BMW will be showing off a concept version of ...

Spy Shots: BMW M-tuned X5 and X6 in Spartanburg 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for high-res gallery of BMW X5 M and X6 M spy shots Despite earlier assertions to the contrary, all indications are now that BMW is preparing its first batch of M-tuned sport-utilities, including an X5 M and X6 M. Advanced-stage test mules for both have now been spied by a keen ...

Spy Shots: BMW X5 M 2 years ago on Autoblog

The proud parents at BMW just can't stop adding new runts to the litter. The latest, which looks to be a rather large runt, is what could be a BMW X5 M. Spotted on a car hauler somewhere in the Fatherland, the modified X sports quad pipes that don't emerge from their usual slots, but are spaced ...

Spy Shots: BMW M X5 spotted 2 years ago on Autoblog

BMW has consistently argued that a vehicle like the X5 is not fitting with the whole 'M' philosophy of increased performance through reduced weight but despite this spy-photographers have recently come across a new X5 prototype rolling around the streets of Munich with some very distinct M styling ...

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Autoblog Podcast #169: Wagons and SuperDuty and NASCAR, Oh My!

Chris Shunk, Alex Nunez, Sam Abuelsamid and Dan Roth talk about the Cadillac CTS-V SportWagon, Acura TSX Wagon, Honda CR-Z, Ford SuperDuty, and NASCAR carnage - plus the usual tangents