Last night I may or may not have been watching playoff basketball streaming from the UK. The commercial breaks are the only difference and when this advertisement popped up, it immediately caught my attention. If you frequent 5Series, then you’ve undoubtedly seen numerous BMW models hitting the ring. Here’s another that will be coming to America soon. I haven’t […] More »

The “International Engine of the Year” has been awarded to BMW 6 times, with the company’s most recent wins coming in the years 2007 & 2008 for the fabulous N54B30.  The 3 liter, twin turbo, inline six made right around 325 horse power and generated 330 pound feet of torque. Customers could put the engine […] More »

The German Touring Car season is imminent and in tests leading up to the series’ first round, BMW has been a force to be reckoned with. At the final pre-season test at Hockenheim, BMW took 1-2-3 on the time sheets. In third place was former Marussia F1 driver Timo Glock. Here’s your photo of the […] More »

That stretch of road in town where all the tuners come out to play– car guys and girls know where to find it and which cars frequent the spot. Some hoods are popped and people gather ‘round to see what the other guy brought to show off. Engine swaps, intakes, headers, and  dubious custom modifications […] More »

With all the great successes BMW has had in motorsport, the 24 hours of LeMans was a race the company had never won.  The team started design work on the V12 LMR in 1997  and the car was quite modern for its era.  The chassis was carbon fibre and the monocoque was an aluminum honeycomb […] More »

The BMW Motorsports division and Williams Grand Prix Engineering came together to build a car for Le Mans.  They named it the BMW V12 Le Mans, and the car itself was an open top two-seater with a 550 HP V12 engine. Designed to be raced in class 1, the car adhered to the minimum weight restriction of […] More »

Last Friday, I didn’t post a 5series picture of the week. A million apologies 5Series! Tomorrow I’ll return with the regularly scheduled posting. In the mean time, here’s a video of the week. It also comes from the Macau Motorcycle GP.  I hope this video gives you a perspective of the race you haven’t seen before. […] More »