In seeing how far away from fashion I am, I've never heard of Trussardi and yet they are one of Italy’s top design brands. These guys make great leather jackets, jeans, handbags and accessories and now a BMW 5 Series GT limited edition. The BMW 5 Series GT limited edition isn't really a new production orientation for Trussardi but it...
The Bavarians have been busy and we've clearly spotted some of their efforts out in the wild with spyshots of the BMW i3 and BMW i8 in testing. Situation is, BMW may have had a lot of work to put in but when it came to picking the crop it turned out to be even better. That's cause the BMW...
The German tuner Mansory has been keeping busy lately, coming up with several ugly designs, culminating with the worst kit available for the SLS AMG. As the Geneva Motor Show has already given out most of its secrets, us automotive enthusiasts were hoping for them to quietly go off and die but it hasn't happened. What has actually happened is...
The Bavarians may have barely announced their eco-friendly i brand coming into existence just a week ago but that hasn't stopped them from being ambitious with it. The smaller i3, and the first product from the range to come from the BMW eco brand is going to be a feeling a lot of pressure on its shoulders. By the year...
I don't really know what's going on this year but it seems the Geneva Motor Show is really welcoming tuning companies. The latest of them to actually give us the preview on what they'll be displaying next month comes from BMW Specialist tuner AC Schnitzer. As it happens, the German tuner has prepared a couple of production ready concept cars...
Since BMW's presence at the Geneva Motor Show may be a tad sedate, specialist tuner Alpina plans to somewhat change things. Let's face it, the 2011 F10 BMW 5 Series, is what I like to call a simply astonishing car, but it's just not enough for the guys who want tuning. The 2011 Alpina BMW B5 Bi-Turbo Touring has a...
BMW's leadership may have decided not to take part in the World Touring Car Championship any more but that hasn't put off private teams from running their products in this competition. One of the most interesting teams to run in the 2011 WTCC is going to run a BMW 320 tc and they aim high. The optimists in question are...
BMW themselves admit that the 5 Series is their bread and butter machine. That said though, the 3 Series isn't exactly far behind and with an update due to show up very soon in 2012 form Bavarian sales aren't going to go down soon. The spyshots we have here aren't of a "normal" 2012 BMW 3 Series, but of a...
The Bavarians aren't kidding around with turbocharging. Even though BWM refused to have anything to do with it for a very long time, they've recently gotten into quite a stride with it. It has gotten to the point where BMW has reported that all of their future inline four cylinder engines will benefit from this technical advantage. Now, while the...
The Bavarians may have taken Chris Bangle away from the actual drawing board of BMW cars, but as far as concepts are concerned you can still see his influence and design language unleashed. Not since the BMW GINA Light Visionary Model have we seen angular shapes such as this and the same goes for the mind blowing technology of the...
If you consider that BMW 760 Li you parked outside was a bit cheap, BMW's American designers may have something that will seriously tackle your checking account. BMW Designworks USA is working on a 57 feet long cockpit motoryacht. The thing is this, BMW may be behind the design of said vehicle, but the rest is far from being made...
Or at least that's what we've been hearing in several reports of the automotive industry lately. The latest, and most thought out (ideally) comes from the Dutch division of AutoWeek and they reckon the 2012 BMW 6 Series will be revealed in April at the Shanghai Motor Show. Their report is based on a simple calculation. You see, everything ever...
World Car of the Year is one of the most important competition when it comes to cars and here are the ten models which will fight to rank first in their category. There are three categories within the World Car of the Year. In the first one, World Car Design of the Year, models such Kia Sportage, Honda CR-Z, Nissan...
BMW seems to be taking the Mickey out on the decision to keep their cars away from front wheel drive situations. We know for certain the Bavarians are turning to FWD but the question is how and what is going on. The chaps at BMW are telling us that none of their core products will become front wheel drive and...
The people from Euro NCAP, the well-known organization who tests the vehicles and classify them according the obtained results decided to made a standing regarding the safest cars tested last year. Thanks to Euro NCAP, we can see the manufacturers who managed to provide a good level of safety. Last year, just 65% of the tested cars managed to obtain...
BMW must be pretty proud of their latest 2.0 liter turbocharged engine because they've decided to send it to the United States of America this year. That's right, even the Americans are now going to get to go through an engine downsizing process as they'll also have to say goodbye to the 3 liter straight six. Like I've said before,...
One of the most fascinating rumors to hit the Internet in relation to the BMW M3 makes us wonder why the Bavarians haven't did this before. It seems that BMW are pondering at the idea of making a BMW M3 estate. As always, this sort of "news" isn't exactly full of detail so there's a lot of room for your...
The BMW 1 Series is the cheapest way you can get a piece of the Bavarian magic in the form of a new car. While I'm not a fan, nor do I consider the necessity of buying a BMW being justified by the badge I will admit that it's a great financial idea. For the company that is. Even so,...
In the world of specialist tuners, few stand to the challenge as much as G-Power does for BMW. The latest project the German tuner chose is one close to the hearts of every true blooded Bavarian fan, the E92 BMW M3 GTS. Since in "standard" form the BMW M3 GTS serves up quite the punch as under its bonnet you'll...
Being from a country once occupied by the ottoman empire, it's easy to spot when something has some sort of Turkish influence. In the case of the BMW Z5 Design Study, while there are some cues, those influences aren't there. The BMW Z5 Design Study looks to me about as Bavarian as you could make it. Well, that might be...
