Author Archives: Lane Anderson

G-Power BMW M3 Hurricane RS Makes 720 HP

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The upcoming 4-Series will replace the outgoing 3 Series in BMW’s stable, but that doesn’t mean tuners have turned their backs on the outgoing E92. The German tuning company, G-Power, have unveiled their Hurricane RS M3, and the stats are something to gawk worthy.  The Hurricane (a title reserved for only the fastest G-Power creations) [...]

Blancpain Champs Go To Baku

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The Blancpain Endurance Series champs are headed to Baku. The FIA GT series finale gives invitations to certain GT3 class teams, and this year  has invited the Marc VDS class BMW Z4 GTE to participate in this year’s race. The Belgian based squad features team regular Nicky Catsburg and BMW factory driver Maxime Martin. The [...]

Joey Hand Qualifies P1 in Austin

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  Austin, TX- The Circuit of the Americas is known for 100+ degree days and rubber melting track temperatures. Instead, the state-of-the-art facility was soaked by rain showers when Friday’s ALMS qualifying session took place. For the RLL BMW team, the rain was just what the team needed. The 2013 BMW Z4GTE has succeeded in [...]

BMW in Baltimore: Near Perfect Qualifying

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Baltimore- For a brief moment, it was an all RLL BMW Z4 GTE front row as drivers Bill Auberlen and Joey Hand secured P1 and P2 on the starting grid with their Saturday qualifying times. The front row lockout came unraveled just a few hours after qualifying when the series scrutineers revealed Hand’s Z4GTE had [...]

Chris Harris on Cars M135i vs A45 AMG

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The latest comparison test from the /DRIVE channel pits two German hot hatches against one another.  Chris Harris gets drives the four-wheel-drive A45 AMG and the rear-drive M135i on U.K. backroads for his real world take on the cars before finishing with a time attack on a small circuit to see which is quickest around. [...]