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New 7-Series Might Weigh Less than Current 5-Series

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The 7-series has always been the flagship for BMW’s latest and greatest. It’s a pretty solid bellweather for the coming changes to the rest of the brand. According to EGMCarTech, the next-generation 7 series will likely weigh less than the current generation 5-series. Interesting right? If the largest car they make (which currently weighs north [...]

Lucky Canucks!… BMW M6 Gran Coupé

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Imagine ordering your new M6 Gran Coupé with European delivery… Picking it up at the corporate headquarters and then blasting through Central Europe with it, tearing down the Autobahn, playing in the mountains and then finishing it all up with performance driving school. That’s precisely what these Canadians did. Six brand new BMW M6 Gran [...]

BMW Alpina B3 GT3

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Munich Motor Works in Dubai is an independent shop that specializes in German brands and tuning. It’s also an authorized Dinan Performance Center that can turn your boring, run-of-the-mill M5 into a 700+ hp, hair-on-fire monster. So an Alpina coming through their doors isn’t too special. But this Alpina, well, this Alpina is special. It [...]

BMW 2 Series Prototype Stuffed on Autobahn

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Two days ago, while conducting a test drive on the autobahn, the driver of a 2 Series prototype lost control and ended up destroying the test vehicle. The photos show clear weather conditions so we can only speculate as to the cause however, the 2 Series made contact with the wall, slid for about 150 [...]

Evolution of the BMW M3

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When the first M3 arrived in US showrooms in 1988, there was really nothing like it on the road. It was  true factory race car that shared very little with the base 3-series. ElectricFederal takes a look back at the development and evolution of the BMW M3. They talk to BWS Motorsports’ Marc Norris, who [...]