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BMW 2 Series Testing at the ‘Ring

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  The upcoming 2 series has been spotted testing at the Nurburgring! The 1 series coupe replacement has been seen around Munich as a convertible and coupe, but this is the first time that it’s been spotted in testing. This car will be the smallest BMW coupe, with the possible exception of BMW’s upcoming ‘i’ [...]

Puffy, Billowy Hooning Goodness

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Ohmigod! There’s this totally awesome new thing called drifting– no wait, that’s not true. It’s been around forever (in internet terms) and you’re so jaded that you couldn’t possibly be bothered to watch one more goddamned drifting video. Whatever, you can haz cheezburger. The rest of you can watch the first 33 seconds of this [...]

Photo of the Week: Timo Glock

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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 [...]

Spotted: M5 Face-lift Testing

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As expected, the 2014 BMW M5 will be receiving a face-lift together with the standard 5-Series. The refresh has already been partially revealed, but it’s been unknown how much of the M5’s design would be affected. These spy photos show that the M5 will receive the same upper front fascia and headlight updates as the [...]

Competition Package coming to M5 and M6

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A Car and Driver report has confirmed a bmw blog rumor (which first appeared on m5board.com) that BMW will be offering a Competition Package on the face-lifted 2014 M5 as well as the entire M6 range. The M5 and M6 will continue to be offered with the 560-hp, 4.4-liter twin turbo V8; however, the optional [...]