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May07

NEW BMW M6 Gran Coupe caught on video





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NEW BMW M6 Gran Coupe caught on video

Ah yes, the Nürburgring. Where else would you expect to find the forthcoming BMW M6 Gran Coupe? Well, other than on the BMW stand the Paris Motor Show in September or Cobo Hall next January.

While we've already seen spy photos of the big 560-plus-horsepower sedan, 6post.com has snagged footage of the M6 Gran Coupe squealing tires and clipping apexes with some of its siblings on everyone's favorite German road.

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Mar27

RECALL: BMW recalling 1.3 million 5 and 6 Series models worldwide





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RECALL: BMW recalling 1.3 million 5 and 6 Series models worldwide

BMW has announced it is recalling a whopping 1.3 million 5 Series and 6 Series vehicles from the 2003 to 2010 model years. Of those, Reuters notes that some 368,000 examples were sold in the U.S. – most of them sedans like the one above.

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Feb03

BMW Super Bowl ads for the new 3 Series





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BMW Super Bowl ads for the new 3 Series

In crafting its Super Bowl strategy, BMW cribbed a page from the Suzuki playbook. (Have we ever been able to say that before?) The Bavarian brand will be airing two regional commercials on Sunday, one in New York and the other in the Los Angeles area,

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Jan26

BMW introduces M550d, X5 M50d, X6 M50d – BMW M diesel





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BMW introduces M550d, X5 M50d, X6 M50d – BMW M diesel

New BMW M GmbH product range based on current BMW models; BMW M Performance Automobiles complement the model family with their clear focus on sports performance combined with unrestricted everyday usability and outstanding efficiency; new product category launches with four models: BMW M550d xDrive Sedan, BMW M550d xDrive Touring, BMW X5 M50d and BMW X6 M50d.

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Jan11

New BMW 335Li long-wheelbase pops up in China





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New BMW 335Li long-wheelbase pops up in China

It is Confirmed: there will be an extended BMW 3-series for the Chinese car market. It is called ’3Li’ and will be made by the Brilliance-BMW joint venture. Its wheelbase is about 4 inches longer than the standard-wheelbase 3-series. It will be the first generation BMW 335-engine made in China.

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Nov01

BMW 3 Series now has 'full-color' heads-up display





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BMW 3 Series now has 'full-color' heads-up display

BMW Head-Up Display: Precision as featured in a fighter jet. This system was initially developed for aviation and is now making a decisive contribution towards driving safety.

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Oct28

BMW M3 to come in sedan form first





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BMW M3 to come in sedan form first

Sources indicate a couple of reasons for that: First, the new 3 Series (pictured above in M Sport guise) on which it'll be based has so far has only come out in sedan form. Second, because the next-gen M3 is anticipated to lose some of its edge. Which would be a shame, but there's a far more straightforward reason than either of those two: there will be no coupe or convertible M3 from here on out.

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Oct28

BMW Officially starts production of the new 3 Series





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BMW Officially starts production of the new 3 Series

BMW has announced that production of the sixth-generation 3 Series has officially begun at its Munich manufacturing facility. The automaker invested around €500 million – over $700M USD – in the plant in preparation for the new model; a move that BMW says secured around 9,000 jobs. A portion of those funds went toward the purchase of a new press that can operate at speeds of up to 17 strokes per minute and process up to 600 tons of steel per day. The automaker says that the machine...

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Oct19

2012 BMW 3 Series wagon U.S. Bound





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2012 BMW 3 Series wagon U.S. Bound

According to Autoblog sources, the touring variant of the F30 3 Series will likely land on European shores within the next year, with the coupe and convertible versions arriving in late 2013. All four models – sedan, coupe, convertible and wagon – will be available in the U.S. when they arrive, but for the time being, the two-door and five-door versions of the E90/E92

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Oct17

217-mph BMW 7 Series - NR 7s Long Version with 720 HP - 0 to 60 in 3.5 seconds





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217-mph BMW 7 Series - NR 7s Long Version with 720 HP -   0 to 60 in 3.5 seconds

Take one BMW 7 Series, hand it over to Germany's TuningWerk, ask for the second-stage tune that the company characterizes as "a little revitalization," and the sedan you get back will top out at 720 horsepower, 803 pound-feet and 217 miles per hour.

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