Posted on 22nd September, 2007 by Warren M
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The second-generation BMW X5 sports activity vehicle is on a roll.
BMW Manufacturing Co. shipped its 100,000th “next-generation†X5 to a customer in Bellevue, Washington.. on Thursday — less than a year after the plant first began making the updated vehicle.
“Reaching this milestone in less than a year is an indicator of how popular the X5 is with customers,†he said. “With the original X5, it took almost two years to reach the 100,000th milestone.â€
[Source: BMW]
Posted on 22nd September, 2007 by Warren M
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For the second consecutive year, Bentley Motors has been proud to sponsor the Award for the Best Mechanical Engineering Student at The Science, Engineering & Technology Student of the Year Awards, held in London last night.
Bentley’s Member of the Board - Engineering, Dr Ulrich Eichhorn, presented the award – which carries £15,000-worth of sponsorship – to Chris Lamming from University of Bath (pictured) for his paper on Analysis and Computation of Regularly-spaced Localised Buckles in Pipelines.
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Posted on 21st September, 2007 by Warren M
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For any BMW fan out there, this is nothing less than automotive porn. A sea of E92 M3s. Superb.
Posted on 21st September, 2007 by Warren M
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Here’s a piece of film comparing BMW’s new M3 with the mighty Audi RS4. You don’t need to speak French to appreciate it, just turn your speakers up!
Posted on 21st September, 2007 by Warren M
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OK, so it’s not exactly an ‘Audi’ car phone but it’s not hard to see which model this Chinese phone has been based on (even without the badges.) We wonder how many TT owners are going to snap them up, just to let other people in the pub know whose is the TT in the car park. Surely no one else (in their right mind) would want such a monstrosity?
[Source: Into Mobile]
Posted on 21st September, 2007 by Warren M
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The chief executive of PSA Peugeot Citroen, Christian Streiff, has said that he wouldn’t rule out a joint venture with BMW and Mercedes to develop a new range of petrol engines.
PSA and BMW already have a healthy relationship when it comes to building powerplants, and Norbert Reithofer (the BMW chief executive) confirmed last week that he was open to developing engines jointly with rival DaimlerChrysler, whose chief executive Dieter Zetsche has made similar remarks.
“PSA Peugeot Citroen is the volume car maker with the largest number of cooperation pacts and Mr Streiff has said he wants to deepen the existing partnerships,” the spokesman said.
“With BMW we have a specific and durable pact on petrol engines,” he added.
PSA is “constantly working” on developing a new generation of petrol engine with lower fuel consumption and lower emissions of greenhouse gases, he added.
[Source: Reuters]
Posted on 21st September, 2007 by Warren M
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Here’s a superb clip featuring two great cars. When you see how much cheaper the M3 is, it starts to make a lot of sense.
Posted on 21st September, 2007 by Warren M
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Lamborghini – the brand is synonymous with sporty automobile pleasure for the street. And when you see the Gallardo, you also know why. 520 hp is at work inside this attractive and, most importantly, airflow-optimized body. For owners, who think it leaves not enough impression on its beholders, can order the brand new wide HAMANN body-kit “Victoryâ€, making the Gallardo the ultimate head turner. Various HAMANN power upgrades promise better perfomance.
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Posted on 21st September, 2007 by Warren M
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A new version of the sought-after Audi A4 Cabriolet featuring a particularly impressive sports-oriented specification joins the UK range this week. Priced from £29,990 OTR, and available to order now, the new A4 2.0 TFSI S line Special Edition combines styling enhancements with extra interior luxuries to create one of the most covetable Cabriolets this side of the RS 4.
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Posted on 21st September, 2007 by Warren M
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OK, so it’s not exactly brand new, but it’s still pretty cool. Here’s a commercial for Volkswagen’s Polo. We never figured out how they managed to find a cat that big though…
Posted on 20th September, 2007 by Warren M
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The guys from M5 board have had their hands on BMW’s lovely new M3.
Here’s their verdict -
Posted on 20th September, 2007 by Warren M
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Mansory has designed a limited edition customisation program for the Bentley Continental GTC. We actually quite like this one. Full press release below.
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Posted on 20th September, 2007 by Warren M
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BMW’s forthcoming M3 cabriolet has been spied testing at the Nurburgring. The folding-topped fire-breather looks pretty much ready for the street. Please buy us one.
[Source: AutoGespot]
Posted on 20th September, 2007 by Warren M
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“To showcase the stunning new Audi R8, Audi Canada has announced an unprecedented cross-Canada introductory tour. The “Audi R8 Trans-Canada Performance Tour†will offer 15 select members of the Canadian news media an invitation to drive the sensational R8 in relay from St. John’s Newfoundland to Victoria, British Columbia.
The legs each journalist will drive vary in distance and completion times required will incorporate suggested sights and stops suitable to the exclusive image of the R8. The Tour commences in St. John’s at Cape Spear (the most easterly point in North America) on Wednesday, September 12th at 12:00 P.M., and concludes October 9th in Victoria.”
You can keep track of the tour, here.
Posted on 19th September, 2007 by Warren M
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Last weekend, the Mercedes-Benz C-Class station wagon that was unveiled at the International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt/Main celebrated its production launch at the plant. The first vehicle rolled off the assembly line during the Friday night shift.
“As our employees successfully mastered the launch of the new C-Class sedan last March, they are well prepared to also bring the station wagon version onto the road in top quality,†said Peter Schabert, head of the plant.
The predecessor of the new C-Class station wagon was phased out at the end of May. The plant’s staff had since then made extensive preparations for the production ramp-up of the new station wagon, which will be manufactured on the same assembly line as the sedan.
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