Some of you simply love Jeremy Clarkson, while others…hate him. Okay, hate maybe was a strong word, but let’s just say that not everyone is his fan. But regardless, Jeremy is quite a character and he does not cease to amaze me.

So, you might be asking yourself already: what did he do this time? What car did he crash this time? Well, fortunately for him, he stayed away from the track this time but decided to take a V8 engine on the TV set.

Why the V8 engine? Well, he decided to build the world’s most powerful fruit blender by using the powerful 430HP 6.2L V8 found in a Corvette.

The result? Watch the video.

P.S I wonder how a V8 twin-turbo would work in this case. ;))

[Source: Youtube via JohnChow ]

We have all come to admire the beautiful work that Alpina does, and their vehicles are some of the best in the tunning world. Last year, we got to enjoy the Alpina B3, B5 and B6 at the Frankfurt Auto Show, then later this year, we have seen the first shots of the B7, based on the 2009 7 Series.

In the video below, you will see the Alpina B6 going head-to-head with the M6. Unfortunately for those of us that don’t speak much german, it will be hard to follow the comparison, but I think the footage will keep you entertained.

BMW 1-series picked up an award and so did the Night Vision commercial for BMW. I’ve never seen that night vision commercial b, but that is some good advertising and film-making. 

Article By CARversation.com

I thought we should start this Monday with a smile on our faces. One of my friends, Client Advisor might add, sent me this funny commercial of a “not-so-smart” car salesman, it’s quite entertaining and worth the two minutes and 37 seconds you will waste on it.

But before I will let you watch it, I wanted to apologize in advance to any of you out there that make a living selling cars, I hope you won’t get offended ….it’s just a skit.

To compensate, i will try to find a commercial where the buyers are being poked at :))

I’m assuming you guys still remember the Meet the Beckers, Audi approved series, where the BMW, Lexus and Mercedes drivers are portrayed in a less favorable light.

As Jalopnik stated also, Audi is looking to send out a message out with their new viral marketing videos, a message that tells the world that pricks drive BMW convertibles, old people drive Mercedes sedans and boring people drive Lexus crossovers. Should I even bother saying how much I disagree with that statement as well? Nah, probably not today, I’ll let the Audi fans enjoy this.

Of course, episode two of Meet the Beckers came out and the highlight of it is when the “cool” Audi driver calls the beautiful Laguna Seca color as being purple. But I won’t spoil the video, I’ll let you draw the conclusions.

The folks at Bimmerfile, got their hands on an Youtube video showing the new iDrive playing DVD movies. The video playback has been restricted on the previous iDrive generation, but apparently, BMW has listened to its buyers and implemented this feature.

Of course, due to safety regulations, the navigation system will play videos only when the car is in “Park”  mode and the hand brake is on. I’m not sure how it will work for the manual cars, but I’m assuming the car will still need to to have the hand break on along with the car being placed in neutral and brakes pressed.

The video was taken in a 2009 BMW M3

The friends at Drivers-Republic.com have been teasing me for weeks with a work-in-progress video review of the BMW M3 against the Mercedes C63 and Lexus IS-F. We have already been down this road once before, with another review on the previously mentioned cars, but this one is different. There are no race tracks involved, but rather some beautiful windy roads in the great Wales. 

I love also how they managed to get the cars together in the same scenes and give you better images of the cars racing against each other. Anyway, enough said, I will let you watch it and of course, I won’t tell you who the winner was.

Thanks for the great video Steve, looking forward to the next ones!

Last week, bmw-web.tv brought us a new video showcasting the interior ambiance and materials in the 2009 BMW 7 Series. 

Today, BMW’s designer of the 7 Series, Nader Faghihzadeh, talks a little more about the interior panels, the design interfaces and the reasoning behind it.

Once again, these are my favorite videos by far, the most fascinating ones.

The friends at bmw-web.tv have a new video based on BMW’s Efficient Dynamics technology and the concepts that were introduced at the Paris Auto Show. Chris Koenders, Vice President Brand Management and Marketing Services at BMW, talks about technology, the sales goal, the models available and other cool info.

On top of this, you will get to see some footage of the new 7 Series along with the 3 Series EfficientDynamics model. 

Shawn, a reader of our blog, has sent us on behalf of the Beckers, an “interesting”, maybe even funny video for some of us. The episode is part of a series called Meet the Beckers and the first show gives us a representation of BMW, Mercedes, Audi and Lexus drivers. 

I won’t go into a detailed analysis of what each driver and car represents, but I encourage you to post some comments with your opinion on this. I hope this video will not offend any of you, it’s just a show with a comedy flavor. 

Here is my short take on this:

BMW M3 - Young, cool in a weird way, competitive and energetic, technology savy and loves techno beats. 

Audi - More mature, calm, the quiet guy in the family and a “wife material” girlfriend. 

Lexus  Controlling wife, geeky, “sweet” children

Mercedes-Benz - hmm…not sure exactly how to interpret that.

Update: This is indeed an Audi commercial, but we’ll let it run, even though we disagree with it. We, the bimmer drivers, are still cooler

This is an interesting video. You got a twin turbo V6(GTR), a twin turbo V12(CL 65) and a high revving M5. All amazing cars.

I think a better comparison would have been just the CL 65 vs M5 because the Nissan GTR Smoked the super sedans.

Street Race: R35 GT-R vs. CL65 vs. M5

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The new V series was caught on camera and video over at Inside Line. It is going hot weather testing in Death Valley. From the pictures you can see it’s overall dimensions and a bit of it’s details through the significant camo-cladding.

Based on the 5-series, the car is rumored to have a high roofline and a hatchback rear end. Speculation of a V8 base engine was common earlier this year but with the new fuel and economy crisis - all bets are off.

See the full video at Inside Line

Authored By Jason at Porsche-Report.

The below video should probably turn into a BMW commercial. Us, the bimmer lovers, fan, whatever you wanna call us, are indeed  a little bit “crazy”, and not just about our cars, but in general. 

We are the same people that are willing to shell out a few thousand of dollars extra just to have the latest and best bimmer, the very same people that are spending countless of hours detailing our car and the same people that give names to their bimmers. 

Yes, that’s us, and honestly, I learned to be proud of it. 

To the guy in the video: whoever you are, GOOD JOB!

Courtesy of Teamspeed.com

I just came across a video showing BMW’s ConnectedDrive system. I don’t recall this video being shown before, so I thought I will share it with you.

It is only about 7 minutes long, but it goes into a lot of details when it comes to the functionality of the ConnectedDrive system and the best part is that the review is not too formal, the discussion between the BMW representative and Paul Tan (Paultan.org) flows freely.

It’s always funny to hear the end-users getting excited about the little gadgets and features.

We did cover the BMW ConnectedDrive many times before, including a few videos, so if you would like to refresh your memory or catch up on things, here are some good articles to read:

BMW ConnectedDrive Video1

BMW ConnectedDrive Video2

All there is to know about ConnectedDrive

Oh, did I tell you that Google is the default homepage on ConnectedDrive? Wonder if it was BMW’s choice or Google had to shell out some money for that.

A few months ago when the new Pontiac G8 GT came out Pontiac was going nuts on how much better it was then the BMW 5-Series, particularly the 550i. I did an article about the Pontiac versus the BMW. Well, I have the whole truth for you. While up in Chicago, thanks to Bill Sullivan Pontiac in Arlington Heights, IL, we were able to test drive a brand new 2009 G8 GT.

I won’t tell you what I thought of either car, I’ll just let you watch the videos. And when you get to the walk around of the G8, please turn up your sound… Sorry for the low volume.

Enjoy,

550i Sport

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