3 Series
With information about the updated 3-Series coupe and convertible comes new upgrades. Most see this as a design refresh, but there are some very appealing things just beneath the surface. Just to highlight the exterior…
Josh / January 16, 2010
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BMW’s groundbreaking 3.0-liter Advanced Diesel engine has again been named one of Ward’s 10 Best Engines. For the 2010 model year and the second year in a row, BMW’s sequential twin-turbo inline-6 diesel engine was…
Horatiu Boeriu / December 10, 2009
3 Series
17 years after winning the World Championship in 1983, BMW returned to Formula One as an engine supplier. The BMW WilliamsF1 Team celebrated ten victories, 17 pole positions and 45 podium finishes between 2000 and…
Horatiu Boeriu / November 2, 2009
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As our editor Andrew said in a previous article, the BMW 320si is a “hidden pearl”, a car known in the BMW community as a real driver’s car. Browsing Germancarzone today, came across a member…
Horatiu Boeriu / October 28, 2009
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Frankfurt Auto Show: BMW 320d EfficientDynamics Edition
by Horatiu Boeriu / Date: September 18, 2009
3 Series
BMW is raising the bar again by releasing a new ultra fuel efficient luxury car at the Frankfurt Auto Show. The BMW 320d is powered by a 2.0 liter four-cylinder diesel engine outputting 163 horsepower….
Horatiu Boeriu / August 21, 2009
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Both were revolutionary and triumphant: in the summer of 1959 Alec Issigonis presented his concept for a small car which, with its transverse-mounted front four-cylinder engine and space for four occupants plus luggage, was to…
Horatiu Boeriu / June 11, 2009
3 Series
For years, owners of the BMW 3 Series E46 models have been reporting ruptures in subframe structure of their cars. This problem was also common in the earlier E36 models, but they re-occurred in the…
Horatiu Boeriu / May 30, 2009
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Munich, 1975, BMW finds itself at an important stage in its continued growth as a world-wide auto manufacturer. BMW has occupied its famous Vierzylinder (four cylinder) headquarters in Munich across from the equally famous Olympiastadion,…
Andrew / December 16, 2008
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Since late 2005, when BMW announced it’s new E90 entrant for the World Touring Car, Championship(WTCC), I’ve been enamoured by the BMW 320Si as BMW had to homologate the car by producing 2,600 road-going versions…
Andrew / November 11, 2008
3 Series
I’ve been doing some math. After a recent discussion of BMW’s higher 2009 prices with a friend, I wanted to see for myself how expensive the new Bimmers have become. If you hate numbers, don’t…
Mike Duggan / October 9, 2008