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Monday turned out to be a good day for the BMW M5 team, with good results in both sessions which moved us up the order. But before we cover the competitive portion of the day,…

A new recall was issued by BMW of North America for faulty head restraints. The recall affects 7,600 new 2012 BMW 3 Series manufactured between October 18, 2011 and March 18, 2012. The recall bulletin…

The B7 is produced at the same assembly line in Dingolfing,Germany, along with BMW’s own 7-Series. For the 2011 model year, the B7’s twin-turbo 4.4-liter V8 is assembled by hand at ALPINA’s facility in Buchloe,Germany, before…

The BMW Group continued on its successful course as the world’s leading premium car company once again in April with an increase of 6.1% in sales. A total of 145,505 (prev. yr. 137,195) BMW, MINI…

Today’s BMW Super Bild isn’t a BMW car at all, but it is a “Super Bild” which is German for “Great Image”. So to kick off a new week at BMWBLOG.com I thought it would…

BMW will recall over 24,000 vehicles sold in the United States. The 24,340 vehicles built from 2009-2011 may fail to meet U.S. and California emission regulations. Roughly 2,740 are X5 xDrive50i and X6 xDrive50i manufactured…

Today started out pretty miserable, weather wise. Teams awoke to loud thunderstorms, heavy rain and high winds as they made their way to Mid America Motorplex in Pacific Junction, Iowa. Believe it or not somehow…

Being the only member of the BMWBLOG staff whoʼs a Lap Dog (will explain in a minute) I figured today, the start of the Tire Rackʼs One Lap of America, would be good time to…

Today presented competitors with a full schedule of events. First we had the skid pad competition at Tire Rack. This comprises of three laps clockwise and three laps in an anti-clockwise direction on the wet…

The BMW and Hyundai Rumored Engine Development Pact This is a bit of a puzzler to me. Last year BMW announced it’s 500cc cylinder capacity range of engines. Both gas and diesel engines that share…