2010 BWM CONCEPT 5 SERIES ACTIVE HYBRID

2010 BMW ActiveHybrid 5

BMW hybrid engine from Shanghai Motor Show next month when BMW launched the New Energy 2011 5 Series cars. According to BMW CEO Norbert Reithofer, the car - on the basis of the long wheelbase 5 Series - designed specifically for the Chinese market.

There was not much to be learned from BMW's new vehicle of energy, except that it probably will not reach North American shores. However, it may lend some of its ActiveHybrid technology 5, BMW showed a concept last year. So far, we still await the production version of the hybrid car that uses a more traditional electric fuel created

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2012 BMW i8 PROTOTYPE REVIEW DETAIL

BMW i8 PROTOTYPE

BMW i8 during winter testing has managed to make their way to the net courtesy of YouTube. The clips appeared after our spy photographers have managed to lay eyes on green supercar romp in the snow. The clips give us a good idea of ​​what it will consider moving i8. We're still not quite fond of roof and side mirrors i8 see driving on ice and snow did nothing to influence our opinion. We can not help thinking that the pieces look like ears of the hippopotamus.

It is impossible to say whether the mule seen running through the snow is equipped with small displacement diesel engine of the concept, or if this machine has a gasoline engine turbocharged four-cylinder is rumored to debuting the production version. Anyway, the clips are worth a look. Hit the jump to see the next flagship of BMW in the action itself.

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2011 BMW Z4 AC SCHNITZER 99D REVIEW

2011 BMW Z4 AC SCHNITZER 99D

AC Schnitzer has had experience for the Z4 and the BMW EfficientDynamics system, the 320d work in a plant to go under the hood of the Z4. The 2011 AC Schnitzer 99D gets a boost of 70 hp to 190, 60 shots in 6.9 seconds, slightly off of 99 g of C02 per kilometer and a handsome return 63 mpg in the European cycle. This, according to Schnitzer, is better than any BMW on the market. Unfortunately, the 99D is only a concept and not available to the public in the near future.

For family heads of mind on the show, started by AC Schnitzer BMW 550i 2011, bumping the car from 407 to 540 horsepower. According to Schnitzer, the result is 4.5 second 0-60 sprint and an end no less than 198 mph top. The engine exhales through a new round of quiet tuner own capped with chrome surrounds. The resulting expression of Directors was called ACS5 Sport S.

Transporting all that energy to a stop is a new set of pistons in the caliper to eight sports. Outside, Schnitzer has everything to make sure the car is stable at speed found. The long list of exterior mods include a front spoiler, the tubes of carbon brakes, new engine compartment vents and, of course, the choice of 20 or 21 inch AC Schnitzer custom wheels.

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BMW ALPINA B5 BITURBO TOURING DESIGN

BMW ALPINA B5 BITURBO TOURING

Set to debut at succeeding week's Hollands Motor Convey, the powdered folks at Alpina make presented the B5 BiTurbo communication to the new 5 Series Touring.

Supercharged by the aforesaid twin-turbo 4.4-liter V8 as the sedan, the B5 Touring produces 507 h.p. and 516 pound-feet of force, working to the nurture wheels via an eight-speed climb handgun coefficient provided by ZF. 0-60 is handled in fair low quint seconds, and unexciting out the Touring instrument do 187 miles per time.

Of instruction, all of this force comes wrapped in the habitual Alpina accessory, including a steroid-enhanced exterior aero kit and the reserves's tune 20-spoke wheels. It's quite a looker, and we'd sex to see how it stacks up to Cadillac's own CTS-V Sportsman Wagon. Get your fix in our high-res gallery beneath.

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2013 BMW 6 SERIES CONVERTIBLE SPORT CAR

2012 BMW 6 SERIES CONVERTIBLE

The second generation BMW 6 Series was a bit of a scene in which he hit the world stage in 2003 would underestimate its shock value. The coupe Dingolfing, Germany and convertible style built seemed to gain fans and feathers flying traditionalists "to the same extent, but no matter how you feel about your appearance, ran the 6 long model was successful, causing about 118,000 units.

Despite this victory (despite what the authorities tell us BMW), which was a bit clear of the capitulation of design in the halls of Bavaria, as Chris Bangle's controversial treatment of the surface and tree lines have been smoothed new models for less polarizing BMW designs throughout the empire.

So the range 2012 6 Series, which begins with the 650i convertible model presented here, a model that should arrive in dealerships this month of April (just in time for the season from top to bottom). In North America Hyperborean sustainable winter, it was desirable to move toward warmer climes for a top-down quality of running. BMW obviously had the same thought, he sent us in Cape Town, South Africa. Famous for its people and said attending toothed fins at sea, I could not imagine a better place to sample the series 6 "shark nose look reborn.

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TURBOCHARGED FOUR CYLINDER BMW X1 2.0

BMW X1 2.0 TURBOCHARGED FOUR CYLINDER

BMW X1 2.0 TURBOCHARGED FOUR CYLINDER

BMW X1 2.0 TURBOCHARGED FOUR CYLINDER SPECIFICATION

BMW X1 2.0 TURBOCHARGED FOUR CYLINDER ENGINE DESIGN

BMW X1 2.0 TURBOCHARGED FOUR CYLINDER

The BMW X1 may not arrive in the U.S. on schedule, but when it does show up, it will come packing a turbocharged four-cylinder. The all-aluminum 2.0-liter mill cranks out 245 horsepower and 258 pound-feet of torque thanks to direct-injection and a single twin-scroll turbo. European buyers will be able to bolt the engine to either a six-speed manual or an eight-speed automatic and the company's xDrive all-wheel drive system. BMW claims the manual-equipped X1 will do the 0-62 mph in around 6.1 seconds. while opting for the auto will tack another .3 seconds onto its sprint time.

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2012 BMW X1 NEW CAR DESIGN REVIEW

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2011 BMW X1

Us potential buyers might have to put it off a bit more more in advance of wreckage his or her the teeth on the impending BMW X1. Based on Automotive Reports, your CUV may be more popular around European union than the German automaker at first hoped for, therefore, BMW is definitely having some a source recession. Therefore, North Us potential buyers shouldn't get seeing your X1 afre the wedding of this year as at first likely. On the other hand, it truly is starting to seem such as motor vehicle will not look the following until early on 2012 at the soonest. Automotive Reports reports the X1 continued sale made around European union around Late associated with 2010.

After that, your high-riding hatch provides sold out and about around every single sector it truly is handled. BMW says who's totally expects your X1 in the form of low-volume product within your land on the free, having sales put on internet land inside exact region as just what exactly the present YOU Series Coupe and Convertible. Still, the provider says of which it truly is capturing for approximately EIGHT, 000 gadgets annually. When using the larger, more popular X3 just now hammering dealerships, your X1 may assist in order to fill a position to get potential buyers looking for a stream-lined luxurious crossover.

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2013 BMW 1 SERIES M COUPE MODEL

2012 BMW 1 Series M Coupe

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2012 BMW 1 Series M Coupe

2012 BMW 1 Series M Coupe Specs

2012 BMW 1 Series M Coupe

At $47,010 (including destination), the 2012 BMW 1 Series M Coupe isn't absolutely cheap. Still, Matthew Russell, BMW artefact and technology PR rep, says it's "the best affordable M BMW has anytime sold, adjusting for inflation, including the aboriginal E30 M3." That car amount about $34,000 back it was alien in 1988. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Russell is added than right: $34,000 in 1988 had the aforementioned affairs ability as $62,885 in 2010.

With rumors of BMW accepting into front-wheel-drive cars, we asked Dr. Kay Segler, admiral of BMW M GmbH, if M could do a FWD car. Segler said, "I haven't anticipation about that," and went on to acknowledgment that he couldn't see accomplishing a sub-1-Series M car.

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2012 BMW ALPINA B7

2011 BMW ALPINA B7

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BMW M3 Coupe can't lose the Alpina B7 HYBRIDS CARS. The two of us are an unlikely automotive pair, playing cat-and-mouse on one long road to nowhere deep in the reaches of an unincorporated area of the California coastal mountains. The air is cool and the canyons are mostly quiet. Only the sound of two wailing V8s breaks the silence.

While the M3 dives into the corners with confidence, the B7 launches out with ferocious conviction. The M3 pulls energetically on the short straights, but the B7 puts its power down with resolve and steadily reels the smaller coupe back in. Even mid-corner, when the M3 is in perfect step, the B7 clenches a slightly wider line but still holds its ground.

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NEW BMW VISION EFFICIENT DYNAMICS HYBRID

BMW Vision Efficient Dynamics

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BMW Vision Efficient Dynamics Velg Design

BMW Vision Efficient Dynamics

The BMW Vision Efficient Dynamics assembly agent could be alleged the BMW i8 according to letters from Dutch armpit Auto Internationaal. The abstraction agent was arise at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show and a assembly archetypal was arise not continued after. The “i8″ name is advised to reflect the ecology aspects of the car and will act as a advertiser to added BMW cartage to chase in the footsteps of this ecological coupé.

Future models will accordingly be called with the ‘i’ letter and a number, with these letters advertence that we could see a fresh ecological sports ambit arise alongside BMW’s acceptable line-up. We still don’t apprehend to see the BMW Megacity agent in that agency as it should backpack its own badge. The BMW i8 should arise in 2013 afterwards its rivals, the Audi R8 e-Tron and the Mercedes SLS AMG E-Cell.

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PROTOTYPE BMW VISION EFFICIENT DYNAMICS

BMW is set to change the way we think about supercars with its Vision EfficientDynamics concept. This swoopy economical machine is estimated to produce around 328 horsepower from its three-cylinder diesel hybrid powertrain, and fuel economy is claimed to be a lofty 62.5 miles per gallon.

BMW Vision Efficient Dynamics Prototype

BMW Vision Efficient Dynamics Prototype

BMW Vision Efficient Dynamics Prototype Design

BMW Vision Efficient Dynamics Car Prototype

BMW Vision Efficient Dynamics Prototype

While speaking to Inside Line recently, the automaker's sales and marketing director, Ian Robertson, announced that the car will cost roughly €150,000, or about $200,000 USD when it goes on sale. That's indeed a pretty penny, but it's put into perspective when you consider that Mercedes-Benz's upcoming efficient supercar, the SLS E-Cell, is rumored to cost around $250,000.

No official timeframe has been given as to when we'll see the debut of the production-ready EfficientDynamics supercar, but Inside Line states that BMW is sponsoring the 2012 London Olympics, so we should look for the car to debut at that time. It's indeed a vast change from the eight-, ten- and twelve-cylinder hotties that currently make up the supercar segment, but with the changing times putting a larger emphasis on efficiency, BMW's end result should still be pretty sweet.

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