Tag: bmw

Hammond May checks out BMW’s latest version of the M5 to see if it was possible to improve on last generation. May gets a once in a lifetime chance to drive the rare Ferrari 250GT California. Later on all three hosts set out to see if you can really do motor racing on a budget. Grab the episode here.

The new BMW M3 is already competent car but it didn’t stop VF Engineering from tuning the car. TUNED traveled to California to take a look a newly tuned BMW M3. Sporting a powerful Vortech super charger (similar to the 370Z TUNED reviewed) and other lovely after market bits it produces a whopping 690 horsepower.

Although they aren’t direct rivals, Chris Harris reviews the brand new 2012 BMW M5 and the 2012 Nissan GT-R. One is a sport saloon while the other one is high-tech sports coupe. Not only does Chris Harris drive both cars on the streets of UK he reviews both cars on the track in the wet. Check out the video after the jump.

When not designing crazy cars, German brand BMW lends its designing ability to computer parts manufacture Thermaltake. The last time the two worked together they created the modular Level 10 PC case, this time they created the Level 10 M gaming mouse. Pictures after the jump.

Car lovers often name vehicles by their distinctive exhaust note as they drive by. These minute differences are often compared to musical instruments because of there complex nature (also why games have a hard time getting it right). Format67 releases their next video to see if they can blur the line between a musical symphony and a motor to the same tune.

You’ve probably seen this video floating around but I had to post it. Motor Trend decided to hold the greatest drag race using only the best cars in the world. The list: BMW 1M, Ford Mustang Boss 302, Porsche 911 GT3 RS, Chevrolet Corvette Z06, Ferrari 458, Nissan GT-R, Audi R8 GT, Mercedes-Benz SLS, Lexus LF-A, Porsche Cayman R and the Lotus Evora S. Video after the jump.

One of the most dreaded ricer trends known to man is the blacked out look. It’s where the owner decides to make everything black: tail lights, head lights, windshield and wheels. The Singapore owner of this BMW 1M decided he wanted to look different and white’d out his car…but stopped at the wheels because that would be too much.

Source: Iedei

Wrapping has been popular trend in the past year, rightfully so since it’s cheaper than repainting your car and if you ever tired of your wrap you can simply rip it off. Typically people will use vinyl or faux carbon fiber to wrap their cars, however this X6 owner decided those were too tacky and went with a leather wrap instead. Hopefully this trend doesn’t catch on!

Earlier this week I posted a great video highlighting JDM Legends, a classic JDM shop. For the next episode, Depth of Speed explores one of the common occurrences of owning a car – the bond. John Clason interviews Sky Lund about his bond with his BMW 2002.

To celebrate the 75th birthday of the classic 328, BMW produced this homage to the sports car and unveiled it at the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este in Italy. Many cues were taken from the original 328: a split windshield, round headlights, hood straps and tall kidney grilles. The 328 concept’s body is made of plastic reinforced carbon fiber to keep the body light weight. I’m loving the unique styling of the vehicle especially the leather accents used around the car.