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Car Articles Useful Performance Car Of The Year 2011

December 12, 2011

Some cars are not just made of their power and prestige, they also represent a lineage of expert design, passion and expert engineering. The new 2011 BMW M5 is just such a car and I have decided this year to award it with the inaugural Car Articles Useful Performance Car Of The Year award. This [...]

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Auto Express Reviews BMW 1 Series M Coupe

May 24, 2011

Yes, we could ask why BMW didn’t just pip for the obvious M1 badge given the power and performance of this small coupe. However, there is no doubting that this is a serious car, coming as it does with more than 300 horsepower, more than 400 torques and a manual only gearbox. So, does it [...]

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BMW M3 GTS Vs Porsche 911 GT3

May 16, 2011

Sometimes, having one performance car isn’t enough. When that’s the case, you just have to compare two of the best rear wheel drive performance cars that money can buy! In this case, Autocar takes the BMW M3 to the limit against the equally powerful Porsche 911 GT3. Can the ferocious nature of the M3 match [...]

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BMW Performance Editions

May 8, 2011

BMW is celebrating the 2012 Olympics in unique style – by creating two special new models – the ‘Performance Editions’. Available in early 2012, these exclusive BMW 1 Series and 3 Series models will reinforce their sporting credentials with M aerodynamic body styling, 18” Alloy Wheels, Sport seats, an M Sport gearshift lever and London [...]

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Motor Trend Laps Laguna Seca In Ford Mustang Boss 302

March 16, 2011

We don’t mention american muscle cars enough around here I don’t think, so in celebration of our cousins across the pond who love big bore V8′s, here’s a video from Motor Trend showing just what the Ford Mustang Boss 302 is capable of. Watch right to the very end of the video in order to [...]

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Fifth Gear Reviews BMW X3

February 25, 2011

The previous generation BMW X3 wasn’t all that well received – not in the least a certain Mr Clarkson who tore it to bits as being not very good off road and not particularly great on road either. Will this new generation model fair any better? Find out in the Fifth Gear review.

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Autocar BMW M3 GTS Review

October 5, 2010

This is the ultimate BMW M3 – the GTS version. Featuring 444bhp and a massive wing on the back, if you like your BMW car hardcore then you don’t want to look any further. However, if you’re after one of these monsters, you’d better be quick. Only 110 examples are going to be made. If [...]

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Mystery New BMW Site

September 20, 2010

In some kind of strange reverse marketing, BMW has produced the ‘Don’t blog about this‘ blog, which features a 6 series with what looks like some serious modification. Alloys reminiscent of the BMW M1, a super aggressive front end and huge flared arches somehow bring to my mind the McLaren SLR. Nonetheless, I thought that [...]

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MINI Countryman Makes UK Debut

September 7, 2010

Here’s the latest from MINI on their newest car, the Countryman. Sure to be a success, the new MINI is now ubiquitous on UK roads and I can vouch for the popularity – a street only a couple of hundred metres from my house has 4 MINIs! The Countryman is the largest in the MINI [...]

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Clarkson Reviews The X6 On Top Gear

June 30, 2010

Here, Clarkson provides one of his usual effusive (and rather expensive) reviews for Top Gear of a rather lavish slab of car, the BMW X6. Not small or shy by any means, it actually rather reminds me of the big man himself… The X6 is an ‘SAV’ or sports activity vehicle with coupe-like lines but [...]

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