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0Rumormill: BMW 1 Series GT tipped for Parisian debut 1328135340
We know what you're thinking: Another day, another BMW bodystyle. Except this one's different. The Bavarian automaker, much like its fellow German marques Audi and Mercedes-Benz, has exploded its product offerings with spinoffs of its established models. So the two-door 6 Series has bred a ...
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Official: BMW ActiveE enrollment process now open in test markets 1327360500
It isn't every day that BMW offers an electric vehicle, but the ActiveE is just that. The German luxury car maker is now accepting applications for 700 ActiveE "Electronauts" in the test markets of Boston, Hartford, New York, Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Diego and San Francisco. The hand-raisers ...
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Official: BMW adds Exclusive and Sport editions to 1 Series coupe/convertible range 1326490140
With 2012 now upon us, BMW has released a series of updates across its ever-expanding range, but the most noteworthy among them are a pair of special editions in the 1 Series. First up is the Edition Exclusive, which packages a chrome grille, exhaust tips and window frames to contrast with the ...
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Featured: BMW still has "no plans" for 1 Series hatch in States, X6-like X3 variant in the cards 1326238200
We've just returned from a Detroit Auto Show media roundtable with Klaus Draeger, member of the Board of BMW AG, Development, and he's helped shed some light on both some near- and far-term developments for BMW in the States. Draeger confirmed that BMW has absolutely no plans to expand the ...
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Report: BMW M5 quicker than 1 M Coupe quicker than M3 1325174460
Autobild recently set out to settle the question of which M vehicle is the fastest in the BMW stable at the moment. Not surprisingly, the German enthusiast publication found the BMW M3 CRT to be the quickest around the Sachsenring, setting the magazine's fastest time around the track with a ...
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Rumormill: BMW planning 135i hatch? 1322078760
The new 2012 BMW 1 Series is making friends hither and yon, but an unsourced report from the Netherlands suggests it might soon be taking no prisoners with the rumored arrival next summer of a 320-horsepower, 135i hatch. Yes, grab your salt and put on your tinfoil hat, because this appears to be ...
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Video: Watch Jeremy Clarkson pit 1908 V12 Brutus against BMW 1 Series M Coupe 1321637460
The Brutus is a relic from another time. A time when men approached automobile racing with reckless abandon by cramming the largest, most powerful engine available onto a chassis supported by the world's skinniest tires. Suspension, brakes and cumbersome safety equipment were all scrapped for ...
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Report: Dan Neil calls BMW 1M Coupe ugly... is he right? [w/poll] 1319500740
Dan Neil, car critic at The Wall Street Journal and The Car Show presenter, is pretty smitten with the BMW 1 Series M Coupe, at least on most fronts. As a devotee of the E36 M3, Neil is happy to see that the fairly lightweight coupe comes with an honest inline six-cylinder engine under the hood, ...
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First Drive: 2011 BMW ActiveE 1319212620
BMW Gets Electrified, But Am I? For over a year, I've been looking for a way to get into an electric vehicle, but my options have been decidedly limited. I'm either lacking the funds (Tesla Roadster) or the alternatives have lacked character (Mitsubishi i, Focus Electric). But now there's this: ...
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Video: BMW pulls The Switch on unsuspecting 1 Series owner 1317832200
We can appreciate a well-orchestrated prank as much as the next guy. But being the car nuts we are, we'd implore any would-be prankster to leave cars out of it. TP the guy's house, Saran-wrap the toilet, make a crank call or two if you must. But for the love of all things holy, please leave the ...

