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Essen 2009: AC Schnitzer gives BMW 123d the police package treatment [w/VIDEO]

High performance vehicles like Porsche 911s being used for pursuit duty on Germany's autobahn is nothing new. As such, in order order to grab the attention of Essen Motor Show attendees, the Tune It Safe! program's annual police-liveried show car needs to go a step further. Past efforts have included rides such as a police-liveried Brabus Rocket and a TechArt-prepared Porsche 911. This year, AC Schnitzer got the call and it has unwrapped (or perhaps wrapped is the better term, given the side graphics) a police car concept based on the BMW ... Read more →

REPORT: BMW plans to offer four-cylinder diesels in the U.S. Jonny Lieberman

To mechanics of the Seventies, the phrase "Oldmobile 350 Diesel" is enough to cause heart palpitations. For many Americans, that particular engine was their first – and most definitely last ...

Rumormill: BMW looking at cheaper 5 Series Gran Turismo, rules out M model Chris Paukert

The famed automotive pot-stirrers at Autocar are at it again. According to two blurbs from the UK publication, BMW's new 5 Series Gran Turismo may spawn at least one less costly, less powerful ...

BMW to introduce more powerful and efficient version of twin-turbo 3.0-liter diesel Sam Abuelsamid

BMW has just announced an upgraded version of its 3.0-liter inline six-cylinder diesel engine. The new version retains the same displacement, yet output for the European spec version is increased ...

BMW considering diesel 7-series for U.S. Jeremy Korzeniewski

While we were visiting with BMW at the LA Auto Show, the automaker made a big deal about its diesel engines, suggesting that the oil-burners would be an alternative to hybrids in the United ...

BMW announces 335d and X5 xDrive35d pricing 1 year ago on Autoblog

BMW announced pricing for its all-new 2009 diesel models during a live webcast today. Fitted under the hood of the 335d and X5 xDrive35d will be a 3.0-liter twin-turbo diesel rated at 265 hp and 425 lb-ft of torque (BMW's own flagship 6.0-liter gasoline V12 barely tops it with 444 lb-ft). The ...

Rumormill: BMW diesels on sale in the U.S. mid-October 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for more images of BMW's new diesels The BMW X5 xDrive35d and 335d, both revealed live at the Detroit Auto Show, will be coming to the States in mid-October according to the latest rumor. The common engine will be BMW's dual turbocharged 3.0L inline-six diesel, good for 265 hp and 425 ...

Detroit '08 Preview: BMW does diesel, will show US-spec X5 xDrive35d and 335d 1 year ago on Autoblog

click above to view more high-res images Remember when we told you that "Blue" might become the new "Green" in automotive environmentalism? Here's more proof. BMW will be debuting two new diesel-powered models for the U.S. market at the 2008 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, and ...

Diesel's on our doorstep: Audi lays out TDI intitiative for the U.S. 2 years ago on Autoblog

While Japanese automakers have the hybrid lead, the front-runners in diesel are companies of German descent. Mercedes is bringing home the bacon with BLUETEC, BMW is slapping twin turbochargers onto a 3.0-liter diesel, and Volkswagen will implement BlueMotion into five different VWs. Audi intends ...

BMW to bring twin-turbo diesel to the U.S. 2 years ago on Autoblog

Those of us Stateside have been deprived of more diesel models than you shake an oversized fuel nozzle at, but it looks like the folks over at BMW may be on their way to curing our high-mileage, high-torque lust. The automaker's 286 HP, 427 lb.-ft. of torque 3.0-liter twin turbo engine may find a ...

Regenerative braking coming to BMW 3-series in October 2 years ago on Autoblog

We already know that BMW isn't interested in making any hybrid gas/electric vehicles unless they can find a way to make the system more efficient than their most efficient diesels (click here for more from AutoblogGreen). But, that does not mean that some of the technology pioneered in hybrid ...

BMW refines U.S. diesel plan 3 years ago on Autoblog

BMW is coming stag to the U.S. diesel party, despite hinting in October that they were close to joining fellow German automakers VW, Audi and DaimlerChrysler in marketing Bluetec technology in the U.S. "We are in the process of thinking of a name that is different from Bluetec," a spokesman for BMW ...

BMW Alpina D3: Economical Excitement 3 years ago on Autoblog

Let's mull over some numbers. 2.0 liters. 200 horsepower. 302 lb-ft. 7.4 seconds. 6 speeds. 47.9 miles per gallon* combined. Put them all together in one car, and you have the Alpina D3, a serious diesel performer wrapped up in a BMW 3-series shell and made better by the magicians at Alpina. ...






Autoblog Podcast #158: 'Twas a couple nights before Christmas...

Chris, Editor Paukert, and Dan send the Podcast off for the Christmas holiday in proper fashion

 
 

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