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Drive A New BMW 1 Series M Coupe for Free… On Your PC

If you are a car enthusiast like me, chances are you have played your fair share of video games including the Forza Motorsport series, Gran Turismo series games, or even arcade style ones such as Need for Speed or Test Drive. Either way, many of these games have your favorite sports car that you can virtually drive on your big screen at home. BMW wants to give you the opportunity to do the same for specific M vehicles, primarily the new BMW 1 Series M Coupe, in a new free PC game.

The new BMW 1 Series M Coupe ACR racing game is an exclusive BMW Experience offered online via Autoclubrevolution.com. From the site, PC users are able to download, install and play the game along with their online friends and get the ultimate driving experience behind the screen of your computer wheel of a new BMW 1 Series M Coupe.

The video below demonstrates and summarizes what you should expect in this new game with levels of customization tailored for BMW vehicles. Enjoy The Ultimate Driving Machine!

BMW’s M135i Concept Bows Before Geneva Debut

BMW’s M Performance line was announced last month, and so far the sub-brand’s focus has been on turbodiesels. That changes with the Geneva debut of the M135i hatchback concept, which, for the record, we want very, very badly to see in the United States. We’re fans of the hatchback, and we question the automakers’ assumption that “Americans won’t buy hatchbacks.” We say they will, especially when they come packaged as nicely as the M135i. Read more…

Alex Roy Explains How To Beat Speed Traps: Video

Unless you’re a true gear head, it’s entirely possible that you’ve never heard of Alex Roy. He isn’t a Formula 1 star, he hasn’t beaten Sebastian Loeb in a stage of the World Rally Championship and (as far as we know) he’s never turned a faster lap around Talladega than Jeff Gordon. He’s not a movie star, either, but Roy does has a taste for flamboyant costumes and over-the-top theatrics. The man knows a thing or two about driving fast, as well.

Roy is a multi-year Gumball 3000 and Bullrun participant, and holds the (unofficial) transcontinental speed record from New York to Los Angeles, a run Roy and co-driver David Maher made in 31 hours and 4 minutes. He also set a (now beaten) record for a lap of Manhattan, making the trip in 27 minutes with speeds as high as 144 miles per hour.

While Roy has seen his share of police stops, he’s also managed to make a career around avoiding them. In other words, when Alex Roy speaks about avoiding speed traps, it may benefit you greatly to pay attention. That said, we don’t advocate equipping a car with laser jammers (illegal in many jurisdictions), and we’d be the first to point out that public roads aren’t the place to test your driving skills.

Below is the first of a multi-part series where Roy gives advice on avoiding detection. While a lot of what he discusses is common sense, it’s still worth the time to watch the video, and we can’t wait to hear what he has to say on upcoming segments.

2012 BMW M5 F10 Concept (The New BMW M5) Leaks Onto Internet

There was recently a private showing of the new 2012 BMW Concept M5 in Munich, Germany to a select number of journalists. Reportedly, the private showing included cars held at the BMW M facility garage in Garching. Of those cars, the new BMW M5 was showcased along with a few other gems such as an E46 M3 Touring edition (M3 wagon), lightweight M3 sedan and a M8. Of course the big surprise during the private event was the BMW M5 which everyone had only seen partially wrapped in camo until now.

Someone from the Russian site, Transmissia.net, posted the photos below ahead of the official embargo which will be lifted April 7^th.

[source: Jon Sibal via transmissia.net]

2012 BMW 3 Series GT Spy Shots

BMW is quickly tried every niche in the automotive market, we knew ever existed to fill, along with a couple we knew, AOT. Further evidence for the Bavarian car manufacturer can AOS flood of new models can be found here, with the 2012 BMW 3 Series GT.

Caught testing by our ever-clever (and highly caffeinated) spy photographers, the 3-Series GT is another arrow to the BMW vibrate Äîalthough we left wondering if AORE this new model aims to find.

While the front of this prototype is hidden under camouflage, and the back is still relatively rough, the general form of the 3-Series GT is easy to see. Even at this early stage, say, AOD, aos pretty much a top-heavy style of design than the current 5-Series GT wagon / crossover. Read more…

BMW ActiveHybrid X6 Review

2010 BMW ACTIVEHYBRID X6: New for 2010, the BMW ActiveHybrid X6 is the world’s first Sports Activity Coupé with full hybrid drive. Driving completely free of CO2 in the electric mode is possible up to a speed of 37 mph. The drive system consists of a 407hp V-8 power unit with BMW TwinPower Turbo Technology and two electric motors developing 91 hp and, respectively, 86 hp.

BMW ActiveHybrid technology offers the driver three significant options: to drive under electric power alone, to use the power of the combustion engine, or to benefit form the combination of both drive modes.

This makes the BMW ActiveHybrid X6 the most powerful hybrid vehicle in the world, and the intelligent xDrive all-wheel-drive system spreads out engine power variably between the front and rear wheels. Unique efficiency ensured by two-mode active transmission. The ActiveHybrid can seat 4-passengers, or with seats folded, a total of 59.7 cu.ft. of cargo.

Spy Photos 2014 BMW M3 Pickup Testing

We have for a while now that the 2014 BMW M3 would be shedding a few pounds when full is renewed. We knew that the loss of some cylinders when moving from the V8 twin-turbo V6, but we did not know that meant losing a couple of chairs – and doors and a trunk – good. So, when our spy photographers caught testing this M3amino the ring was a bit … uh … a surprise. I mean, we know that small pickups is the hottest thing in Thailand are now, and that emerging markets are the next growth area for luxury cars, but …

So, best car ever flower? Aussie Ute murderer? High Speed ​​(Bulk) Pizza Delivery? The German G8 Sport Truck GM would not we? Invisible hatchback?

However, I want more than one car. Must. Drive.

2011 BMW 1 Series M Coupe Preview

As if the 135i was not strong enough, BMW is the finishing touch on a FIFA M, the most serious one series to date.

Inspired by the 1988 M3, a BMW M Coupe, the raw skills of race car with the flexibility, agility and position of the seat of a BMW compact.

If the press of a juicy fatigue BMW M Coupe with nostalgic feelings of the E30 M3 chassis since 1988, would you vote for the money.BMW had small loans, the original M3 sports performance as a source of inspiration for the latest M and explains the comparison photos of models released.

The first important feature of the M 1 (do not know what called M1) is over the wheel arches. The front and rear tracks are now both have the same length 1542 mm (135i rear track is slightly longer than the front), while the alloy wheels of 19 inches with 245/35R19 front and 265/35R19 tires also part of M completion of the operation again.

The brake system of perforated discs, and includes support for responsive handling at speed, or a BMW Servotronic talk.Exclusive exhaust system provides additional noise excitation.

The 2011 BMW 135i coupe with a base of M is a little larger than stock gains 0.2 inches long, 2.1 cm wide, 0.5 cm in height and, above all, 2.8 inches front and rear axles 1.8-inch monitor, which provides features on par with the M3 1988. If you guess the M3 larger, more bulky than the 1 Series M Coupe (after all, is the series 3-1, right?), Treasures again. The new M Coupe is slightly wider and longer (4.8 inches and known as 1.3), with a wheelbase three inches extra. Art makes you think about doing a series of “small”, right? Read more…

2013 BMW 3-Series Review

The next 3 is internally known as the F30 and will of course retain rear-wheel drive with available all-wheel drive; an array of diesel and gasoline engines will again be available. But downsizing is the rage, and while there will still be an inline-six, the majority of 3-series models will be powered by turbocharged four-cylinder engines. The M3 may lose its V-8 and return to a six-cylinder engine, which is likely to be turbocharged. On the other side of the spectrum, BMW could even add a three-cylinder engine, but that would be unlikely to reach the U.S. market. The four- and six-cylinder diesel engines will be highly efficient, some versions of which could even trump the current 320d EfficientDynamics Edition, which gets an astonishing 53 mpg in the European cycle. If we see a diesel 3 again in America, though, you can bet it won’t have one of the puny engines. Read more…

Report: 2012 BMW 6 Series Coupe coming to Shanghai

Word has it that BMW is planning to unveil the next 6 Series coupe at the upcoming Shanghai Motor Show in April. According the Dutch arm of AutoWeek, it only makes since for the big two door to take a bow this spring since the concept version debuted at the 2010 Pairs Motor Show last fall. Given that we’ve seen more than a few spy photos crop up recently, the prediction would seem spot-on.

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