When you think of contemporary automakers that still produce cars with tuneable engines, a few spring to mind. The 1990s were undoubtedly run by cars from Japan. If I was to try and list just half of the iconic, tuneable Japanese engines, this article would be 10,000 words large and I wouldn’t even be halfway done. These engines […]
New BMW 3.0 CSL Shown Alongside E9 Ancestor At Goodwood FoS
The glory days of homologation specials are essentially behind us but the new 3.0 CSL wants to rekindle some of the magic offered by its ancestor, the namesake model during the E9 era. Both cars are on display at the 2023 Goodwood Festival of Speed as a bridge through time considering the ultra-limited coupe takes […]
Mustang Shelby GT500 And BMW M8 Competition Go Head To Head In U-Drag Race
It’s one of America’s best two-door super coupes vs Germany’s beefed up grand tourer There are many different ways to design a wildly powerful two-door sports coupe and the Shelby GT500 and BMW M8 Competition prove that. Now, the two are going against each other in a U-drag race to find out which is the […]
Here’s How the BMW 3.0 CSL Revival Came to Be
BMW 3.0 CSL: A Modern Masterpiece with a Racing Heritage The BMW 3.0 CSL debuted last year, promising a short run of just 50 units and an eye-watering, never-officially-confirmed price tag of around $750,000. With 50 years of motorsport behind them, BMW M knew they needed to make the 3.0 CSL something truly special. A […]
Watch A BMW E90 M3 Erupt In Smoke After Spectacular Engine Failure
Some suggest that the BMW M3’s rod bearings may have given out during the high-speed run by Brad Anderson 5 hours ago by Brad Anderson The E90/E92 generation of the BMW M3 is one of the finest cars ever built by the M division but sadly, there is now one less example on the roads […]
Watch The New BMW M3 Touring Breeze To 124 MPH In 14 Seconds
The 50s hp BMW M3 Touring just so happens to be the quickest wagon to ever lap the Nurburgring by Brad Anderson April 28, 2023 at 21:15 by Brad Anderson The BMW M3 Touring doesn’t just look amazing but it packs a serious punch and is a potent performer that’s even well catered to the […]
Deciding Between an M Performance Vehicle and an M Model
For some reason, many enthusiasts look down on the lineup of M Performance vehicles. These vehicles sit squarely between the more pedestrian entry-level models and traditional M models, receiving more powerful engines, bigger wheels, and an honorary M badge slapped on the trunk lid. Yet, because of their more aggressive profile and driving dynamics, enthusiasts […]
The 2023 BMW Driving Experience Season Has Begun in Italy
It’s BMW Driving Experience season for Italian enthusiasts, as the program just started yesterday at the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli. As always, the event teaches participants how to control a BMW M car at high speed, in high-stress situations, so they can feel exactly what the cars can do at their limits and learn […]
BMW M Expects EVs To Outsell ICE And PHEV Combined By 2028
In case you haven’t heard, the i4 M50 was the best-selling product from BMW M last year when a record number of vehicles were delivered to customers. Yes, love it or loathe it, Munich’s performance division also takes into account M Performance cars rather than only the fully fledged M models. With that in mind, […]
The BMW M1 Proved That Buyers Don’t Actually Want A Race Car For The Road
A financial disaster, the lessons learned from the M1 have led to the M brand we know today by Sebastien Bell 6 hours ago by Sebastien Bell The BMW M1 is almost universally admired today for its good looks and surprising performance. But in almost every other way, it was, in its day, a failure […]