You may have heard of vehicles such as the BMW M135i and the BMW X5 and X6 M50d tri-turbo diesels. There’s now word of a BMW Z4 M35i M Performance variant being in the making. BMW announced the new M Performance line earlier this year, with various option packages for […]
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Video: E46 BMW M3 crashes into rocks – epic fail
There’s spirited driving, and then there’s just complete ignorance for road safety. This E46 BMW M3 crash shows how an inexperienced driver on an unfamiliar road can end very badly. In the hands of an incompetent driver who does not know the road, even one of the best driver’s cars […]
2012 BMW M5 preview
The new 2012 BMW M5 is one of only a handful of vehicles – including supercars – currently on sale in Australia with over 400kW of power straight from the factory. We thought we’d take the new model over to Marulan Driver Training Centre test track for our upcoming review. […]
BMW M builds a Z3 with a V12 engine
BMW’s performance team at M Division have built a interesting and fairly wild engine conversion for the old BMW Z3, shoehorning a big V12 engine into the engine bay. We’ve seen a Z3 with a BMW M5 V10 engine, but this takes it to a whole new level. Images of […]
2012 BMW M135i hatch on sale in Australia from $68,400
BMW Australia has announced pricing details for the potent little 2012 BMW M135i hatch. The M135i is seen as a hatch version of the wicked BMW 1 Series M Coupe. The BMW M135i hatch is a high performance version of the flagship variant in the 1 Series range. It features […]
Romeo Ferraris 2012 BMW M5 tune to offer 483kW
Renowned tuning company Romeo Ferraris from Italy is developing a tuning package for the awesome new 2012 BMW M5. Full results are yet to be finalised but they are talking around 483kW. In its standard form the 2012 BMW M5 is a weapon already, featuring a 4.4-litre twin-turbo V8 producing […]
Alpha-N BMW M3 (E92) performance upgrade looks wicked
Alpha-N in Germany has unveiled its latest project car; the Alpha-N BMW M3, base on the current E92 model. It features some very stealthy and wickedly black body enhancements, and increased engine power. In its standard form the BMW M3 comes with a 4.0-litre naturally aspirated V8 engine producing 309kW […]
Video: Electric 1995 BMW M3 Pikes Peak racer test drive
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to drive a very high performance electric vehicle? Pikes Peak veteran Bill Caswell has just sampled a special electric 1995 BMW M3 (EV) racer that will be competing in this year’s Pikes Peak Hill Climb. You may remember the car from […]