The BMW M3 CSL is celebrating its 10th birthday this year, and to help mark the occasion, a special gathering of around 50 M3 CSL owners were invited to the BMW Welt in Germany. For pure driving enthusiasts, the BMW M3 is already a highly ranked machine, with very desirable […]
BMW 3 Series
BMW 3 Series Gran Turismo now on sale in Australia
The new BMW 3 Series Gran Turismo, which is more convenient than the sedan yet sportier-looking than the Touring wagon, has arrived in Australia. It follows in the footsteps of its existing bigger brother, the 5 Series Gran Turismo. Available in three different trim levels in Australia, including the 320i, […]
Video: 2014 BMW M3 prototype spotted carving up the Nurburgring
BMW has been spotted once again testing a prototype version of the next-gen 2014 BMW M3 on the Nurburgring. Development must be getting very near the end now, with minimal camouflaging left on the prototypes. The next-gen BMW M3 could potentially be called the M4 in two-door guise, following in […]
Australian vehicle sales for May 2013 – Toyota HiLux king
The official VFACTS figures for Australian new vehicle registrations for May 2013 are out, and it looks like Toyota is maintaining a strong lead over Mazda for the outright best-seller crown. Toyota remains as the best-selling vehicle brand in the country as well, making up 19.6 per cent of overall […]
Leib Engineering BMW GT 300 kit based on AWD 325i
The BMW 3 Series is regarded as one of the purest driving sedans/coupes around. So to use one as foundations for tuning makes perfect sense, right? That’s the view of Leib Engineering, a company which has just finalised its new GT 300 package. Using the current BMW 325i Coupe as […]
2013 BMW ActiveHybrid 3 M Sport review (video)
The 2013 BMW ActiveHybrid 3 is a lot more exciting than the name suggests. Aside from the M3, it’s the most powerful and the quickest accelerating 3 Series ever made. It’s also the only hybrid on sale with a proper sports automatic gearbox, as opposed to the usual boring CVT […]
BMW 316i on sale in Australia in June, gets 1.6 TwinPower turbo
BMW Australia will expand the new 3 Series range by introducing a new entry-level model in June; the BMW 316i. Not to be confused with the last 316i, which was a short wheelbase hatch, the new sedan features the company’s latest TwinPower turbo engine. Up until now the 318d has […]
2013 BMW 328i Touring now on sale in Australia
The new-generation ‘F31’ 2013 BMW 328i Touring wagon is now on sale in Australia, joining the 318d and 320i variants. It becomes the most powerful 3 Series wagon on sale in the country. (318d Sport Line shown) Featuring the company’s new 2.0-litre turbocharged four-cylinder engine, the 328i Touring produces 180kW […]