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Vorsteiner VR-7 Sportiv Aero Package
March 10th, 2010 | 
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Vorsteiner has revealed the VR-7 Sportiv Aero Package based on the new BMW 7-Series. The aerodynamic package includes: a new VR-7 carbon fiber Add-On front spoiler, a VR-7 carbon fiber Add-On rear spoiler, and a new carbon fiber rear diffuser. The car sits on 21 inch Vorsteiner V-102 Forged Monoblock wheels.
Press release after the jump.
Vorsteiner VR-7 Sportiv Aero Package originally appeared on topspeed.com on Wednesday, 10 March 2010 10:00 EST.
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Vorsteiner VR-7 Sportiv Aero Package
Vorsteiner has revealed the VR-7 Sportiv Aero Package based on the new BMW 7-Series. The aerodynamic package includes: a new VR-7 carbon fiber Add-On front spoiler, a VR-7 carbon fiber Add-On rear spoiler, and a new carbon fiber rear diffuser. The car sits on 21 inch Vorsteiner V-102 Forged Monoblock wheels.
Press release after the jump.
Vorsteiner VR-7 Sportiv Aero Package originally appeared on topspeed.com on Wednesday, 10 March 2010 10:00 EST.
Distracted driver crashes into souped-up BMW E36 M3
We’ve been eulogizing a lot of cars lately and while it’s painful for us to look at these wrecked machines – let alone write about them – we just can’t help ourselves. A car crash, especially of the supercar variety, is about as big a news to us as space exploration is to NASA.
That being said, this latest car crash we’ve unearthed involves a mint green – and finely-tuned up – BMW E36 M3 that was the pride and joy of the owner (his name is Paul, so we’ve been told). In fact, Paul loved it so much that he spent nearly four years working on it and making it look like as attention-grabbing as any BMW E36 we’ve seen in recent times.
But as is the case with most car crashes, Paul’s BMW E36 ended up in the wrong place at the wrong time after a distracted driver lost control of his car and plowed into the back of the E36, leaving the car’s rear end in a total state of shambles.
We feel really bad for Paul. We really do. But if there’s any consolation, we really give you a ton of props for what you did with your car – that is until someone decided to give it a facelift it never needed.
Distracted driver crashes into souped-up BMW E36 M3 originally appeared on topspeed.com on Friday, 26 February 2010 12:30 EST.
Video: BMW ActiveHybrid X6 makes cameo in new Black Eyed Peas music video
BMW continues to jump across different mainstreams in yet another marketing effort to promote their vehicles.
A week after we reported about the BMW X5’s ‘star billing’ in the soon-to-be-released movie, “The Ghost Writer”, BMW is jumping on another marketing platform onto the Black Eyed Peas’ latest music video, “Imma Be Rocking That Body”.
Two BMW vehicles – the BMW Superbike, S1000RR, and the BMW ActiveHybrid X6 – make an appearance in the rather futuristic music video. While they don’t play as prominent a role as the X5 does in the movie “The Ghost Writer”, the cameos of both the ActiveHybrid X6 and the S1000RR has served as pretty good advertising for BMW, especially in YouTube, where the video currently has over 800,000 hits already.
Check it out and add to that total.
Video: BMW ActiveHybrid X6 makes cameo in new Black Eyed Peas music video originally appeared on topspeed.com on Monday, 22 February 2010 09:30 EST.
Video: BMW M3 E92 performs burnout
There’s nothing that can get our juices all jacked up than seeing a car do a successful burnout. And if you’re wondering, we’re not talking about burnouts from cars that have no business doing one. We’re talking about cars like the BMW M3 E92, and if it’s supercharged by tuning house like IND, then all the better.
Our friends from Teamspeed put one M3 E92 up to test in this particular video and by all accounts, this video shows exactly why burnouts can be so amazingly awesome.
Watch this video and get your weekend off to a smoking start!
Video: BMW M3 E92 performs burnout originally appeared on topspeed.com on Sunday, 21 February 2010 12:00 EST.
Video: BMW 5-Series history
You will need a few good hours to talk about the BMW 5-Series’ history. But do you think you can do it in 20 seconds?
Video: BMW 5-Series history originally appeared on topspeed.com on Friday, 19 February 2010 17:00 EST.
Video: Audi renews advertising war with BMW with new commercial
Ah, yes. Audi versus BMW. BMW versus Audi.
Just when we thought the heated jousting between the rival German brands has died down, Audi comes out with a new commercial that takes a few jabs at BMW.
Here we go again.
With the new commercial, Audi pretty much shoves in the face of BMW the fact that it has won three straight Car and Driver comparisons between its cars and those of BMWs. In doing so, it pretty much tells BMW that there’s no harm in finishing second and that there can’t be a victor without a vanquished. And as far as Audi is concerned, those Car and Driver comparisons – three of them, actually – pretty much explains who the front-runner is.
Needless to say, we can’t wait for a response from BMW.
Round 2! Fight!
Video: Audi renews advertising war with BMW with new commercial originally appeared on topspeed.com on Thursday, 18 February 2010 12:30 EST.
BMW M3 E92 Compressor by Manhart Racing
In its standard version the BMW M3 develops a total of 420 hp. But as far as Manhart Racing is concerned, 420 horsepower just wouldn’t cut it. So they did what any self-respecting racing tuner would do: they bumped it up to 655 horsepower and they did so by following three stages of engine upgrades.
In the first stage, the tuner added a small compressor and a supercharging pressure of 0.35 bar and obtained an impressive 515 hp. In the second stage, they increased the pressure up to 0.50 bar and the total output to 585 hp. Finally, Manhart added a large compressor from ASA with a supercharging pressure of 0.67 bar and a titanium made exhaust system with 70 millimeter pipe diameter and two 200 cell race catalytic converters.
The result, as we’ve mentioned, is a stomach-churning 655 horsepower, a 0 to 60 mph time of 3.7 seconds, and the creme de la creme: a top speed of 217 mph.
Not content with the performance upgrades, Manhart Racing also gave the car’s interior a few modifications, including leather fittings in Alcantara/leather combination, performance seats, and an exclusive performance steering wheel with LED display which shows the temperature, transverse acceleration and ¼ mile times.
Press release after the jump.
BMW M3 E92 Compressor by Manhart Racing originally appeared on topspeed.com on Thursday, 18 February 2010 12:00 EST.
BMW’s "Joy is Futureproof" commercial features BMW Vision EfficientDynamics concept car
BMW’s latest line of commercials goes a long way in explaining just how far BMW has come in providing its customers with its Efficient Dynamics philosophy to almost all of the cars in its fleet. While the ad may be remembered for the appearance of the BMW Vision EfficientDynamics concept, the whole message is pretty simple and clear-cut: despite boasting of some pretty state-of-the-art technological features, the Vision EfficientDynamics concept is far from what they consider a new car.
Rather, the concept is a model of just about every car BMW has built, with an eye towards using technology that maximizes what every car-loving individual looks for in a car: the joy of driving.
Watching the commercial is one thing, but understanding what it represents for BMW – now and in the future – is completely a different thing. As far as BMW is concerned, their mission has shifted from producing powerful cars to producing cars that are still powerful yet can also boast of being supremely efficient.
BMW’s "Joy is Futureproof" commercial features BMW Vision EfficientDynamics concept car originally appeared on topspeed.com on Wednesday, 17 February 2010 14:30 EST.
BMW M3 by Avus Performance
The German tuners at Avus Performance have announced a new performance package for the BMW M3 that focuses on improving both the sports car’s appearance and aerodynamics as well as upping the track tuned 3 Series’s potential. The exterior gets upgraded with a more aggressive front end with larger air intakes and a carbon fiber front lip. A pair of lower hanging side skirts lead back to a carbon fiber rear diffuser to complete the ground effects package while the trunk is replaced with a more pronounced unit with molded ducktail spoiler with a carbon fiber edge.
Avus offers an assortment of wheels to complete the package; starting off with a staggered set of ADV 5.1 five spoke wheels measuring twenty inches in diameter and nine inches wide up front and ten and a half inches out back or the mesh ADV 7.1 rims available in matte finished like black, bronze and gunmetal. Meanwhile hidden underneath Avus has added a sport suspension to allow the M3 to dive deep into corners and a free flowing sport tuned exhaust to free up a few horses under the hood.
Stay tuned for more details!
BMW M3 by Avus Performance originally appeared on topspeed.com on Monday, 15 February 2010 12:00 EST.
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