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BMW F80 M3 / F82 M4 Brings Back the Inline 6 Engine
Tuesday, 22 May, 2012 – 16:24 | No Comment
BMW F80 M3 / F82 M4 Brings Back the Inline 6 Engine

Good people over at Bimmerpost have spoken with BMW North America where they got some seriously interesting information. They’ve spoke with President of BMW North America, Mr. Ludwig Willisch, at a BMW event over there and he has officially confirmed that the next generation M3′s engine will indeed feature an inline 6 layout and not [...]

Mini Countryman WRC For The Road In Works By Prodrive?
Friday, 21 Oct, 2011 – 14:45 | No Comment
Mini Countryman WRC For The Road In Works By Prodrive?

Looks like Banbury based tuner company Prodrive is working on a road version of the Mini Countryman WRC. We are more than happy to see this happening, as a four-wheel drive, heavily modified version of the Countryman is something most Mini fans would love to see. According to AUSMotive and AutoCar, a prototype of this [...]

BMW F10 M5 with 4WD Rumored
Tuesday, 3 May, 2011 – 23:52 | No Comment
BMW F10 M5 with 4WD Rumored

We don’t know if this is great or not so good news! We constantly agreed amongst ourselves that BMW is staying true to their roots and producing RWD only models of their M powered cars. But as the X5M and X6M came out, it was becoming pretty obvious that an four-wheel-drive version is headed to [...]

Rumours: Audi S1 Coming as early as 2013?
Wednesday, 19 Jan, 2011 – 14:31 | No Comment
Rumours: Audi S1 Coming as early as 2013?

After the Audi A1 quattro prototype made a chilling debut in Canada last week, more rumours about the well awaited Audi S1 came out! Usually well informed writers and editors at the GermanCarBlog published additional information about the latest hot hatch from Audi. According to them and German Auto Motor und Sport tests of the [...]

Rumours: BMW Z4 possibly getting a four cylinder turbo engine
Thursday, 13 Jan, 2011 – 1:19 | 2 Comments
Rumours: BMW Z4 possibly getting a four cylinder turbo engine

Oh boy, we know quite a few people that would be more than happy if this becomes true someday. Low end torque, low consumption compared to the bigger 6-cylinder engines, lot’s of power, lower mass, it’s all good. Combine that with a slick and small roadster like the BMW Z4 and you get quite a [...]