It all went down last night when police started chasing a motorist in a BMW X5 after he didn't stop over motor vehicle violations at around 12:30am local time Tuesday morning.
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Guess he just had to learn his lesson the hard way… Fortunately, from what we can tell from the video that follows below, no one seems to have been seriously hurt.
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As you can see for yourself in the video that follows below, BMW engineers were trying out the new X5's handling and vehicle dynamics on the snow.
The Bavarian premium automaker's largest SUV model will ride on a new and lighter platform with a longer wheelbase that will further improve cabin space.
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Now, we also have the first official photos of the high-performance 2013 X6 M, which gains the same cosmetic touches as the rest of the series while maintaining the mechanical hardware of the 2012 model.
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Prepared by the Bavarian firm's M division, the new M Performance models blend M Sport styling cues with M tuned engines and chassis components – and yes, we did notice that there are a lot of M's there. We'll just have to wait and see if those M's will actually make BMW buyers go mmmmm… Make the jump to view the short clip.
BMW first told us about its experimental Highly Automated Driving system last summer but now we have the opportunity to see it work in action through a video report released by the German automaker.
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Now, in the event that you were wondering why so many drivers choose to fit their vehicles with a dashboard mounted camera, we believe that the following clip will provide you with an answer...
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But not on the Autobahn where a member of the GTBoard forums took a G-Power BMW M5 Hurricane RR up to a top speed of 357km/h or 222mph.
As a refresher, when G-Power introduced the BMW M5 E60-based Hurricane RR a couple years back, it claimed at the time that it was the fastest saloon in the world – we don't know if it still holds the crown today.
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Today, the BMW brand already comprises of two unique sub-brands developed under the M and the "i" monikers for its high-performance and for its electric cars, plug-in hybrids and other alternative-power vehicles respectively.
But the Bavarians aren't done yet as following the example of Audi and it's S range that slots between the regular and RS models, they are readying a third sub brand called M Performance that will be positioned under the automaker's M models.
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On the other hand, if all drivers were diligent enough to use their vehicle's handbrake, we wouldn't have the opportunity to watch this suited up owner of an E46 BMW 3-Series sedan chasing his runaway car (possibly chanting "Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there") before it hit a busy road causing some major damage.
You can view the video after the jump.
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Some of them even go as far as dyno-testing to see not only if the output figures match those announced by the manufacturer, but also what is the actual power that is transferred to the road and how much is lost on its way from the engine to the wheels.
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A couple of years ago, while driving his red 1983 Alfa Romeo GTV6 2.5 (yes, he's our kind of guy), Price had an inspiration: design a line of watches loosely inspired by sports car instrument panel gauges. Upon returning home, Price went to the drawing board and began rendering watch faces based on car gauges he admired.
The Brooklyn native continued to work on the designs of both the watch faces and casings and ended up creating a new company named Autodromo for his products.
“There are so many wonderful gauge designs from the 1960s and ’70s that I love,” Price told the New York Times in a recent interview. “I did some research and saw that no one was doing that for watches.”
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BMW wants to give us a taste of how one of its main factories in Germany located in the city of Regensburg works to produce the latest 1-Series five-door hatchback through a quick video tour of the plant.
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In all fairness, we can't say for sure if the women driver of this BMW 5-Series saloon was responsible as the dashboard camera footage from a following vehicle shows a couple of gas station employees –perhaps one of them filled up the car and she went inside to pay.
In any case, she can consider herself lucky that the only damage was to her car and the gas pump. Video follows after the jump.
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Now, some may think that BMW's M Gmbh performance division simply took a 5-Series sedan, beefed it up a bit and shoehorned the twin-turbo V8 found in the X5 M and X6 M SUVs under it's hood. However, Maximillian Ahme, the man that led the M5's development team, says that's not the case.
In an interview with the BMW M magazine, Ahme shed some light on the development and the unique features of the latest M5 super saloon.
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Such is the success of BMW M Gmbh, that the German firm has begun opening exclusive showrooms for the sub-brand's vehicle lineup around the world. The first dedicated BMW M Showroom was launched in Singapore in the summer of 2010.
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The Bavarian firm's performance arm asked Swiss illustrator Gavin Patterson to draw a cliché Christmas motif but with a twist (and a few turns, for that matter…); he had to do it in the passenger seat of an M5 while precision driver Urs Inauen flogged the car around the Circuit de l'Anneau Du Rhin.
To find the outcome, follow the jump and watch the video.
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The global campaign, which will launch in print and TV media in the second quarter of 2012, features a total eclipse of the sun as the central theme and the motto “Beauty. Revealed”.
This time, along with the new blurred views of the X6 Powered by M, we also get to hear some statements from BMW M's people.
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More specifically, the Bavarian carmaker wanted to show its support to the London 2012 Performance Team athletes, of whom it is an official sponsor, in its own unique way – read placing precision driver Wolfgang Weber behind the wheel of the new twin-turbocharged M5 saloon and letting him have some drifting fun.
You can find the video right after the jump.
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