BMW has invited itself to a party that Porsche started. Someone trolling through patent filings found drawings submitted by BMW for two slightly different takes on a seven-speed manual transmission. The first take is a more conventional setup that provides an honest clutch pedal. The second variant uses a shift-by-wire system to swap gears through an electromechanical actuator. To prevent drivers from accidentally engaging an engine-damaging gear in such a closely spaced pattern, both rely on an electromagnetic fluid inside a shifting module that can change viscosity to prevent the ‘lever’ from making a shift. Funk Flex
Auto Talk: BMW M7 talk picks up speed
With Mercedes-Benz and Audi happy to slake the world’s appetite for top-dollar, full-size luxury sports sedans through their AMG and S divisions, we can’t help but wonder why it’s taken so long for BMW to commit to an M7 model. Funk Flex
Auto Talk: BMW Launching M Performance Editions In The UK With Three New Frozen Matte Colors
If you’re tired of the usual shiny paint job that appears on 99-percent of the cars on the road, a matte finish could be just what the proverbial doctor ordered. But while matte black is the common choice among the anti-gloss set, to our eyes, it can often look like someone simply forgot to apply the primer. Funk Flex
Tech Talk News: BMW Reveals Its Most Updated Infotainment
With technology in automobiles getting more advanced everyday, BMW has launced its mosted advanced infotainment to dated in which they plan on releasing this summer in their 2013 7 series. Â Word is BMW might add Google into the infotainment which already has me sold with that option Yungjohnnybravo x TatWZA
Auto Talk: BMW Reveals Stunning Zagato Coupe At Villa d’Este
It could be said that no auto show is as glamorous as the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este. Held on the picturesque shores of Lake Como in northern Italy, the annual concours is sponsored by BMW. So it only stands to reason that the Bavarian automaker wouldn’t let the show come and go without making a splash on its own. Funk Flex
Auto Talk: 2014 Mini Cooper gets mellow in yellow
Given the spate of new models Mini has introduced in the past few years, from the Clubman to the Countryman to the Coupe to the Roadster, it sometimes seems like BMW has forgotten about the original model, the plain old Mini Cooper hardtop. It was last redesigned for the 2007 model year, which seems like a long time ago because, well, it is. Which is why Mini will shortly introduce an all-new hardtop Cooper, which our camera spies have captured testing in Europe. Funk Flex
