Auto Talk: BMW to field 2013 M5 in One Lap Of America

The new BMW M5 is taking a one-week, 3,300-mile U.S. road trip, and not only will it tour the skeevy diners, restless rest areas and truck-stop toilets of this fine land, it’ll eat up its tires on nine of our nation’s finest tracks. If you think that sounds like the Tire Rack One Lap of America, you’d be correct. Funk Flex


Auto Talk: BMW giving Brits the M3 Limited Edition 500

The E90-chassis M3 is nearing the end of its production run, as BMW readies a new model based on the redesigned-for-2012 F30 3 Series. As is typical when there’s a tantalizing new version coming, sales and marketing feel the need to goose the current model to maintain interest. Here in the States, we saw something like that in the M3 Competition Edition, while BMW’s British outpost is readying its own exclusive model, the Limited Edition 500. Funk Flex


Auto Talk: BMW Reveals New 6 Series Diesel With xDrive

BMW and its commitment to maximizing the potential of every model continues with the 2012 640d xDrive. It’s the first time the 6 Series has used a diesel engine, and it sound like it won’t disappoint if ‘sporty’ and ‘oil-burning’ are your prerogatives: the 3.0-liter inline six with TwinPower turbos throws off 313 horsepower and 465 pound-feet, with all that twist available from around 2,000 rpm. Funk Flex Find Flex On Google+


Auto Talk: BMW Adds Four-Cylinder Twin-Scroll Turbo Power To X3

As a relatively compact crossover, you might expect the BMW X3 to be available – in this climate even in the United States – with a four-cylinder engine. But that wasn’t the case until now, as BMW has announced the availability of its TwinPower Turbo four to replace the 3.0-liter six-cylinder mill in the X3 xDrive28i. Funk Flex Find Flex On Google+


Auto Talk: BMW Opens 8.6-Acre Flagship Showroom In Abu Dhabi

Where would you expect to find the largest BMW dealership in the world? At BMW headquarters in Munich? Somewhere in Texas, perhaps, where everything is bigger? Or maybe in California, a state that represents one of the automaker’s largest markets? Funk Flex Find Flex On Google+


Auto Talk: BMW agrees to pay $3M fine for late reporting of recalls

BMW is handing over $3 million in fines to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration over the way it has handled recalls. NHTSA began an investigation of BMW’s practices in 2010, looking at 16 recalls that covered more than 300,000 of the company’s cars and motorcycles going back in some cases to 2002. Funk Flex


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