BMW M Car Sales Increase by More than 14 Percent in 2010

Sales of BMW's M car series continue to sprout as the Bavarian company's performance division concluded the 2010 business year with a 14.2 percent increase to 16,967 units, despite the phase out of the V10-powered M5 and M6 models.The M brand's most popular model remained the M3 with 5,729 units of the coupe, 2,544 units of the Convertible and 1,843 Saloons. Worldwide sales of the newly

BMW M Car Sales Increase by More than 14 Percent in 2010

Sales of BMW's M car series continue to sprout as the Bavarian company's performance division concluded the 2010 business year with a 14.2 percent increase to 16,967 units, despite the phase out of the V10-powered M5 and M6 models.The M brand's most popular model remained the M3 with 5,729 units of the coupe, 2,544 units of the Convertible and 1,843 Saloons. Worldwide sales of the newly

G-Power Receives First Batch of BMW M3 GTS Coupes, Expect at Least 600HP

 With 450HP on tap, the limited edition BMW M3 GTS is not only more powerful than the stock M3, but it’s also lighter and comes with a full-blown racing suspension, making it arguably the best 3-Series model of its generation.Nevertheless, famed BMW tuner G-Power thinks something’s missing, namely “the ultimate output”. That’s why the…

BMW 1-Series M Coupe Allegedly Laps the Nürburgring in 8:12" Making it Faster than E46 M3

The BMW 1-Series M Coupe is pretty fast on paper. Reaching the 60 mph (96 km/h) mark in just 4.7 seconds is no small feat, but nowadays, it seems that performance cars need to have a respectable “Ring” time under there belt to command respect. Now, a forum member of the 1Addicts fan site who calls himself "SteveD" claims that the Ring time for the 335-horsepower strong M model is 8 minutes and

AC Schnitzer Tunes the BMW M3 Cabriolet

With 420 HP under its hood, the new M3 Cabriolet is no sloucher. That’s the reason why AC Schnitzer decided -for the time being at least- to concentrate its efforts in improving the M3 Cabriolet’s handling and appearance. Apart from the new suspension settings, the Aachen-based tuner’s sport package for the M3 Cabriolet also includes a new 8-pot high performance braking system. In terms of looks,

AC Schnitzer Tunes the BMW M3 Cabriolet

With 420 HP under its hood, the new M3 Cabriolet is no sloucher. That’s the reason why AC Schnitzer decided -for the time being at least- to concentrate its efforts in improving the M3 Cabriolet’s handling and appearance. Apart from the new suspension settings, the Aachen-based tuner’s sport package for the M3 Cabriolet also includes a new 8-pot high performance braking system. In terms of looks,

2009 BMW M3 Sedan Facelift - High Resolution Photos and Details

If you just bought a 2008 M3 Sedan, we’d advise you to stop reading this article immediately because we’re pretty sure that you won’t like what you’re about to hear and see. The Bavarian carmaker went ahead and facelifted its all-new M3 Sedan just a few months after the high-performance sports sedan made its market debut earlier this year. Like the recently facelifted 3-Series Sedan (see here) ,

2009 BMW M3 Sedan Facelift - High Resolution Photos and Details

If you just bought a 2008 M3 Sedan, we’d advise you to stop reading this article immediately because we’re pretty sure that you won’t like what you’re about to hear and see. The Bavarian carmaker went ahead and facelifted its all-new M3 Sedan just a few months after the high-performance sports sedan made its market debut earlier this year. Like the recently facelifted 3-Series Sedan (see here) ,

Teen Lands Brand-New BMW M3 into a House

This is what you get when you buy a totally immature and unskilled 19-year-old a brand new BMW M3; he picks up a couple of friends and decides to unleash all 414 ponies in a residential area with catastrophic results. Luckily, aside from a few bruises and scratches, no one was seriously injured during this incident. The kids however fled the scene as soon as the M3 landed on its side in front of

Teen Lands Brand-New BMW M3 into a House

This is what you get when you buy a totally immature and unskilled 19-year-old a brand new BMW M3; he picks up a couple of friends and decides to unleash all 414 ponies in a residential area with catastrophic results. Luckily, aside from a few bruises and scratches, no one was seriously injured during this incident. The kids however fled the scene as soon as the M3 landed on its side in front of

2009 BMW M3 Sedan Facelift – First Official Image?

If this scanned image of the M3 Sedan from BMW’s German brochure for the 2009 3-Series Sedan and Touring models (see video here) turns out to be true, we’ll probably be talking about one of the fastest facelifts we’ve ever heard of as the sedan variant of the M3 was introduced into the market just a few months ago. However, being the inquiring minds that we are, we discovered the same exact

2009 BMW M3 Sedan Facelift – First Official Image?

If this scanned image of the M3 Sedan from BMW’s German brochure for the 2009 3-Series Sedan and Touring models (see video here) turns out to be true, we’ll probably be talking about one of the fastest facelifts we’ve ever heard of as the sedan variant of the M3 was introduced into the market just a few months ago. However, being the inquiring minds that we are, we discovered the same exact

1991 BMW M3 E30 DTM Race Car for Sale!

Even though we could see ourselves using this bimmer as the ultimate weekend track racer, the 1991 BMW M3 DTM race version that’s up for grabs has two serious flaws that deter us from even thinking about buying it: a) it’s located in Denmark and b) the seller is asking €90,000 or about $143,000. While we could probably find a way around the first problem, unfortunately the asking price is

1991 BMW M3 E30 DTM Race Car for Sale!

Even though we could see ourselves using this bimmer as the ultimate weekend track racer, the 1991 BMW M3 DTM race version that’s up for grabs has two serious flaws that deter us from even thinking about buying it: a) it’s located in Denmark and b) the seller is asking €90,000 or about $143,000. While we could probably find a way around the first problem, unfortunately the asking price is

Video: BMW M3 ALMS Racing Version

BMW has released footage of the all new racing version of the M3 Coupe completing its maiden drive on the race track. The race prepped BMW M3 that was first shown to the public at this year’s Chicago Auto Show (see details here) has been designed to compete in the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) beginning in 2009. Wider and significantly lighter than its production equivalent, the M3 ALMS is

Video: BMW M3 ALMS Racing Version

BMW has released footage of the all new racing version of the M3 Coupe completing its maiden drive on the race track. The race prepped BMW M3 that was first shown to the public at this year’s Chicago Auto Show (see details here) has been designed to compete in the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) beginning in 2009. Wider and significantly lighter than its production equivalent, the M3 ALMS is

2010 BMW M3 CSL Rendering

It’s been nearly a year since we last heard anything official about the E92 M3 CSL when BMW M Division’s vice president Gerhard Richter confirmed the Bavarian carmaker’s intention to build a successor to the highly acclaimed, lightweight M3 CSL. However, German magazine Autozeitung is willing to spice things up for Bimmer fans as it features an artist’s rendering of the new M3 CSL in its latest

2010 BMW M3 CSL Rendering

It’s been nearly a year since we last heard anything official about the E92 M3 CSL when BMW M Division’s vice president Gerhard Richter confirmed the Bavarian carmaker’s intention to build a successor to the highly acclaimed, lightweight M3 CSL. However, German magazine Autozeitung is willing to spice things up for Bimmer fans as it features an artist’s rendering of the new M3 CSL in its latest

Blast from the Past: BMW E30 M3 EVO vs Mercedes 190E 2.5 16v

We discovered this scanned article from the 1988 September issue of Car Magazine comparing the BMW M3 2.5 Evolution I with the Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.5 16v over at our friends at VW Vortex. The eloquently written comparison test by George Kacher is not only eye-catching but it also brought back many pre-internet era memories when as kids, we just couldn’t wait to get our hands on the latest car

Blast from the Past: BMW E30 M3 EVO vs Mercedes 190E 2.5 16v

We discovered this scanned article from the 1988 September issue of Car Magazine comparing the BMW M3 2.5 Evolution I with the Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.5 16v over at our friends at VW Vortex. The eloquently written comparison test by George Kacher is not only eye-catching but it also brought back many pre-internet era memories when as kids, we just couldn’t wait to get our hands on the latest car