BMW 5 Series Touring - Australian launch in October
Monday, March 15th, 2010 Posted in BMW | 3 Comments »Following a series of leaked images over the weekend BMW have released official pics of their new 5 Series Touring, which will have its full public reveal at Leipzig in early April. Regular readers will know AUSmotive approves of all ...
Drive Thru: BMW Z4 range
Sunday, March 14th, 2010 Posted in BMW, Drive Thru, Reviews | 2 Comments »Yesterday I spent the morning behind the wheel of BMW's current Z4 offerings. It was a brief taster provided by local dealership Rolfe Classic BMW. The deal was pretty simple, get existing and prospective customers in small groups to take ...
Orange juiced
Thursday, March 11th, 2010 Posted in BMW | 1 Comment »Despite BMW Australia showing an interest in the feisty BMW M3 GTS, the latest word on the street says it will not be coming to Australia. Actually, there are currently no plans from BMW at all to even build ...
Front-wheel drive BMW ‘0 Series’ gets green light
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 Posted in BMW | 3 Comments »Autocar is reporting that BMW execs have signed off what was once unthinkable, that is the production of a new front-wheel drive model. They claim their source is none other than BMW Chairman Norbert Reithofe. The newest entry-level BMW, likely ...
BMW Z4 GT3 official images emerge
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 Posted in BMW, Motorsports | 3 Comments »Some official images of the BMW Z4 GT3 racecar have emerged and it looks pretty damn impressive, don't you think. Okay, in a road car sense it's actually a bit naff with all those wings and diffusers at the back. ...
The oldest trick in the world
Monday, March 8th, 2010 Posted in BMW | 6 Comments »BMW is at it again with this new video promoting their S1000RR motorcycle. The image above tells you what the trick is, but can the bike make the trick work? Watch the clip below to see what happens next... [Thanks to ...
This is what 14,200rpm looks like
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010 Posted in BMW | 5 Comments »You're looking at the insides of the BMW S1000RR engine. That's the bike BMW runs in the Superbike World Championship. At the time that still was captured the engine was running at maximum revs, which happens to be 14,200rpm. If you'd ...
More on the BMW 5 Series Touring
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010 Posted in BMW | 1 Comment »The fourth iteration in the 5 Series Touring will make its global premiere on 9 April at the 2010 Auto Mobil International in Leipzig. You can see from the rendering above, with thanks to Auto Evolution, what we are expecting ...
BMW returns serve in latest Audi ad war
Monday, February 22nd, 2010 Posted in Audi, BMW | 23 Comments »BMW has retaliated to Audi's latest ad campaign in which the Ingolstadt marque boasts it has beaten BMW in three consecutive comparos. The tests have been run in the US mag Car and Driver and this BMW response reminds Audi ...
BMW 5 Series Gran Turismo - Australian pricing
Sunday, February 21st, 2010 Posted in BMW | 6 Comments »BMW Australia have just launched a three-pronged 5 Series Gran Turismo offensive on the family wagon market. No, hang on, they've launched an attack on the luxury saloon segment. Or maybe they're hoping to come up trumps in the SUV ...
Audi takes another swipe at BMW
Friday, February 19th, 2010 Posted in Audi, BMW | 4 Comments »The rivalry between the Audi and BMW in the United States has been reignited with this new TVC from Audi of America. They're pretty chuffed that they have beaten BMW in a few recent magazine comparos. This new ad follows material ...
BMW M3 Competition Package
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010 Posted in BMW | 1 Comment »BMW have just announced a new Competition Package that can be added as an option when ordering a new M3. For BMW, pricing is quite inexpensive really, at just £3,315 (AU$5,820). Nothing official from BMW Australia just yet, but you'll ...
BMW takes out the Bathurst 12 hour
Sunday, February 14th, 2010 Posted in BMW, Motorsports | No Comments »The Eastern Creek International Karts BMW 335i driven by Garry Holt, Paul Morris and John Bowe has won a dramatic 2010 Armor All Bathurst 12 hour race. They completed 202 laps in all and finished 3.3 seconds ahead of the ...
BMW gives X5 a facelift - due down under in June
Sunday, February 7th, 2010 Posted in BMW | 6 Comments »BMW have just lifted the wraps off its facelifted X5 range. Australian customers will be able to get up close and personal with the changes in June. A new line-up of engines, design tweaks and driver assistance systems headline the changes ...
New vehicle sales report - January 2010
Sunday, February 7th, 2010 Posted in Audi, BMW, Hyundai, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz, Subaru, Suzuki, Toyota, VFACTS reports | 3 Comments »January 2010 showed good signs for the automotive industry in Australia. While sales for the month did fall dramatically from December 2009 it is worth noting there were strong financial incentives, in the form of Federal Government tax breaks, that ...
