BMW M Series

The August 7th Mid-Ohio Sports Car Challenge begins a grueling month of American Le Mans Series competition for the BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Team. Facing Mid-Ohio, Road America, and Mosport International Raceway, the next four weeks may well determine who wins the ALMS GT championship. Following BMW’s second double-podium finish …

Twenty five years ago BMW created an icon when it debuted the very first BMW M3 at the 1985 Frankfurt Motor Show. At the time, the sportiest BMW 3 Series ever produced boasted 145kW, top speed in excess of 230 km/h, and a sprint from a standing start to 100 …

Dirk Werner was leading for more than two laps in the #79 BMW M3 GT2. But with just 40 minutes remaining, the front-left track rod of the car broke, which caused him to crash into the barriers. Werner was able to recover, but he ended up taking just the 3rd …

Andy Warhol’s BMW M1 was famous because it was hand painted in just 23 minutes. The video below shows how it was done. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWTlpeeaJZw&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] BMW has had this long history of making cars art canvasses. But more than that, BMW was able to make not only the exterior a work …

Following the announcement that the BMW M6 production has come to an end, BMW has also confirmed that the V10 naturally aspirated powerplant will retire as well. The V10 naturally aspirated powerplant makes the M6 capable of  top speed of 209 mph (336 km/h). An electronic limiter can limit the …