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Production BMW 5 Series GT Unveiled via BMW TV

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BMW unveiled the 5 Series Gran Turismo concept at the Geneva Motor Show now we have our first unofficial look at the production version.

As expected the production version remains mostly true to the concept, but with a much more toned down interior. Expect the production version to have its official world debut sometime later this year.



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You won’t like me when I’m angry: Lumma Design takes on the BMW X6

We were pretty impressed by Lumma Design’s version of the BMW X5 3.0d. The tuner has now released a sketch of its upcoming package for the X6 SAC. The CLR X 650 gives the BMW X6 a very...



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2009 BMW 7-Series leaked ahead of launch

No more fugly spy shots or unclear teasers, pictures of the new 2009 BMW 7-Series have been leaked on Flickr. As you can see from the pictures there is a very heavy influence of the CS Concept with a...



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Who has 5000+ cars in his garage?

If you were rich enough to drive any car you wanted, absolutely any car, and money is no object, what would you go for? A Lambo, Bugatti, Merc, Aston, how about something outrageous like a Formula 1 car.

But what if you were truly rich, not just “getting by” like that Bill Gates guy, but truly rich. The Sultan of Brunei is the richest man on earth; he is not counted on rich lists because he does not earn his money it comes from his tiny country’s oil reserves which are basically his. Estimates of his wealth pop up from time to time but the truth is no one has any idea how much cash he has.

So which car do you think the richest man in the world drives, well if you said Lambo, you would have been correct, and if you said Aston that would have been right as well, if you guessed F1 Race-car you would have been nearly right, he owns every F1 championship winning car for the last thirty years.

These cars fit very nicely into his garage which is a bit bigger than your garage at home; it has to be to be able to accommodate the estimated 5000 personal vehicles owned by the Sultan. If he picked one car to drive down to the supermarket for a pint of milk each day, it would take him thirteen and a half years to use each one.

He seems to quite like the Rolls Royce range he has over 500 hundred of those, if you tried unsuccessfully to buy a Rolls during the 1990’s that would be because he accounted for over half of their entire sales for that decade.

His collection which may well be far more than 5000 vehicles is estimated to have cost over $4 billion, filling them all up may be a little expensive at $4 a gallon, that is estimated at a minimum of half a million dollars.

Those that voted for the Lambo will be happy to know that he has 20 of those, but he seems to prefer the sleeker appearance of the Ferrari’s as he opted for 367 of those, Jag’s are nice little run-arounds, all 177 of them, as are the 362 Bentleys.

He also likes to not just buy boring, run of the mill BMW’s (185) he also likes something a bit more exotic such as Bentley Dominator 4X4 and the Bentley Java, Ferrari FX (6) the worlds only right hand drive Merc CLX-GTR and the Cizeta Moroder V16T (3)

I personally would not want to be burdened with the stress of having to select a car each day so I will stick with my two door Kia.



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Video: BMW M3 ad takes shot at Mercedes SL, it’s a fake

So we get a tip in our box this morning that there is a new 2008 BMW M3 Convertible ad spot that makes fun of the recent “You can make a wish” Mercedes-Benz SL ad spot.However, watching...



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Video: Another Mercedes C63 AMG vs BMW M3 vs Lexus IS-F face-off

With all these three high-performance sedans arriving in dealerships within the next couple of months, we’ve seen many car magazines running a comparison test of the 2008 Mercedes-Benz C 63...



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[Source: BimmerFile ] Continue reading BMW finally acknowledges turbo ...

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Countless BMW owners have been frustrated for some time with software-induced turbo lag on their N54 3.0-liter twin-turbo inline-6 engines. While early models were acclaimed for their immediate power delivery, it seems BMW felt it necessary to address "specific noise concerns" with the engine and made software changes in models built between June 2006 and March 2008. Those changes introduced turbo lag - the noticeable delay between the throttle and the time it takes for the turbocharger to spin and produce power. Enthusiasts were up in arms, but BMW refused to recognize their concerns (addressed on nearly every BMW message board, and by the BMW Car Club of America)... until now. According to a statement from the automaker, new software will be released in January 2009 that will restore the original turbocharger response. Of course, it comes with a warning that it may result in "slightly increased engine noise levels." As if an enthusiast cares... Thanks for the tip Michael!

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Continue reading BMW finally acknowledges turbo lag, will update software

BMW finally acknowledges turbo lag, will update software originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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