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Published September 26, 2011 | 
 Pistonheads.com | LUXURY AND PERFORMANCE UNDER THE HAMMER Pistonheads.com With the prospect of a good selection of high-performance motors up for grabs late last week, we couldn't resist going along to kick some P-Zeros. The sale was a two-parter. First off were 236 BMW Group cars, followed by a wider selection of ... |
Published September 25, 2011 |  USA Today | 2012 Kia Rio brings 'start-stop' technology to masses USA Today After using start-stop on its M3 performance car, BMW is adding it to its Z4 sDrive 28i sports car and 5-series sedans, among its best-sellers. Stop-start comes with the manual or automatic transmission or both, depending on the model. ... |
Published September 25, 2011 |  Daily auto news | Do Paddles Really Fit in the Honda Fit Sport? Daily auto news If you are familiar with high-performance vehicles like the BMW M-Series or the AMG 55 from Mercedes, you know that sitting just above halfway up the steering wheel and behind it are a set of paddles that allow you to “shift for yourself,” if you want ... |
Published September 22, 2011 | Local Motorsports: Portland grad grooms winners Press Herald "My passion was for sports cars, particularly BMWs, and racing for me was always road course stuff," Turner said. Turner Motorsports also sells and ships replacement and high-performance parts for BMW cars. JOHNNY CLARK of Hallowell is threatening to ... |
Published September 22, 2011 | A Swede ride TODAYonline The official performance arm of Volvo is called Polestar (think "magnetic north" not "gentlemen's club"), but the Swedish carmaker hasn't got around to making German-style high-performance cars like AMG or BMW M just yet. A Volvo with the "R-Design" ... |
Published September 22, 2011 |  AutoExpress | Auto Express Car Reviews AutoExpress The new M5 is the best all-round high-performance BMW ever built. The logic behind reaplacing the old 507bhp 5.0-litre V10 with a 552bhp twin-turbo 4.4-litre V8 is sound. It produces 10 per cent more power, 30 per cent more torque and is 30 per cent ... |
Published September 21, 2011 | 2012 BMW M5, an Autoweek Flash Drive Car Review AutoWeek But its performance relied heavily on your level of commitment to extract it. This new model is, for the most part, even more thrilling from behind the wheel. Yet it doesn't ask for any special favors on the part of the driver. Its performance, molded ... |
Published September 21, 2011 | AutoExpress | 2012 BMW M5 First Drive Inside Line The steering is still hydraulically assisted rather than electrically driven, as on the other 5 Series cars. And you won't find a set of run-flat tires under the arches, just proper high-performance rubber. There's even a set of six-pot fixed calipers ... Auto Express Car Reviews |
Published September 20, 2011 |  Automobile Magazine | BMW Performance Kits Give 20 HP to 135i and 335i Automobile Magazine The Version 1 Power Kit optimizes engine software for high-performance driving, and is available for the 135i and 335i, along with the X6 xDrive35i models built before April 2010 and feature increased top-speed limiter and additional oil cooler. ... |
Published September 20, 2011 |  INAUTONEWS | Stolen: John Travolta remains without his vintage Mercedes INAUTONEWS Bosch starts building spark plant in ChinaBosch Group, the world's largest maker of auto parts, recently began construction ona 1.1 billion yuan plant in Nanjing, Jiangsu ... BMW Performance Power Kits for 135i and 335i ModelsBMW unveiled today a set ... |