If you’re not familiar with the ‘Ring taxi, it’s a product-placement BMW M5 that’s available for passenger rides around the famed Nurbrugring race-track in Germany, at a hefty €225 per person, and driven by a professional. But no matter how many times one drives the same track, mistakes are inevitable, as seen in this crash video.
Last week we did a list of the top cars researched by our readers this Ramadan. This week we take a look at the top ten luxury cars that are in consideration by our more affluent visitors. These figures were pulled from our internal stats, with a heavy UAE bias since most of our traffic is from our home-base. We’ve also stuck to only true luxury brands, rather than fit in luxury cars from mainstream brands.
BMW is going to recall thousands of 2014 X5 models built between December 2013 and March 2014 due to concerns that the engaged child safety locks might deactivate without warning. The problem affects only those trim levels with the automatic soft-closing door option.
BMW has officially revealed the 2015 X6. This is the first redesign since the model’s inception back in 2009.
The BMW 1-Series has always been an acquired taste ever since it launched in 2004. Even if the looks don’t bother you, there is still the price, as it costs more than a Golf without necessarily offering that much more (at least in the basic models). That said, if you look past the basic models, the top-of-the-range 1-Series have always been interesting cars, combining arguably BMW’s best straight-6 engines with an entertaining chassis, and probably more closely evoking the spirit of BMWs from decades ago than their larger brethren in the current model lineup.
BMW have released pictures and details of the 2015 M4 Convertible recently.
This is the redesigned 2015 BMW X3. With the unveiling of this new model, BMW’s crossovers are getting more and more generic, not that the old one was a design icon of any sort.
In their increasing eagerness to become a German Toyota, BMW has officially unveiled their new 2-Series Active Tourer at the Geneva Motor Show last week. The big news is that it is BMW’s first front-wheel-drive car. And oddly enough, after forcing icons like the M3 to take on even-number badges because, as per their marketeers, all coupes and convertibles will get even numbers, they drop this minivan in the same family as the 2-Series coupe that was unveiled just a few months earlier.
The awkwardly-styled BMW 1-Series has always been an acquired taste ever since it launched in 2004. But I’ve always been a fan of the top-spec 1-Series which have combined arguably BMW’s best inline-6 engines with an entertaining chassis and probably most closely evoke the spirit of past BMWs than most of the other current models. Having owned (and loved) a 2007 130i M Sport back in London, as soon as I saw the M135i I knew I had to have it as it promised to be even better than the old car.
BMW has just launched the BMW 4-Series Gran Coupe, in what is the sixth body style to be based on the 3-Series platform.