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Opinion: Drifting the Night Away

gbridger@gmail.com (BimmerFile ) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:48:57 +0000

The driving culture is something that I have been involved in since I can remember, it is part of who I am. I spent much of my youth driving ATVs on frozen lakes, dirt tracks and road shotgun in race cars. That taught me a lot about slip...

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BMW’s Own Racers & Driving Instructors Review the 3 Series at the Track

gbridger@gmail.com (BimmerFile ) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:34:41 +0000

Not only did BMW hand over the keys to the F30 to journalists last week but also BMW’s own race car drivers and track instructors. And as you can imagine they have their own thoughts about the car. But one thing is clear through the...

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BMWNA Prices the 640i and 650i xDrive Gran Coupe

gbridger@gmail.com (BimmerFile ) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:08:20 +0000

BMW has finally released its pricing on the entry level 640i Gran Coupe and then 650i xDrive Gran Coupe. At $76,895 it’s not cheap but it’s still a lot of style for the money in our opinion. Official Release: BMW of North...

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BMW Group Off to Successful Start in 2012

gbridger@gmail.com (BimmerFile ) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:54:18 +0000

The BMW Group is off to a record setting pace to start the year. Between BMW, MINI and Rolls Royce sales are up 6.6% from a year ago with BMW selling more cars in the month of January than ever before (112,163). That last part may not seem...

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BimmerFile Review: 2012 BMW 335i

gbridger@gmail.com (BimmerFile ) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:52:36 +0000

It was just two months ago that we first drove BMW’s all-new 3 Series on the sun-soaked roads of Spain. Of course, we only got to sample the new four-cylinder 328i back then (along with the not-for-us 320d), and every last one of them was...

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BMW Unveils the Winning Design for its Olympic Pavilion

gbridger@gmail.com (BimmerFile ) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:21:19 +0000

Official Release: BMW Group, Official Automotive Partner to the London 2012 Olympic & Paralympic Games, today revealed the winning design for its pavilion at the Olympic Park. Following a competition involving six architecture firms,...

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BMW 3 Series UK & US Launch Ultimate Gallery

gbridger@gmail.com (BimmerFile ) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:13:25 +0000

From both ends of the earth we’ve got launch photos of the latest 3 Series. The F30 has officially been unveiled to the press with rave reviews (you can read ours here) and captured in every angle possible. But you haven’t seen...

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BMW 3 Series UK Launch Video

gbridger@gmail.com (BimmerFile ) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:25:57 +0000

Perhaps the best video we’ve seen yet, BMW UK has released it’s own launch video (similar to the US launch video) that shows off all the best angles of the new F30 3 Series. And as we’ve said previously, the more we see...

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M.I.A Bad Girls Video Featuring Drifting a E36 & E46

gbridger@gmail.com (BimmerFile ) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:12:47 +0000

We love vintage BMWs but this is a different breed. Still it’s worth a link and mention since it’ll likely be a part of our cultural consciousness in 2012. The Sri Lankan born pop star released her latest video, Bad Girls on...

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Video Wrap-up from the BMW’s 3 Series Launch

gbridger@gmail.com (BimmerFile ) — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:17:07 +0000

The 3 Series continues to look better and better to us as we see it in person and in motion more and more. To prove that point BMW has released several new videos around the recent press launch of the car in Monterey California. Check them...

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BMW 1M: Perfect Balance = Perfect Performance

gbridger@gmail.com (BimmerFile ) — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:06:45 +0000

To ring in Super Bowl Sunday we bring you a short video via M-Power about what makes M cars so great. Balance. As is shown by the 1M, balance is more important than 0-60 sprints or top speed. It is the corners that shave seconds off of lap...

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BMW Classic Launches Online Parts Catalog

gbridger@gmail.com (BimmerFile ) — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:32:44 +0000

Official Release: On 1 February 2012, BMW Classic Parts Supply launched its new online shop. Now customers can order spare parts for their BMW classics speedily, easily and from the comfort of their home. For BMW Classic the online shop...

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BMWNA Unveils New National Advertising Campaign Launching the F30 3 Series

gbridger@gmail.com (BimmerFile ) — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:00:01 +0000

BMWNA Officially launched the new ads for the all new 3 Series today. Some of them are quite amusing, they focus on the integrated technologies rather than the driving prowess of the car but they are a huge step up from the previous...

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2012 3 Series on Track at Laguna Seca

gbridger@gmail.com (BimmerFile ) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:07:42 +0000

The BMW Performance Driving School Instructors had some time with the new F30 3er on the track at Laguna Seca and BMWNA was nice enough to make a short but sweet video of it. Enjoy.

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BMW NA Starts the Year off with 6% Sales Increase

gbridger@gmail.com (BimmerFile ) — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:19:56 +0000

Official Release: The BMW Group in the U.S. (BMW and MINI combined) reported January sales of 19,739 vehicles, an increase of 5.8 percent from the 18,656 vehicles sold in the same month a year ago. “The January results are the springboard...

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BMW F30 Series US Launch Video

gbridger@gmail.com (BimmerFile ) — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:08:52 +0000

The F30 is being officially unveiled to the press this week in Monterey California and, as you’d expect, we’ll be getting our best look yet at the car that debuted in Detroit. For a recap of our driving impressions of the F30,...

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BimmerFile Review: ActiveHybrid 5 Series

gbridger@gmail.com (BimmerFile ) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:27:53 +0000

BMW’s ActiveHybrid 5 Series is the first two mode hybrid from the brand. Unlike the X6 and 7 Series Hybrids (one was a learning tool codeveloped with Mercedes Benz and GM , the other is barely a hybrid) the 5 Series Hybrid follows the...

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BMW M3 DTM: Castrol EDGE and Aral livery Revealed.

gbridger@gmail.com (BimmerFile ) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:49:20 +0000

Today BMW Motorsport showed off the first of the six liveries the new BMW M3 DTM will be wearing. BMW will relaunch in DTM with three teams and 6 driver’s, each sporting an individual livery. Castrol/Aral and BMW Motorsport have...

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Official Release: The ActiveHybrid 5 Series

gbridger@gmail.com (BimmerFile ) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 01:57:15 +0000

We’re just off the plane from having driven the new AH5 and will have our full review ready soon. But in the meantime you can get a first look at the car via BMWNA’s first official release. Official release: BMW takes the...

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Rumor: F80 2014 M3 Gets Inline Six

gbridger@gmail.com (BimmerFile ) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:10:28 +0000

According to one of our sources the next generation M3 sedan will not be powered by the feared V6 engine. BMW M has been experimenting with various engine configurations for the new generation M3, ranging from a naturally aspirated V8,...

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