2012 BMW 3-Series F30 production begins

BMW has invested €500 million at its maiden Munich plant to build the 3-Series

BMW has begun production of the 2012 BMW 3-Series F30 at its maiden plant in Munich. The Bavarian automaker has invested €500 million to build the 3-Series at the plant.

Production of the sixth-generation 3-Series sees BMW employing latest-generation laser robot technology for the body and paint work. A new body shop also had to be built to accommodate new construction technologies being employed.

Original BMW Parts. Oil filter.

There's a big difference, between a BMW Genuine Oil Filter and a counterfeit, although they sometimes look very similar...watch the test.

BMW F10 M5 has new 0 to 60 mph time of 3.7 seconds

Car & Driver tests the M5 and gets a much healthier acceleration figure than BMW's own underrated 4.4 seconds (0 to 100 km/h)

Here's a little comfort for M5 lovers who had to get a little defensive about the car's official 0 to 100 km/h sprint time of 4.4 seconds.

2012 BMW M6 prototype crashes again on Nürburgring

Accident occurred during a 300 lap endurance run by the M6 Coupe prototype

Another BMW M6 Coupe prototype has crashed while testing on the Nürburgring-Nordschleife after a previous incident last August.

The crash, which took place last week, appears to have caused some pretty severe damage to the front and rear ends of the car, as we can see in the spy photos here.

Audi RS3 vs. BMW 1-Series M Coupe by Fifth Gear

Hot-hatches, both with 250 kW (340 PS / 335 hp), battle it out for the best lap time around a track

British motoring program Fifth Gear decided to hold a battle of the priemium hot-hatches between the Audi RS3 and the BMW 1-Series M Coupe. For the challenge, show host Tiff Needell enlisted the help of British Rally Champion Mark Higgins.

BMW M division may create its own car

BMW head of product development Albert Biermann says M division has what it would need to make its own car.

BMW's M division can build its own car.

In an interview with Inside Line, Albert Biermann, head of BMW product development, said that the automaker would like to see the M division make its own car but that it's a matter of making a model that is profitable.

Prototype doing laps around the Nürburgring with much less camo than just a day earlier


On the heels of yesterday's spy shots of the upcoming 2014 BMW M3, we get another set today of a prototype sporting much less camouflage.

2012 BMW 6-Series Convertible By Hartge

The 2012 BMW 6-Series Convertible, a car that was only introduced to us at the start of the year, is about to get its second tuning program courtesy of Hartge, following in the footsteps of the work done by Hamann, which made its debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show last month.

2013 BMW 4-Series coupe first time spied

New mid-sized coupe model could spawn a four-door sport coupe variant as well as a cabriolet version. These are the very first spy shots of the upcoming coupe version of the new 3-Series F30 rumored to be named 4-Series Coupe.

2014 BMW M3 rendered by WildSpeed

Next-generation 2012 BMW 3-Series is due for an unveiling on October 14 - M3 variant will follow in late 2013 as a 2014 model

Artist known as WildSpeed has rendered the 2014 BMW M3 sedan.

The Stig does the M5

Top Gear driver does a little drifting here and there with the 2012 BMW F10 M5

In the latest issue of Top Gear Magazine turbocharging is the theme and between the pages the Stig tries out the 2012 BMW F10 M5.

A prank most BMW drivers would love [video]

BMW Singapore switches the 1-Series Coupe of an unsuspecting customer with a performance-enhanced model

BMW Singapore has thought-up a nice prank to play on an unsuspecting customer.

Impact of Steve Jobs (Repost)

By Mark Kleis 

Thursday, Oct 6th, 2011 @ 12:01 am

While we here at Leftlane may not normally cover news pertaining to tech-based companies or their personnel, we unanimously concluded that a man of Steve Jobs’ stature and with his level of contributions deserved nothing less than a tribute for all he has given us.
Apple announced this evening that Jobs, 56, the man that arguably had more influence on technology in today’s cars than any other single man in recent times, passed peacefully after a seven-year battle with cancer.

Wide-body kit for the E90 BMW 3-Series by Prior Design

German tuner comes up with a final tuning kit for the current generation BMW 3-Series set to be replaced soon

German tuner Prior Design has a new wide-body kit for the E90 BMW 3-Series.

Good for all variants except the M3, the body kit is made of DURA-FLEX and features a front bumper, front fender flares, side skirts, rear bumper and rear widening wings.

BMW extends lead in U.S. premium brand sales

BMW leading Mercedes-Benz by a margin of around 7,000 units for the year

BMW has extended its lead in U.S. premium brand sales over its arch-rival Mercedes-Benz.

For September sales were up 19 percent for the Bavarian brand while increasing only 9 percent for the Stuttgart-based automaker Mercedes. Sales for the year through to the end of September were 177,679 units for BMW while for the Mercedes-Benz brand total sales were 169,862.