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Well what’s all this brouhaha over the next M5’s transmission choices. A little logic may help in understanding what the possibilities will be. Let’s start with what we know and what we’re willing to bet the farm…
Hugo Becker / February 17, 2011
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Introduction Thinking about how automatic transmissions work usually results in the same type of headache you get when eating ice cream too quickly, brain freeze. Automatic transmissions are one of the most complicated components in…
Hugo Becker / February 11, 2011
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The luxury car market is on an ascending path and in the next five years several niche markets will open within the premium segment. In a constant chase for more revenue and market share, the…
Horatiu Boeriu / February 6, 2011
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This has been making its way through the enthusiast communities on the intertubes. Brutus, a racer resto-mod, essentially takes what looks like a pre-war two seat open wheel race car and inserts a big aero…
Hugo Becker / January 18, 2011
BMW 1M
Editorial: My 135i Wants To Be a Pirate When It Grows Up
by Hugo Becker / Date: December 10, 2010
Interesting
“Of all the terms in the motoring lexicon, the ‘GT’ moniker has to be one of the most misused and abused.” is the opening sentence of Sam Dawson’s, ‘GT: The World’s Best GT Cars 1953 to 1973″….
Hugo Becker / November 18, 2010
3 Series
Electronic Power Steering (EPS) The safe bet is that it’s coming and will be standard on the full range of F30 vehicles. It doesn’t make any sense for BMW to develop it, deploy it on…
Hugo Becker / November 16, 2010
BMW X3
This review begins with two observations. First, the best off-road vehicle I’ve ever driven was a Jeep Wrangler. Second, the worst on-road vehicle I’ve ever driven was a Jeep Wrangler. And that is the dilemma…
Hugo Becker / November 4, 2010
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In 2013, BMW turns another page in their long and prosperous automotive history. For the first time, a full electric BMW vehicle enters the production lines and a new eco-friendly sub-brand will join the extensive…
Horatiu Boeriu / September 29, 2010
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Future mobility will exist under the milieu of environmental and resource sustainability. This much is fact. It’s time to embrace the future. MINI needs no such convincing. In fact, MINI is showing us the future…
Shawn Molnar / September 24, 2010
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A little over ten years ago BMW pulled the plug on the ‘English Patient’ known as Rover. The decision to purchase Rover did not serve either BMW or Rover well in the six years of…
Hugo Becker / September 22, 2010