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Video: BMW takes its autonomous 5 Series onto the autobahn

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Filed under: Safety , Technology , BMW Last May we went for a high-speed run around Laguna Seca in BMW’s Track Trainer , a modified 3 Series that can click of two-minute laps without the driver touching the controls. Now, BMW has packed a 5 Series with the next iteration of the technology and taken it on to the open road. This latest ConnectedDrive experiment uses much of the same tech, but beyond the radar and camera systems on the 3er, it includes new ultrasonic scanners and lasers to re-read the road surface, lines and surrounding vehicles. We say “re-read” because like the system we sampled at Laguna, this version needs to have the road data downloaded into the car before it can drive sans human intervention

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Report: BMW hooks DTM up with new M3 safety car

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Filed under: Coupe , Europe , BMW , Racing Choosing a safety car to pace a racing series is tricky business that almost invariably results in either a constant flux of vehicles called into duty or playing favorites between the manufacturers taking part in the series. NASCAR changes its pace cars about as quickly as it changes tires. Formula One sticks with Mercedes-Benz machinery, and nobody seems to complain very much. But DTM bridges the gap with a slightly different approach

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Official: 2012 BMW 3 Series configurator powers up

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Filed under: Convertible , Coupe , Sedan , Wagon , BMW The 2012 BMW 3 Series is scheduled to hit U.S. BMW dealerships in February, which makes now a good time to option up our dream Bimmer. The 3 Series configurator reveals 15 different 3 Series models from which to choose, including coupe, convertible, sedan and Wagon variants, plus a choice of a four- and six-cylinder gas engines, along with diesel model and available all-wheel drive. The all-new for 2012 328i Sedan starts out at $34,900 (plus $895 destination), but just a few options sends the MSRP skyward.

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Official: BMW 3 Series gets together for family portrait

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Filed under: BMW Ask anyone in the know what the quintessential sports sedan is, and nine times out of ten they’ll tell you it’s the BMW 3 Series . It’s the benchmark against which all others are measured, the target that every other luxury automaker has in its sights, and the very icon of what a luxury sports sedan should be. What’s more, it has been all those things for three and a half decades, from the first model introduced in 1975 to the new sixth-generation model just rolled out last month.

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Detroit: Ford Fusion, Lexus LF-LC win Eyes on Design awards

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Filed under: Concept Cars , Detroit Auto Show , Ford , Lexus , Design/Style Every year at the Detroit Auto Show , the Eyes on Design awards honors the best designs among production vehicles and concepts debuting that year. Unlike, say, the North American International Car and Truck of the Year awards , the only vehicles eligible for an Eyes on Design award are the ones that introduce themselves to the world – well, really just North America – in Detroit. What’s particularly interesting is that the judges for these two awards (one for production vehicles and the other for concepts) are all active or retired designers themselves, so they know a little something about the topic.

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Report: Cadillac considering smaller-than-SRX crossover?

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Filed under: SUV , Europe , Plants/Manufacturing , Crossover , BMW , Cadillac , GM , Luxury Cadillac is gunning for BMW . The company’s recently unveiled ATS is a clear shot across the bow of the German automaker’s 3 Series , and Bloomberg BusinessWeek reports the small sedan may be the first of a larger product offensive. Kurt McNeil, vice president of sales with Cadillac , said the luxury brand is currently looking into the possibility of a small CUV designed to lure in BMW X3 buyers. The vehicle would be smaller than the current Cadillac SRX , which saw an 11 percent increase in sales last year

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