Filed under: Aftermarket , Performance , Etc. , Videos , BMW , Specialty , Racing We love the 5.0-liter V10 from BMW . Besides having an affinity for any engine with more than eight cylinders, the torque-happy five-liter sounds like straight glory and is happy to induce all sorts of tail-wagging fun from the outgoing M5 . That doesn’t mean there’s not room for improvement, however
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Video: Dinan V10 track engine glows purple, accelerates BMW M5 to plaid
Filed under: Sedan , Performance , Videos , BMW , Subaru Subaru loves boxers. No, not the kind that beat each other into bloody pulps, we’re talking about the engine design, which places the cylinders directly across a horizontal plane, almost like they are swinging alternating punches away from the crankshaft – hence, the boxer name. There are lots of good reasons to love the boxer engine – it allows for a decidedly low center of gravity and is inherently smooth due to its built-in balance – and Subie has certainly done much to advance the configuration since the days of the original Volkswagen Beetle (also boxer-powered).
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Filed under: Motorsports , Performance , Specialty Ken Block Invitational Gymkhana Grid – Click above for image gallery When the smoke cleared this weekend at the inaugural Ken Block Invitational Gymkhana Grid event at Toyota’s Irwindale Speedway, Tanner Foust had claimed the top spot. The head-to-head event, which had drivers like Foust, Vaughn Gittin Jr., Andrew Comrie-Picard and host Ken Block cording brand-new tires in a matter of minutes, pitted powertrains (AWD or RWD) in the same brackets to keep things interesting. After several rounds of eliminations, it came down to just Foust and Block for the final – both drivers in similar 550 horsepower AWD Ford Fiestas. In the best-of-three sprints, Block ran nearly flawlessly, but Foust demonstrated inhuman levels of car control (720-degree spins just inches from a barrel) to take the first two races and the resulting overall win
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Tanner Foust shreds at Ken Block Invitational Gymkhana Grid
Filed under: Convertible , Coupe , Performance , BMW , Misc. Auto Shows , South America Rossin-Bertin Vorax – Click above for image gallery Wiesmann may have been forced to switch from V10 power to the new twin-turbo V8 for their top-of-the-line MF5, but a Brazilian upstart apparently thinks it can secure an adequate supply of ten-cylinder BMW engines even after they’re discontinued. That’s what’s powering the vehicle you see here.
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Rossin-Bertin Vorax guns for entry into supercar club with BMW V10 power
Filed under: Spy Photos , Coupe , MISC Spy Shots: Wiesmann Coupe prototype – Click above for high-res image gallery Wiesmann , builder of exotic sport coupes that boast BMW power, has been working out a problem. The issue is that its sporty two-door MF5 and GT MF5 both featured V10 Teutonic muscle , but that engine has since been put to sleep. Apparently, they’ve now figured out what mill they want to place under their cars’ long snouts. Spy photographers in Germany managed to capture a blacked-out Wiesmann GT MF5 taking a cruise and stopping for fuel.
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Spy Shots: Wiesmann coupe prototype looking sinister
Filed under: Convertible , Coupe , Performance , Europe , BMW , Luxury 2010 BMW M6 – Click above for high-res image gallery Like it or not, it’s officially time to say auf wiedersehen to the potent M6 . BMW has just announced that it has ceased production of both the M6 coupe and convertible. The uniquely styled GT cars primarily found favor here in the U.S., with a total of 3,528 of the hardtops and 3,247 convertibles sold on American soil.
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BMW announces end of M6 production