By now, you should know that the BMW Group is the official automotive sponsor of the upcoming London 2012 Olympic Games that kick off on July 27.
What you may not be aware of is that BMW is touring more than 60 towns in Britain with three of its Efficient Dynamic models, including a 1-Series hatchback, a 3-Series sedan and a 5-Series saloon, all of which are wrapped in a shiny golden foil wrap.
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Just because you opted for a station wagon body style doesn't mean you have to deprive yourself from all the tuning goods available from the aftermarket industry.
Making its debut this week is a new and comprehensive range of accessories for the latest BMW 5 Series Touring (F11) from Germany's Kelleners Sport.
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BMW has presented a string of upgrades for its new model year 5-Series sedan, Touring (station wagon) and Gran Turismo vehicles.
We will start our tour with the new multifunction instrument display that will be optionally available on all 5-Series models sans the 520d EfficientDynamics Edition ActiveHybrid 5 models. The customizable instrument panel features a 10.25-inch display with Black Panel technology.
While it retains the familiar arrangement of the conventional instrument panel comprising four round gauges, aside from the normal mode, the driver can choose from three more settings named COMFORT, ECO PRO and Sport.
These modes can be further customized in terms of colors and the information shown such as status and function displays, check control and navigation data.
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Like all carmakers or any other company for that matter, BMW would like to be the one that customers go to when it comes to aftermarket products. While the Bavarian automaker has been offering Performance Parts for years, we will now come to know the components under the M Performance Parts brand name.
Today, BMW announced the availability of a new lineup of M Performance Parts for the latest 2012 3-Series and 2011-2012 5-Series sedans in the U.S. market. The range comprises chassis, aerodynamic, cockpit and powertrain components.
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With an MSRP of around $250,000, the most affordable model in Rolls-Royce's lineup, the Ghost, costs about four times as much as the top (non-M) BMW 5-Series in the States, the 550i (MSRP: $62,000).
Still, that doesn’t mean you won't find common parts in these two models, and not only, as the BMW Group's latest recall proves.
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A massive recall for some 1.3 million BMW models worldwide, including approximately 367,000 vehicles sold in the United States and 290,000 in Germany is underway.
The Bavarian automaker said that the recall affects all previous generation 5-Series and 6-Series models built between 2003 and 2010.
According to a statement released by the automaker, in some "remote cases", the battery cable cover inside the boot of the affected models may not have been correctly installed.
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It's one thing putting numbers on paper and another displaying the capabilities of a tuned vehicle in action on the road.
To make a better business case about its products, German tuning firm Hartge has published a video showcasing a BMW 525d xDrive with and without its power kit.
In standard guise, the 525d xDrive gets a 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder diesel churning out 215hp (218PS) and 450Nm (332 lb-ft). Hartge's power kit that includes a software upgrade lifts those numbers to 254hp (258PS) and 530Nm (391 lb-ft) respectively.
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The new BMW M550d xDrive may be a forbidden fruit in the largest English-speaking markets of the world but that doesn't make the diesel-powered sports saloon any less interesting.
In the latest edition of his online show, DRIVE, Chris Harris sat in the driver's seat of the new BMW M Performance car and took it for a test drive.
Before you watch the video after the break, we'll remind you that the M550d xDrive sports a 3.0-liter inline-six diesel with three turbochargers sending 381PS (375bhp) and a monstrous 740Nm (546 lb-ft) of peak torque to all-four wheels through a standard 8-speed automatic for a 0-100km/h (62mph) sprint time of just 4.7 seconds.
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