BMW X6

Do not bother to look for the BMW X6 ActiveHybrid shows in England because it will never be displayed here. The company estimates that two diesel and two petrol engines, this split is already a niche by offering the car is already more than enough. And to be honest, that is correct. BMW announced as the world's most powerful hybrid car - say you are going to reach different car manufacturers for their technical - incredibly complicated, but also quiet and fast X6 ActiveHybrid does not make sense only in the United Kingdom. Only this version costs the same as the M X6 in the U.S. and over 40 percent more when it hits the...

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BMW X5M

A corner - that's all it takes. By the time you brake, turn and start on the accelerator, you realize that BMW X5 M is in fact not much cop. Oh dear. It should not be that way. BMW M have rarely been disappointing in the past because they have always had a purity of accent - it makes you feel alive. James May would talk about his sparkling. In the X5, there are simple laws of physics that prevent joy - for starters, it weighs about 2.4 tons. You can adjust the suspension and engine all you want, but there is away from its huge mass in the corner. Worse than that is simply not sharp enough, and does not react to the inputs...

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BMW X5

While the decade of ill-treatment of anti-car-ISTS defect, the BMW X5, the original badass SUV, is still proud of the fact that the company churned out factory in Spartanburg, North Carolina. By June, a million cars have implemented their doors. This is the new version, but after several days of gawping, we still can not discern the difference between that and the one it replaces. BMW says there is a new bumper and fog lights relocated, but you have to park next to the old and new side by side to be sure. One thing that is certainly different from xDrive40d new, more powerful diesel engine range (do not be fooled, '40 '-...

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BMW X3

Traditional, Heartland is the best BMW BMW. Dependables more easily digestible - Threes, Fives, Touring variants, either - BMW Brilliance Fast easy because they think it should, and do not try anything too fancy. The simplest is the consistency of their cars. Does not count as the old X3 in this group. Medium SUV is only part of a series of BMW do not seem to be the core BMW DNA molded rubber on every surface, X1, X3, X5 M, X6, X6 M, 5 GT - the list is long, and are all more than a breath to try a little 'too hard superniching. This attempt to change the X3. In 2003, Jeremy pulled around by the scary old, terrible decor,...

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BMW X1

At the forefront of many minds at this moment is the word "why?" Probably, the beginning of the "Dear" and "God." X1 is the latest in a long line of increasingly confused and confusing for BMW products. Very similar to the 5-Series GT, Double Take requires only to find out what you are watching. Need glasses? Or, someone should have to BMW-medicate? The whole idea is soft-roader/crossover hard to get your head around. Or, to be a good car, a car or anywhere near as capable of SUV-ness as a good SUV. It's a lifestyle statement and is a questionable concept to buy: a new tone, cut 'crazy' hair. If something does not exist,...

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BMW M6

BMW now offers an optional competition package M6 and according to them, this gives the car a better driving dynamics. "That means it should be absolutely extraordinary. There are problems, it is not. It 'better than the standard car - yes, there will be that bit' - but it lowered suspension (by 12 mm front and rear 10 mm), new tires, and modified M difference is £ 2180 price tag (plus of € 83 700 suggested retail price of M6, remember) is a topic of discussion. Yes, the package means that the car is a little sharper, yes, this means that the rear end felt a little bit lighter, so it becomes a little more specific, and yes,...

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BMW M5

  There is a problem with super-saloons like the Audi RS4, BMW M3, BMW M5 and Mercedes E63 - real versions are just so much cooler. Maybe it's because they got even more Q-car status (and glory) that shows, and you can play in conformity with the docking of two Labradors or the result of a frenzy Homebase in the trunk, but it will still out accelerate anything, the slow side of a Porsche 911 Not quite surprising, M5 Touring is identical to the sedan in the areas that matter most, so you still get the 500bhp V10 engine up front, always found the electronically controlled shock absorbers and the gearbox and the different...

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BMW M3

You just bought a M3 normal? Oh, dear. They really should have waited, because now his friends will be overshadowed by M3 competition pack driving. While you're spinning your "standard" M3 key, your friends bragged about how to update their cars £ 3315 offers 10 mm lower ride height, a new sport-tuned shock absorbers and reprogram the ESP system. Oh, and new alloy wheels of 19 inches, and a new matte, metallic paint, which makes the M3 look even more menacing. Something you never thought possible. But there are other changes that would not be crowing about. They will probably skip this ride is slightly firmer than the normal...

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BMW 7 Series

  The hybrid system is a way to make the car more efficient. And efficient means for the same performance with less fuel, or more benefits from the same fuel. Lexus pioneered a different way. Now, BMW has taken the idea and it never went a bit 'confused. 7 ActiveHybrid is two and a t-Bit Luxo-barges that can reach 60 mph 4.7 seconds. The truth is that when you drive this way, the hybrid system does not do much. Only a mild hybrid, meaning that the electric motor sandwiched between the engine and transmission and still run at speeds are relatively weak and unable to drive the car without help. Instead, what it does is...

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BMW 6 Series Convertible

Belts along the spectacular mountain road to a smooth 35 ° C, blistering sun of South Africa, and some wrapped + 400bhp, turbocharged, rear-wheel-drive V8 sedan, you might think that things are improving. The sky is not blue and red stones, cobalt, gold rise on the other side is dotted with squat, unpleasant looking bushes, while Rocky, the light-swallowing a ravine off precipitously in the second. Random baboons jaywalking More Frisson red buttocked expectations for each blind to the tip. I have a fast car on the side of the collection on the ragged edges of my comfort zone and get the ever-so-slightly faster in every corner....

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BMW 6 Series

  Time is interesting. The facelifted BMW 6 Series 630i version specifically, the fuel is 23 percent less than the last. And emits 13 percent less CO2, but pushing 14 percent more energy. I'm sorry, but these numbers are simply overwhelming. The European Union says it wants to reduce CO2 emissions by 20 percent in 2020, but BMW has done more in three years that the series 6 was sold. Certainly, the task of the EU is a little bit more complicated, but anyway, this is something impressive in Munich. Even if all these figures pale in comparison with the new 6 series engine range - 3.0-liter twin-turbo diesel, which has...

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BMW 6 Series

  Time is interesting. The facelifted BMW 6 Series 630i version specifically, the fuel is 23 percent less than the last. And emits 13 percent less CO2, but pushing 14 percent more energy. Sorry, but these numbers are staggering, simply. The EU says it wants to cut CO2 emissions by 20 percent in 2020, but BMW has done more in three years that the 6-Series has been sold. Certainly, the task of the EU is a bit trickier, but still, there are amazing things in Munich. But even these figures pale in comparison with the new engine in the range 6 Series - the 3.0 liter twin-turbo diesel that has been in everything from the...

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BMW 5 Series Touring

Buy used cars to be so simple. If I wanted something like a 5-Series, you can buy a 5 Series. If I wanted something like a 5 Series, but with a little more space, you can buy a 5 Series Touring. But now, the genre-blurring 5-Series GT - the higher, more spacious, cousin hatchbacked 5 - thrown into the mix, the new tour, the task is slightly more complicated. Add a migraine inducing mash-up, which is X6 - Super guide as the sedan, seems off-road - and it's clear the new Touring is not only a strong fighting progress and the E-Class station wagon Audi A6 Avant, but competition is also included. Too bad the competition. 5 The...

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BMW 5 Series GT

This is not the usual new hard drive report. Contrary to normal practice, there will be much discussion about starting and rear seats, as it is the only way you can really judge whether BMW has invented a new type of car. And if so, whether it is a fact worth it. But it is also common in meat'n'potatoes, a history of engine, transmission, management and leadership - who are all borderline brilliant, as it happens. Those things matter because even if the 5-Series GT is in itself a distinct minority in the front, it is practically at the wheel next year's 5-Series Sedan and Touring. Right. The boot. If a manufacturer goes...

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BMW 5 Series

Rudolf Diesel to be much less dead, teleport to the 21 century, and take a quick tour of the BMW 535d, it would surely give themselves a pat on the back inventorly. This engine may be the largest demonstration yet of the creation of Diesel, a couple of terror stuffed with a set of vital statistics that defy logic, science, and probably a lot of other things too. The 3.0-liter twin-turbo six-cylinder, redesigned large for the sixth generation of 5 series, now produces 295bhp and a whopping 442 foot pounds of torque, good for 0-62 mph time of 5.7 seconds - only one second behind BMW M5 own - but the economy of 45mpg and emissions...

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BMW 3 Series Touring

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BMW 3 Series Coupe

BMW is not a 323D. Too much diesel in the range already, the story goes - too expensive and risky to try to squeeze another engine of the fracture almost invisible between the 320D and 325D. So if you want the beautiful BMW twin-turbo four-pots in your life, you have to settle for 123d. Unless, you go to the Alpina, which put together a 3-series with the 2.0-liter diesel engine from the 123d, with a revised engine management and a new exhaust system. That's good. We love statistics too. 214bhp. 0-62 mph in 6.9 seconds. 152 mph top speed. Yes, it's the Golf GTI to beat the performance of a car that returns 52mpg. It is...

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BMW 3 Series Convertible

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BMW 3-Series

Because of the complicated manner in which orders its Alpina BMW cars - Well, not "orders", "sheep" because Alpina are actually built on the BMW production line - it is impossible to spec BMW Alpina extras on a free pay a £ 1,500 "fresh custom command." Then you can set your hearts content, and buyers are numerous. But until now, the Alpina D3 Biturbo is introduced into the interior of a fairly basic specification 3-Series without navigation. For the NAV, which had to pay for the system itself, and also pay the cost of custom control cursed. Therefore Alpina introduced the "Lux" version of the D3, including Bluetooth navigation,...

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BMW 1 Series Coupe

Top Gear Magazine December, I really liked the 135i Coupe engine. Almost made it look like the engine is one. Well, now needs a little 'change teensy. Because the right to (and this is definitive, as there will be more versions, or at least I hope not) is the 2.0-liter twin-turbo diesel in the 123d. The raw data are seriously impressive. 0-62 mph 7.0 seconds off is seen, which is simply amazing for a car, which returns 54.3mpg and 140g/km of CO2 to slide lower. And all this is a car that weighs the best part of 1500 kg. It is a lot of metal to drag around. This is not to though. At launch, all the cars were very excited at the same...

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BMW 1 Series Convertible

BMW claims that this is the first small premium four seat convertible bonds. Despite the fact that the division will make a BMW Mini - and not based on the Volvo C70? - Just a silly fuss about, when they know perfectly-A3 was launched a few days. OK, maybe BMW has won the first battle of the stupid who's-Audi, but who will win the war? 1-Series Convertible has a natural advantage over the Audi rear-wheel drive. In theory, better than when you're behind the wheel, then. But the rear-wheel drive two-edged sword, especially a compact car, because it renders the space of the bottom. And since these are said to be four-seater...

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BMW 1 Series

The new 116D is the cheapest of the BMW diesel, less polluting and cheaper model of the BMW range ... And 'one of the best. In fact, it's more like a hatch, you can buy, period. The flagship 116 is the lowest of all BMW 116d nicknames, but does not mean 1.6 liters - is the same 2.0-liter diesel lump that appears in the 118d, 120d and 123d, but here producing 116bhp and 140 lbs feet is below the 176bhp and 258 foot pounds in the 120d, but advance the lowest levels, with the clever start-stop technology that was in the BMW for a while means that the fuel economy of 64.2mpg and rises to 118g/km of CO2 falls. These are impressive...

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Alfa Romeo Spider

As is always easier to forgive the girl who hits on you a drink in a bar, if it looks like Keira Knightley younger, prettier sister instead of maiden aunt Anne Widdecombe, making it possible to forgive Alfa Spider almost all errors. But Jeez, it has a few. It all starts very well. Slip into the comfortable seat, the driver down. Enjoy the clean interior touches: the aluminum interior, beautiful purple skin. Press the button to lower the roof, to treat your thinning terrine to welcome a fresh dose of sunshine in winter. Alarm clock from the ceiling as the mechanism to break the plastic on the back of the bow passenger and deposits, with...

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Alfa Romeo MiTo

  The MiTo is the first car of the Alpha range of new six-speed TCT (dual clutch transmission), initially available only with the well-regarded four-cylinder 1.4 MultiAir. Makes sense. Small, zippy the door can be a smooth, compact, dual-clutch gearbox, which allows in-Town lazy left leg and country lanes of fun. Mate that is sparkling 135bhp engine, and you get 51.4mpg, 128g/km CO2, and 0-62mph in 8.2 seconds, shaving sly numbers or two-digit-plus-manual sent MiTo (50.4mpg/129g / km / 8.4 is 62 mph). You may pay a premium of £ 1,200, but lost in performance problems and add a good dose of comfort in the city, right? False....

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Alfa Romeo GT

Think of a proverb to describe the Alfa Romeo. Sexy and Italian, beautiful and full of character - these two would probably depend on your list. Brilliant handling and frame of mind? Unlikely. As positive start with early Alfasud, a front wheel drive Alfas rarely had the frame to preserve their appearance. Too much power is transmitted to the front wheels meant that Alfas athletes often do not have credit, say, a BMW. Therefore Alfa announces Q2. This is an optional limited-slip front diff, which controls the torque sent to the corners. The problem with front wheel drive cars still face is that under load in a corner on the inside front...

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Alfa Romeo Giulietta

235bhp. Through the front wheels. Alfa Romeo. Normally, that's all you need to know who have not purchased the Cloverleaf Juliet. Ultimately, the power and Alfa are not happy bedfellows in recent years ... 147 GTA, the Brera, 156 GTA - I could go on. Clover new changes all that. This is the more powerful variant of the model range, location and 235bhp slap bang in the middle of hot-hatch world. But clover is not your classic hot hatch a little unbalanced. Put your foot on a dry road and soon the wheel does not move his hands, feet and 251 pounds are delivered smooth 235bhp 1.7-liter turbocharged new, and everything is strangely...

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Alfa Romeo 159 Sportwagon

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Alfa Romeo 147 Alfa Romeo 147

  Alfa Romeo I am amazed that the Italians could produce such desirable cars when they can not work. All too soon, chuf up the car in front and around the middle of the road in blind corners. I do not believe the proverb that says the Italian temperament red blood causes a certain type of car. On the contrary - the Italian car inspires a certain type of conduct, which is why the sense of faltering national road is at its lowest level in the wheel of the national product. I know because I ran an Italian, and all because I drove the new Alfa 147th I love him. For starters, it's a beautiful brute, full of complex interpenetration. Open the tailgate, for example, compound curves and along its...

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Alfa Romeo 159 2.0 JTDM Lusso

Alfa Romeo 159 2.0 JTDM Lusso A Brief History of Alfa diesel, the first part. Back in 1997 the Alfa 156 1.9 JTDM the first car in the world using common rail technology - a high-pressure injection system, which replaced boggo low-pressure pumps. Most diesel engines to use it now, and automobile manufacturers have developed other versions Spang glands. Twelve years later, Alfa decided it was time for her own update. Enter the new 2.0-liter JTDM - seen here in the 159th is a modified version of the engine out, but this time he meets...

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