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July 04, 2009 BMW awards Bridgestone another OE contract Dueler HP Sport RFT tires are OE on the 2009 BMW X5 M. Bridgestone Corp.

Comment about "Innovative BMW 5 Series GT" Phone Name Comment 0 BMW's 5 Series GT will be available in Europe from October with a choice of three engines: 530d, a 535i and a 550i.

Have we met before? The upcoming X1 reminds us a lot of another BMW. BY JENS MEINERS, PHOTOGRAPHY BY XBIMMERS.COM, BMWBLOG.COM, AND THE MANUFACTURER July 2009 Shortly after images leaked out onto the Internet through XBimmers.com and BMWBLOG.com , BMW has confirmed its new X1 will arrive in Europe this fall and in the U.S. for calendar year 2011.

Oh great, just what we need, another SUV. Even if it's small, and a BMW, I'm not sure if America needed more option on its SUV menu.

The trusty GS has so far taken him all over the world during the past three years and both Chuck and the Dakar are showing no signs of slowing down yet.

Porsche has added a new top model to the Cayenne lineup - the Turbo S, with a base price of $124,800 and a 550-horsepower, 4.8-liter V-8 engine.

It's the basic idea of the 5 Series Gran Turismo applied to the smaller 3 Series body.

Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd. , the global leader in satellite navigation, today announced it has expanded its relationship with BMW Motorrad and the companies have developed the next generation BMW Motorrad Navigator, the Navigator IV, a motorcycle-friendly GPS navigator that is based on Garmin's zA mo 660.

The former director of the New York-based Guggenheim Foundation has been 'living life in the fast lane' ever since he was named director of the foundation in 1988 and is currently undertaking the huge project of establishing a museum of modern and contemporary art in Abu Dhabi that will be designed by renowned architect Frank Gehry.

Hot on the heels of the recently unveiled BMW 5-Series GT comes word that a 3-Series GT is also in the works.

A couple of summers back, a new star emerged in the movie "Transformers" and it wasn't Shia LaBeouf.

We can be found at Tent 31. You can get information and directions about this major BMW Motorrad product expo at at .bmw-motorrad-days/english . Plan to visit with Andreas Geisinger, Leatt's Head of International Marketing and Product Management, who will be attending this major 3-day event.

July 2, 2009: For the first time the features and qualities so typical of a BMW X model are also available in a premium vehicle in the compact segment.

July 1, 2009: The BMW Group in the U.S. reported June sales of 20,849 vehicles, a decrease of 20.3 percent from the 26,155 vehicles sold in the same month of 2008.

The Audi TTS Coupe is the devil on your shoulder wagging his tail and poking you with his pitch fork as he encourages you to go faster, faster, faster! - and not just because this particular TTS press fleet vehicle was painted Lucifer red.

Can it Get Any Better? In the past, if you wanted to go everywhere fast, but couldn't afford a Lamborghini, the M3 was an obvious choice.

The new models will go on sale in September 2009. The new BMW 120i Coupe is powered by a 2.0-liter four-cylinder with BMW High Precision Injection developing 125 kW at 6,700 rpm and peak torque of 210 N m at 4,250 rpm, accelerating the BMW 120i Coupe from zero to 100 km/h in 7.8 seconds and offering a top speed of 224 km/h or 149 mph.

June 25, 2009: Following its successful introduction into the market, the new BMW 7 Series is further expanding its position in 2010 as the most innovative model series in the luxury segment.

Starting in the 2010 model year, BMW xDrive will be available for the first time also in the BMW 7 Series.

Several South Africans who have had their lifelong dreams fulfilled after winning the national lottery have instead found their lives turning into nightmares.