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The new BMW M3 sedan’s emigration to Australia is not the only M3 news released this week. BMW has also announced that the Convertible version has its bags packed for Australia as well.
Compared with the two previous generations of the M3 Convertibles offered in Australia the new E93 generation boasts a Retractable Hard-Top, 4.0-litre V8 engine and manual six-speed gearbox as standard.
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In a first for BMW Australia the four-door sedan version of the V8 M3 will be heading downunder, with a limited supply expected in time for Christmas this year.
BMW has noted, that in spite of rising prices at the pump, Australia’s love affair with V8 performance cars continues seemingly unabated, paving the way for the addition of the BMW V8 M3 to the M3 range - currently being spearheaded by the highly successful M3 Coupé and soon to be released M3 Convertible.
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Have you ever yearned for a car built from fabric that can change shape at the touch of a button? Me neither, but oddly BMW didn’t seek my permission before building their GINA Light Visionary Model concept car, a concept vehicle skinned in fabric that has the ability to change its outward appearance.
Last week TMR showed you a glimpse of this mystery concept as it was being unloaded at the BMW Museum in Munich. Speculation was rife at the time with many hoping that it was their first glimpse of the rumoured M1 Supercar we are all not-so-secretly willing BMW to build. Alas, it is not to be but lets not let our disappointment take anything away from this extraordinary creation.
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Earlier this year BMW revealed their Hommage concept, an M1 influenced supercar concept, a supposed one-off that was built to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the M1 - BMW’s ‘nearly but not quite’ attempt at building a supercar.
Well buckle up because it looks like we could be in for another blue roundel roller coaster ride, with BMW releasing some very mysterious video footage of a car they will be unveiling at their very own Munich based museum on June 10. The GINA Light Visionary and no, we don’t understand the name either.
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According to the folks at CAR magazine, BMW’s M1 Hommage concept is heading for production - although don’t expect it to carry the M1 moniker.
CAR also hint that the productionised M1 will feature a three-stong engine lineup, a lightweight body construction incorporating ‘heron-wing doors’ and a ‘multi-layered, driver-focussed interior’.
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BMW’s recently revealed Hommage concept got tongues wagging in a big way across the Blogosphere and the one big question was; is BMW planning to have another tilt at a production M1? The pot was further stirred by a talented CGI artist from Spain who took an E92 M3 coupe and with a chop here and blend there, created what for all the world could have been a production M1 - but it wasn’t.
Well M1 fans, there is yet another piece of news concerning a future BMW supercar. Italian BMW tuner Racing Dynamics has via their website unwittingly confirmed BMW’s plan to build an M1 successor.
The above image appeared on their website along with the following description:
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Yesterday came the news that GM Holden will be exploring a number of different fuels and technologies in the race to bring more efficient and environmentally friendly versions of their Commodore family car to the market around 2010.
It is the same story for manufacturers around the world and to ease our minds and ensure us that they are inately green, BMW has put together quite an interesting commercial highlighting the ‘green’ engineering that will be coming soon to a BMW near you.
It’s low, wide and curvaceous, but is this anything to get excited about? If you believe the hype, this is a prototype of the new BMW M1, a production version of the M1 Hommage concept car. Or is it? There are several things about this picture that don’t quite stack up… » Read Article
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