OFFICIALLY REVEALED in July, BMW’s X1 crossover has now debuted in its first television commercial. While there is little hard information about the car, there’s a strong emphasis on lifestyle and fun.

Dubbed ‘Joy is the new BMW X1’, the TV spot aims straight for the heart of the cars’ younger target demographic. Slick editing moves [...]

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WITH THE FIRST official images sneaking out yesterday, BMW has been quick to follow up with the first official technical information about its all-new new X1 CUV.

Although Australian specifications are still to be finalised, the car is due to launch here in the first quarter of 2010. In the meantime, BMW has revealed details for [...]

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BMW HAS TAKEN great pains to keep anticipation for the upcoming 2010 BMW X1 high, putting the hordes of Bimmer fans on a drip of close-up teaser photos and shots of camouflaged X1s tearing around town.

As all good things are wont to do however, a collection of official photos has made its way out of [...]

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THE BMW X1 crossover concept was revealed back in October last year, but there hasn’t been a great deal of official word on the smallest Bimmer SUV/CUV since then.

Now, though, BMW has revealed new teaser images to keep us going.

The first image sees the X1 hit the beach, but some sort of spontaneous localised [...]

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WITH MORE IMAGES of the 2010 BMW X1 surfacing online, anticipation for BMW’s small new CUV is growing stronger. Now, BMW has offered up video of the X1 kicking it around gravel tracks, twisty roads and dirty mountain passes.

Filmed in Mallorca, Spain, the promotional video features BMW’s now famous psychedelic swirl camouflage patterns covering the [...]

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The BMW X1 Concept unveiled last year.

While images and video of the 2010 BMW X1 Concept were revealed late last year, a shot of the CUV completely unmasked has now surfaced online, at BMWBlog.

BMW’s X1 was recently snapped in the buff while shooting a commercial in Cologne, Germany. The first thing we noticed is that [...]

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BMW has unveiled the first official images and information for the upcoming X1, a CUV (Compact Utility Vehicle) based on the popular 1-series, which will join the X5, X3, and X6 to pad out BMW’s SUV and “Sports Activity Vehicle” ranges.

Sharing a face similar to that of the new BMW 7-series, with squared-off wheel arches [...]

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Maserati has revealed details and images of its newest track-only model, the GranTurismo MC Corse Concept.

Designed to deliver uncompromising circuit-ready performance, the MC Corse (Corse means “Racing” in Italian) features a number of mods that enable it to accelerate faster and grip harder than the road-going GranTurismo S it’s based on.

The GranTurismo S’s 4.7-litre V8 [...]

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Official information on Ford’s new for 2008 Falcon is here. Designated the FG, it ushers in a range of vastly improved engines and sharp clean styling that maybe not quite the wholesale change some were hoping for, but is attractive non-the-less.

Ford enthusiasts may lament the dropping of the Futura and Fairmont nameplates which are no-longer [...]

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Seeing the pictures of burning R8’s in recent months has been both sickening and entertaining. Thankfully, the only burning R8’s that we have heard about have been pre-production test mules. Seeing whats under the skin of the R8 has made me realise that losing anymore to fire would not be a good thing - especially [...]

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It is with a feeling of déj� vu that I bring you this news about Audi’s RS4. Earlier this year the blogosphere was alive with word that the RS4 sedan was soon to cease production – at the time it was believed to be because Audi only produce one RS model at a time [...]

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In what seems to be an effort to shed their ‘newspaper and slippers’ image across the whole range, Toyota Australia have announced the details for the new RAV4 V6.

The latest offering from the most feared competitor in the game, is the new V6 variant of the successful RAV4 compact SUV. Powered by the Toyota 2GR-FE [...]

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