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2011 BMW 5-Series Wins Top Safety Award

The 2011 5-Series has been picked as the top safety pick by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. The 5-Series isn’t alone here, the 2009 BMW 3-Series also made the list along with the x-series crossovers. Given the increasing number of large cars on the highway, highway safety becomes even more important. While the 5-Series [...]

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Doh – BMW 5-Series Recall

That’s right, you thought Toyota was the only car company that had problems? Think again! BMW has recalled more than 8,000 cars according to the Wall Street Journal all to fix a fuel level sensor. This is so far from unintentional acceleration that I don’t think anyone will lose faith in BMW. That being said [...]

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2012 BMW M5 Engine

2012 BMW M5 – Under the Hood

The BMW M5 is possibly one of the kings of sports cars, in a reasonable price range. Well they’re still expensive but not much when compared to a nice Ferrari or Lamborghini.  BMW has confirmed that the new 2012 M5 will have a V8 turbo-charged engine. The engine is based on the same design of the X5 M [...]

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