Posts from BMWBLOG for 01/19/2023

[View this email in your browser]( Updates from BMWBLOG Daily BMW News and BMW Reviews, BMW Videos and Photos In the 01/19/2023 edition: - [REPORT: BMW To Build Battery Assembly Blant in Bavaria](#mctoc1) - [BMW Should Make a Modern Head Unit for Older Cars Like Porsche Now Does](#mctoc2) - [2023 BMW X1 Painted In Blue Bay Lagoon Makes Video Debut](#mctoc3) - [BMW 5 Series 50th Anniversary Edition Marks Half A Century Of The Luxury Sedan In Japan](#mctoc4) - [2022 BMW 230i M Sport Impresses In Acceleration Test](#mctoc5) - [Custom Two-Seater BMW M3 GT3 With 600 HP Hits The Nürburgring](#mctoc6) - [BMW M3 Touring With Individual Paint And Red Interior Filmed At BMW Welt](#mctoc7) - [2024 BMW M3 CS Leaked](#mctoc8) - [No New BMW M Engines Are Planned but Existing Ones Will Be Updated](#mctoc9) - [Vorsteiner BMW M3/M4 GTS-V Series Fixes the Kidney Grille](#mctoc10) - [Mazda’s New Straight-Six Is a Direct BMW B58 Competitor](#mctoc11) [][][] [REPORT: BMW To Build Battery Assembly Blant in Bavaria]( By Nico DeMattia on Jan 19, 2023 10:00 am BMW is building yet another battery plant, this time right in its backyard—Bavaria. While a specific Bavarian location hasn’t been selected just yet, BMW is said to be in talks with some land owners and... [Read in browser »]( [share on Twitter]( [][][] [BMW Should Make a Modern Head Unit for Older Cars Like Porsche Now Does]( By Nico DeMattia on Jan 19, 2023 09:44 am Porsche just announced a new head unit infotainment screen upgrade for its some of its older models, such as the first-gen Cayenne, 987 Boxster, and 997 911. What the new head units do is replace... [Read in browser »]( [share on Twitter]( [][][] [2023 BMW X1 Painted In Blue Bay Lagoon Makes Video Debut]( By Adrian Padeanu on Jan 19, 2023 09:42 am The latest-generation X1 (U11) ushered in new colors, such as Utah Orange and Cape York Green. Another paint job that wasn’t previously available is Blue Bay Lagoon Metallic, which quietly debuted in the configurator for... [Read in browser »]( [share on Twitter]( [][][] [BMW 5 Series 50th Anniversary Edition Marks Half A Century Of The Luxury Sedan In Japan]( By Adrian Padeanu on Jan 19, 2023 09:03 am The original 5 Series was introduced in 1972 but it wasn’t until a year later the luxury sedan went on sale in Japan. To celebrate half a decade since the E12 arrived in the Land... [Read in browser »]( [share on Twitter]( [][][] [2022 BMW 230i M Sport Impresses In Acceleration Test]( By Adrian Padeanu on Jan 19, 2023 07:53 am With the M2 now out in manual and automatic flavors while the M240i can be had with rear- or all-wheel drive, enthusiasts are spoiled for choice when it comes to buying a Bavarian compact sports... [Read in browser »]( [share on Twitter]( [][][] [Custom Two-Seater BMW M3 GT3 With 600 HP Hits The Nürburgring]( By Adrian Padeanu on Jan 19, 2023 06:29 am The previous-generation BMW M3 did spawn a track-focused CS version but it didn’t even come close to this custom-built “GT3.” Modified by the German tuner 24/7 Performance, the F80 has a massive rear wing for... [Read in browser »]( [share on Twitter]( [][][] [BMW M3 Touring With Individual Paint And Red Interior Filmed At BMW Welt]( By Adrian Padeanu on Jan 19, 2023 05:58 am BMW fans with a soft spot for performance wagons had to wait about 12 years for a new M Touring after the V10-powered E61 was discontinued. Before the larger 5 Series Estate returns in M... [Read in browser »]( [share on Twitter]( [][][] [2024 BMW M3 CS Leaked]( By Nico DeMattia on Jan 18, 2023 09:42 pm The 2024 BMW M3 CS (G80) is on its way and it was supposed to make its official reveal at the 24 Hours of Daytona, scheduled for the end of the month. However, someone got... [Read in browser »]( [share on Twitter]( [][][] [No New BMW M Engines Are Planned but Existing Ones Will Be Updated]( By Nico DeMattia on Jan 18, 2023 04:50 pm The future of BMW M is electric. The next-gen M5 is going to be a hybrid, the next M3 is going to be all-electric, and so too is the X3 M, according to rumors. There’s... [Read in browser »]( [share on Twitter]( [][][] [Vorsteiner BMW M3/M4 GTS-V Series Fixes the Kidney Grille]( By Nico DeMattia on Jan 18, 2023 04:37 pm You’re probably completely sick of hearing about the big grille design on the BMW M3 and M4. The criticism has been nonstop since their release and I know I play a big part in that.... [Read in browser »]( [share on Twitter]( [][][] [Mazda’s New Straight-Six Is a Direct BMW B58 Competitor]( By Nico DeMattia on Jan 18, 2023 01:49 pm The automotive world is dangerously low on straight-sixes. At the moment, BMW is really the last bastion of hope for the inline-six engine, with Mercedes as the only other maker of said engines and even... [Read in browser »]( [share on Twitter]( Recent Articles: [VIDEO: This Manhart-Tuned BMW M340i is Just As Fast As an M3]( [BMW Donates 17 Cars And 30 Engines Worth €1.5 Million To Vocational Schools]( [2023 Corvette E-Ray is What a BMW i8 Successor Could Have Been]( [BMW i4 M50 Displayed On Largest 3D Screen In Belgium]( Copyright © 2023 iMedia Network Inc., All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in at our website. Our mailing address is: iMedia Network Inc. 2532 W IRVING PARK RD APT 1EChicago, IL 60618 [Add us to your address book]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](. [Mailchimp Email Marketing](