Daimler has announced that Stuttgart Airport has adopted its F-Cell B-Class cars as the “Follow Me” vehicle for aircraft taxiing around its runways. Although the F-Cell has a range of 400 kilometers, refueling is not a problem for these hydrogen vehicles, as a dedicated hydrogen refueling station had been established in a section of the airport. Actual drive comes from a 136 hp electric motor which is energized by a hydrogen/oxygen chemical reaction. The byproduct of the system is water, which makes it a very clean system. In consumption terms, its uses the equivalent of 3.3 liters of diesel per 100 km. States Walter Schoefer, MD of airport manager Flughafen Stuttgart GmbH, “As you can see, we are keeping up with the latest technological developments in ground-based drive systems.” This kind of application suits the F-Cell perfectly, as the lack of refueling infrastructure does not hinder its effectiveness for the task it has been assigned to. See the original post: B-Class F-Cell Finds Calling At Stuttgart Airport

Daimler has announced that Stuttgart Airport has adopted its F-Cell B-Class cars as the “Follow Me” vehicle for aircraft taxiing around its runways. Although the F-Cell has a range of 400 kilometers, refueling is not a problem for these hydrogen vehicles, as a dedicated hydrogen refueling station had been established in a section of the airport. Actual drive comes from a 136 hp electric motor which is energized by a hydrogen/oxygen chemical reaction. The byproduct of the system is water, which makes it a very clean system. In consumption terms, its uses the equivalent of 3.3 liters of diesel per 100 km. States Walter Schoefer, MD of airport manager Flughafen Stuttgart GmbH, “As you can see, we are keeping up with the latest technological developments in ground-based drive systems.” This kind of application suits the F-Cell perfectly, as the lack of refueling infrastructure does not hinder its effectiveness for the task it has been assigned to. Read the rest here: B-Class F-Cell Finds Calling At Stuttgart Airport

Daimler has announced that Stuttgart Airport has adopted its F-Cell B-Class cars as the “Follow Me” vehicle for aircraft taxiing around its runways. Although the F-Cell has a range of 400 kilometers, refueling is not a problem for these hydrogen vehicles, as a dedicated hydrogen refueling station had been established in a section of the airport. Actual drive comes from a 136 hp electric motor which is energized by a hydrogen/oxygen chemical reaction. The byproduct of the system is water, which makes it a very clean system. In consumption terms, its uses the equivalent of 3.3 liters of diesel per 100 km. States Walter Schoefer, MD of airport manager Flughafen Stuttgart GmbH, “As you can see, we are keeping up with the latest technological developments in ground-based drive systems.” This kind of application suits the F-Cell perfectly, as the lack of refueling infrastructure does not hinder its effectiveness for the task it has been assigned to. Go here to see the original:  B-Class F-Cell Finds Calling At Stuttgart Airport

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so this article is over – just look at the spy photo below capturing the all new 3 series. But in all seriousness, much can be gleaned from this pixilated aerial snapshot – and it’s worth taking a look. The BMW design house has traditionally skipped generations to complete both evolutions, and revolutions of their cars. Alternating back and forth, the E46 was a safe (and handsome) evolutionary step from the E36, while the E90 broke the mold and found a revolutionary “flame” inspired new shape, as Bangle would later tell us. That means – you guessed it: the F30 3 series is due for an evolutionary update based on traditional BMW stylistic principles. Heavy emphasis has been placed on the fundamentals of BMW exterior design: double kidney grills, double round headlights, longitudinal bonnet lines, and Hofmeister Kink not withstanding. We’ll also throw L-shaped tail lights in for good measure, though they are in fact a more recent design hallmark in the long and illustrious history of the brand. Starting at the nose, we see a prominent grill standing vertical – though not shark-nosed (in other words: leaning forward from the highest point). Most interesting is the recessed headlight assembly which links up with the kidney grill, drawing a horizontal line from the “eyebrow” of the head light unit across the top edge of the kidney grill. The bottom edge of the headlight projector fluidly turns up and joins this character line, emphasizing the kidney grill’s prominence in the overall design. The visual connection between the headlights and the kidney grill could be a new design trend to be played out across future models. Horizontal winglets in the lower front fascia are now seen mounted above the fog lights, whereas before they had been transecting the round fog lamps. This stylistic change will enhance the appearance of the F30, making the front end appear wider. The head light units themselves share the “droopy eye” contours featured on the new F20 1 series, and seen last on the outgoing 6 series. We love this new design after seeing it on the F30 1 series in person, and we suspect its execution on the new 3 series will grant the car a muscular,...

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so this article is over – just look at the spy photo below capturing the all new 3 series. But in all seriousness, much can be gleaned from this pixilated aerial snapshot – and it’s worth taking a look. The BMW design house has traditionally skipped generations to complete both evolutions, and revolutions of their cars. Alternating back and forth, the E46 was a safe (and handsome) evolutionary step from the E36, while the E90 broke the mold and found a revolutionary “flame” inspired new shape, as Bangle would later tell us. That means – you guessed it: the F30 3 series is due for an evolutionary update based on traditional BMW stylistic principles. Heavy emphasis has been placed on the fundamentals of BMW exterior design: double kidney grills, double round headlights, longitudinal bonnet lines, and Hofmeister Kink not withstanding. We’ll also throw L-shaped tail lights in for good measure, though they are in fact a more recent design hallmark in the long and illustrious history of the brand. Starting at the nose, we see a prominent grill standing vertical – though not shark-nosed (in other words: leaning forward from the highest point). Most interesting is the recessed headlight assembly which links up with the kidney grill, drawing a horizontal line from the “eyebrow” of the head light unit across the top edge of the kidney grill. The bottom edge of the headlight projector fluidly turns up and joins this character line, emphasizing the kidney grill’s prominence in the overall design. The visual connection between the headlights and the kidney grill could be a new design trend to be played out across future models. Horizontal winglets in the lower front fascia are now seen mounted above the fog lights, whereas before they had been transecting the round fog lamps. This stylistic change will enhance the appearance of the F30, making the front end appear wider. The head light units themselves share the “droopy eye” contours featured on the new F20 1 series, and seen last on the outgoing 6 series. We love this new design after seeing it on the F30 1 series in person, and we suspect its execution on the new 3 series will grant the car a muscular,...

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so this article is over – just look at the spy photo below capturing the all new 3 series. But in all seriousness, much can be gleaned from this pixilated aerial snapshot – and it’s worth taking a look. The BMW design house has traditionally skipped generations to complete both evolutions, and revolutions of their cars. Alternating back and forth, the E46 was a safe (and handsome) evolutionary step from the E36, while the E90 broke the mold and found a revolutionary “flame” inspired new shape, as Bangle would later tell us. That means – you guessed it: the F30 3 series is due for an evolutionary update based on traditional BMW stylistic principles. Heavy emphasis has been placed on the fundamentals of BMW exterior design: double kidney grills, double round headlights, longitudinal bonnet lines, and Hofmeister Kink not withstanding. We’ll also throw L-shaped tail lights in for good measure, though they are in fact a more recent design hallmark in the long and illustrious history of the brand. Starting at the nose, we see a prominent grill standing vertical – though not shark-nosed (in other words: leaning forward from the highest point). Most interesting is the recessed headlight assembly which links up with the kidney grill, drawing a horizontal line from the “eyebrow” of the head light unit across the top edge of the kidney grill. The bottom edge of the headlight projector fluidly turns up and joins this character line, emphasizing the kidney grill’s prominence in the overall design. The visual connection between the headlights and the kidney grill could be a new design trend to be played out across future models. Horizontal winglets in the lower front fascia are now seen mounted above the fog lights, whereas before they had been transecting the round fog lamps. This stylistic change will enhance the appearance of the F30, making the front end appear wider. The head light units themselves share the “droopy eye” contours featured on the new F20 1 series, and seen last on the outgoing 6 series. We love this new design after seeing it on the F30 1 series in person, and we suspect its execution on the new 3 series will grant the car a muscular,...

In the years we have been involved with the bimmer community, we have seen some weird BMW modifications, but the one we see here today takes the win. A Singaporean owner of a new BMW 1 Series M Coupe has taken the little special “baby-M” through an unflattering design upgrade. The 1M gets an all-white headlights, massive white roof spoiler and the blue and red colored wheels are a true mismatch with respect to the standard setup. To make this even more weird, the license plate on the car is said to cost at least 100,000 dollars in Singapore. If you’re wondering whether the interior design received an outrageous upgrade as well, you might have to wait a bit longer until the real driver might share with us his intention since the tinted windows and politeness have restricted the ad-hoc photographer to get a closer look. [Source: Teamspeed ] Excerpt from: How to esthetically ruin a BMW 1 Series M Coupe

Back in October of 2010, we came across this ’95 Dakar Yellow M3 on eBay. It looked great. A one owner car, by a ///M Enthusiasts who also had a Dakar Yellow M Roadster. The car had a reserve on it; we placed a low bid thinking it would bump the price up and not meet reserve. Well, we were wrong. November 7th, 2010, the car made it to Knoxville from Florida. The project begun. The 1995 BMW M3 in Dakar Yellow with black leather was purchased with 182,000 miles on it. The M3 had been resprayed at some point in its life. When we got the M3, the original owner had just put a brand new factory headliner in it. Upon test driving the car, we immediately knew it was going to need a driveshaft. The tire roar was ear bleeding loud. Once the M3 was in the shop, we looked it completely over. All four wheels were bent. The trans fill plug was loose and leaking. Being a Florida car, the moldings and seals were completely dry rotted. Immediately the headliner came out of the M3 and was traded for a not-so-nice headliner. We immediately sent the headliner off to have it recovered in alcantara along with the rear deck. During the same time, we removed the black plastic moldings around the car. We feel the black plastic cheapens the look of the car. Many of the E36 M3 crowd disagree, but for us personally, we will never understand it. We sent them off to our good friends at Wade’s Body Shop in Oliver Springs, TN to have them match body color. The special paint used, which sticks to plastic, was unveiled at SEMA last year. The moldings came out great and we added the BMW Lightweight side molding emblems. Next step was acquiring a proper stance. We ordered sport springs from H&R, which is a fantastic company who offers very progressive sport springs offering a lowered look and still giving us a factory type ride, but with improved performance. After the drop, VMR VB3 (CSL reps) in Hyper Black were added. We picked 18×8.5 size all the way around to have the option to rotate tires. The VMRs were wrapped in BFGoodrich tires (235/40/18). We made our own “test pipe” by cutting off the resonators and welding in straight pipe and painting it black. We ordered a 3-spoke steering wheel wrapped in alcantara with ///M tricolor stitching as well as real ZKW headlamps, equal length...

Filed under: Latest News We’re not sure which bright spark told Ken Block to shoot his latest Gymkhana film on the Universal Studios backlot, but it’s a stroke of genius. Block has already driven his car sideways in just about every way imaginable so it was critical this time around that the backdrop kept things interesting. It does. By the time our hero has doughnutted through the car park of the Bates Motel (Mother wouldn’t be happy) we were safely hooked on the Gymkhana-at-the-movies concept. The new car helps too. The 2011 Ford Fiesta H.F.H.V (Hybrid Function Hoon Vehicle) looks and sounds fantastic, and is reportedly capable of 0-60mph in 1.9 seconds thanks to up to 600bhp kicked out by the upsized 2.0-litre engine. Every second of that performance is captured in glorious high definition by the swarm of GoPro cameras which festoon the Fiesta inside and out. Click below to see what they captured…   Read more here: Video: Gymkhana 4 makes movie debut More here:  Video: Gymkhana 4 makes movie debut

Filed under: Latest News We’re not sure which bright spark told Ken Block to shoot his latest Gymkhana film on the Universal Studios backlot, but it’s a stroke of genius. Block has already driven his car sideways in just about every way imaginable so it was critical this time around that the backdrop kept things interesting. It does. By the time our hero has doughnutted through the car park of the Bates Motel (Mother wouldn’t be happy) we were safely hooked on the Gymkhana-at-the-movies concept. The new car helps too. The 2011 Ford Fiesta H.F.H.V (Hybrid Function Hoon Vehicle) looks and sounds fantastic, and is reportedly capable of 0-60mph in 1.9 seconds thanks to up to 600bhp kicked out by the upsized 2.0-litre engine. Every second of that performance is captured in glorious high definition by the swarm of GoPro cameras which festoon the Fiesta inside and out. Click below to see what they captured…   Read more here: Video: Gymkhana 4 makes movie debut See the rest here:  Video: Gymkhana 4 makes movie debut

Filed under: Latest News We’re not sure which bright spark told Ken Block to shoot his latest Gymkhana film on the Universal Studios backlot, but it’s a stroke of genius. Block has already driven his car sideways in just about every way imaginable so it was critical this time around that the backdrop kept things interesting. It does. By the time our hero has doughnutted through the car park of the Bates Motel (Mother wouldn’t be happy) we were safely hooked on the Gymkhana-at-the-movies concept. The new car helps too. The 2011 Ford Fiesta H.F.H.V (Hybrid Function Hoon Vehicle) looks and sounds fantastic, and is reportedly capable of 0-60mph in 1.9 seconds thanks to up to 600bhp kicked out by the upsized 2.0-litre engine. Every second of that performance is captured in glorious high definition by the swarm of GoPro cameras which festoon the Fiesta inside and out. Click below to see what they captured…   Read more here: Video: Gymkhana 4 makes movie debut The rest is here:  Video: Gymkhana 4 makes movie debut

Filed under: Frankfurt Motor Show Jaguar is set to show off the future of its coupe range at the Frankfurt motor show, with the new C-X16 production concept set to make its first appearance. The company describes the car as being “a precursor to future Jaguar sports cars that will aim to set new class benchmarks in design, vehicle dynamics and technology”. It was designed by Ian Callum, and the team behind the Jaguar XJ, XF and XK. Callum, director of design at Jaguar, said of the car: “Great Jaguars have always been beautiful, innovative and have looked firmly to the future. The finished C-X16 concept has the potential to do these things while retaining the ability to surprise, to excite and invigorate.” There are little firm details about the car before it makes its debut at the show, but it is understood that it will be a sub-XK sports car that will most likely come with a V6 petrol engine to start off with. Prices are rumoured to be in the region of £50,000, so it will be up against the likes of the top of the range Porsche Caymans. Adrian Hallmark, global brand director for Jaguar, said: “Jaguar has set in place bold, ambitious plans for the future. This production concept demonstrates the depth of design and engineering ability we have within Jaguar to make these plans come to life.”   Read more from the original source: Jaguar to reveal C-X16 coupe at Frankfurt The rest is here: Jaguar to reveal C-X16 coupe at Frankfurt

Filed under: Frankfurt Motor Show Jaguar is set to show off the future of its coupe range at the Frankfurt motor show, with the new C-X16 production concept set to make its first appearance. The company describes the car as being “a precursor to future Jaguar sports cars that will aim to set new class benchmarks in design, vehicle dynamics and technology”. It was designed by Ian Callum, and the team behind the Jaguar XJ, XF and XK. Callum, director of design at Jaguar, said of the car: “Great Jaguars have always been beautiful, innovative and have looked firmly to the future. The finished C-X16 concept has the potential to do these things while retaining the ability to surprise, to excite and invigorate.” There are little firm details about the car before it makes its debut at the show, but it is understood that it will be a sub-XK sports car that will most likely come with a V6 petrol engine to start off with. Prices are rumoured to be in the region of £50,000, so it will be up against the likes of the top of the range Porsche Caymans. Adrian Hallmark, global brand director for Jaguar, said: “Jaguar has set in place bold, ambitious plans for the future. This production concept demonstrates the depth of design and engineering ability we have within Jaguar to make these plans come to life.”   Read more from the original source: Jaguar to reveal C-X16 coupe at Frankfurt Read more: Jaguar to reveal C-X16 coupe at Frankfurt

Filed under: Frankfurt Motor Show Jaguar is set to show off the future of its coupe range at the Frankfurt motor show, with the new C-X16 production concept set to make its first appearance. The company describes the car as being “a precursor to future Jaguar sports cars that will aim to set new class benchmarks in design, vehicle dynamics and technology”. It was designed by Ian Callum, and the team behind the Jaguar XJ, XF and XK. Callum, director of design at Jaguar, said of the car: “Great Jaguars have always been beautiful, innovative and have looked firmly to the future. The finished C-X16 concept has the potential to do these things while retaining the ability to surprise, to excite and invigorate.” There are little firm details about the car before it makes its debut at the show, but it is understood that it will be a sub-XK sports car that will most likely come with a V6 petrol engine to start off with. Prices are rumoured to be in the region of £50,000, so it will be up against the likes of the top of the range Porsche Caymans. Adrian Hallmark, global brand director for Jaguar, said: “Jaguar has set in place bold, ambitious plans for the future. This production concept demonstrates the depth of design and engineering ability we have within Jaguar to make these plans come to life.”   Read more from the original source: Jaguar to reveal C-X16 coupe at Frankfurt Here is the original post:  Jaguar to reveal C-X16 coupe at Frankfurt

Filed under: Tuning Yesterday, we revealed that a one-off Skoda Octavia vRS had broken the 200mph barrier at ‘Speed Week’ at Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. Well, today we have the amazing on-board footage of UK driver and journalist Richard Meaden at the wheel during the run. I can’t wait to hear whether the team beat the 2.0-litre class record of 216mph, in the meantime, check out the 200mph Octavia vRS in action below:   See original here: Video: watch Skoda go past the 200mph at Bonneville Read the original:  Video: watch Skoda go past the 200mph at Bonneville