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BMW fought a tough race and came away with third place in the GTE class. The race was full of drama with several wrecks and mechanical issues for teams. BMW did have the fastest lap in the class but was not able sustain their speed for the whole race. The 56 car was in second place when the driver told the crew the car was misfiring and the ecu as well as an ignition coil had to be replaced. Major congratulations to Chevrolet and Corvette Motorsport for their well deserved win. ...

This is going to be a special victory for Audi. A dramatic victory despite major setbacks in the race with two of their three LMP1 cars retiring after dramatic crashes. That left just one R18 TDI left for Audi but one is all they needed. This was the tightest Le Mans of recent memory with the #9 Peugeot 908 and the remaining Audi R18 battling it out to the last second. Peugeot did finish in 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place and gave Audi all they could handle along with some questionable blocking. Congratulations to Audi but what is most important is that nobody was hurt in a dramatic race. ...

A German artist has created the best looking rendering of the upcoming Mercedes SLC yet. In case you forgot, Mercedes will be competing directly with the Porsche 911 with the SLC. There will be a 6 cylinder, likely turbo, engine option along with V8's we believe for the higher range models. The graphic artist clearly based this rendering on the SLK but if the front looks anywhere near this good, sign us up. ...

Porsche Design makes some very stuff, including watching, shoes, and luggage. We think they have gone just slightly overboard with this 18-carat gold and titanium Indicator piece. Only 50 will be made. Is it nice? Sure, for $270,000 it better be. The piece includes a stopwatch and a dial turns from green to red when the battery is low. Anyone else find it odd that a watch costs more than most of the Porsche automobiles in the lineup? ...

Qualifying for the Grand Prix of Canada is complete with Sebastian Vettel on the pole, yet again. Alonso and Massa are second and third for Ferrari. The top 10 was hard fought with Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher in 6th and 8th respectively. They were only separated by 5 hundredths of a second. Weather for the GP was reported as rain but it was dry during qualifying. ...

This is a horrific wreck which occurred during the opening hour of the race. The R18 TDI driven by Allan McNish attempted to make a pass to gain the overall lead and the space just was not there. The R18 collided with a 458 and the Audi just went flying into the guard rail with debris spraying everywhere upon impact. Fortunately, McNish was able to walk away and has been taken to a local hospital for scans and evaluation. It is a miracle this was not worse and that the spectators and photographers were not harmed. ...

A couple weeks back we showed you the A1 Quattro Concept in some studio shots Audi released. Audi brought the concept to Le Mans and surprisingly, it looks great in the real life pictures. The car looks just plain awesome (side exhaust looks great) and with a 500 horsepower tuned version of the TT-RS 2.5 liter turbo, what is not to like? Only downside is that they will never build it. ...

Hey, some mainstream coverage and our first magazine article! BimmerBoost.com is featured in the Web Watch section of the July 2011 issue of Performance BMW Magazine. Go buy this issue, every copy the news stand or bookstore has. We want to thank Performance BMW Magazine for taking notice of BimmerBoost.com and offering up such glowing praise. We appreciate it and would like to state Performance BMW Magazine is our personal favorite BMW magazine. Transcript of the article below, enjoy, and congrats to BimmerBoost premier vendor IND for making the cover! ...

TPC has had some impressive turbo kits out for the Boxster and Cayman but they have now started doing lower compression forged internal turbo motor builds as well. The motor started as a 3.4 liter which was sleeved then bored to accommodate 10.0:1 compression forged pistons. With the new pistons (100 mm bore vs. standard 97 mm) displacement is 3.7 liters and horsepower gained from the baseline is just under 200 at the wheels. With boost raised some more getting into the 500 whp range seems possible. ...

The new E coupe is a beautiful car but is lacking in aggression. Normally that is solved with the AMG version but there currently is not an AMG version of the E Coupe. No problem, Revosport has released their take on an aggressive AMG style body kit for the E-coupe. The parts offered include a front bumper with splitter, carbon roof spoiler, carbon trunk spoiler, carbon mirror covers, and a carbon rear diffuser. The parts add a nice hint of aggression without being too over the top. ...

Excellent work by BMW Motorsport. BMW has taken the first two races in ALMS and seems poised to continue their strong season at the 24 Hours of Le Mans this weekend. The pole setting time of 3:57.292 was set by Augusto Farfus. Ferrari qualified in second place with their 458 race car and the top four positions are BMW, Ferrari, BMW, and Chevrolet in the Corvette C6R. Audi took the overall pole, top ten qualifying times for GTE are listed below. ...

After a tough battle in qualifying Audi took the pole as well as the second spot for th 24 Hours of Le Mans in the LMP1 class. The Peugeot 908's took 3rd, 4th, and 6th place. The final Audi R18 (three cars total) took 5th place. The cars are all very close with the pole setting Audi R18 TDI just over 2/10's ahead of the Peugeot 908 starting in 3rd. The battle for overall supremacy at Le Mans is set to be epic. ...

This rendering from AutoBild is the best we have seen thus far. What strikes us is how the next generation won't be a radical departure from the E90. More subtle evolution than revolution. We will see more variants this generation with designations from F30 to F35. It would seem BMW is splitting the coupes away from the 3 series and moving them to the 4 series. Will coupes be even numbers and sedans odd? Sure is looking that way. ...

AutoBild reports that the entry level SLC will come standard with a 350 horsepower V6 that is turbocharged. That horsepower numbers seems a little low to us and the report also says the power might go as high as 550 horsepower. Well, in that case, wouldn't they use the turbo V8 they already have? The car will not have Gulllwing doors and that is the part of the report we find most believable. ...

Unless you have been living under a rock, you know one of the greatest events in motorsport, the 24 hours of Le Mans, takes place this weekend. Now the circuit itself in the race configuration is not something you can really drive on since public roads do make it up. The roads are open to the public most of the year but shut down for the race. The circuit has evolved over the years and this video gives you an idea what it is like. As usual, the Autocar presenter is a boring/lifeless Brit but there are some good tidbits of info. ...

I would hope everyone knows by now that LeMans is coming up, right? This is the big race for Audi and the major event on the Audi Motorsport calender. Audi has dominated the race and has a new race car for this year, the R18 TDI. Rulebook changes meant that Audi had to switch to a 3.7 liter turbo-diesel motor vs. the large V10 they were running previously. The new motor is lighter, more fuel efficient, yet puts out 575 horsepower. Lemans is going to be quite the battleground, check out the video. ...

Now this is a commercial! BMW Canada is shows off the 1M and some fancy driving by having a talented driver go straight through as well as slide through concrete walls cutout to the 1M's shape. It's a great video and it is nice to see BMW doing aggressive commercials again instead of the pansy JOY crap. This is Part 1 inferring we may get another video soon and if it is as good as this one we can't wait. Well done BMW Canada! ...

This run file has been verified and there is a video accompanying it. This turbo E46 M3 belongs to a controversial member but we are just going to focus on the record and details. The car was run at about 26 psi also with nitrous we believe. Redline has been raised to 9000 rpm. Owner has not provided the full specs but this is a built motor with two GT3076 turbos. Whatever the exact specs are, there is no denying this is a very fast car. ...

Here it is, officially, the new ML. We showed you leaked photos a couple days ago but the photo quality was not that good. Here are some high quality photos as well as additional details. The ML shares its platform with the new Jeep Cherokee (that Daimler/Chrysler thing still rearing its ugly head). There are two diesel options, not sure if both will make it to the USA. ...