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Santa paciência...Originalmente Colocado por NunoMCCII Ver PostWTF!!!
Só é bom para quando furar... assim consegue ver melhor os pernos.
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1º e único concessionário do mundo exclusivamente dedicado à divisão M.
World’s first and only exclusive BMW M dealership
M-Power gives the M fans an exclusive look at the first and only exclusive BMW M dealership.
The plan was to raise the number of BMW M automobiles sold in Singapore tenfold – and that in only two years.
Both BMW Group Asia and Anthony Chan, Managing Director of Munich Automobiles in Singapore, believed in the potential of BMW M in the world of high performance cars.
As such, work began on the implementation of a concept that was unique in the world – the world’s first dedicated BMW M dealership.
As exclusive as this approach is also the service, which Munich Automobiles has been offering prospective and actual buyers of M automobiles since it first opened its doors in July 2010.
Joel Chang, Executive Director, and Veronica Chua, Sales & Marketing Director, took us on a tour through the company, and we discovered a concept that we found to be not only interesting in Singapore.
As soon as they enter the outer grounds, visitors receive their first insight into the racing genes of M automobiles.
Illuminated strips on the ceiling guide visitors directly to the entrance to the Munich Automobiles showroom.
Part of the showroom with the Nürburgring in the background.
… all eyes move to the “heart” and the evolution of BMW M since its founding days.
he “heart” of every M automobile: the high performance M engine.
On the large video wall in the lounge area, many films present the course of current events. This is one reason that customers often take a look in on Munich Autos, sometimes daily.
“The idea of an M Community is very important to us,” explained Veronica. “It’s great to see that our customers meet here as often as possible – and of course bring along their friends as well.”
Guests can get to know the M automobile genes in the most various ways. Sometimes it’s the core properties …
… or details on the birthplace of each M automobile, the Nürburgring
While the customers are enjoying an espresso (excellent by the way), their M automobile is given a little additional gloss.
And when the M automobile should have questions about more detailed care, the customers will also find a service executive in the lounge area.
If the M automobile wants to visit the garage at short notice …
… it’s only a window away from its owner …who can follow the work in the almost clinically clean garage from the comfort of the lounge.
M drivers and automobilesthen experience the best service.
“We try to do all of the work on our premises,” explained Veronica. “Our customers don’t feel comfortable when their M automobile is in foreign hands somewhere else.”
Benjamin Goh, customer of Munich Automobiles, told us: “Munich Auto makes everything possible for us.”
And this has also included a completely different colour for a BMW 1 Series M Coupé
… or the bonnet of the BMW 1 Series M Coupé MotoGP Safety Cars.
And older BMW gems are restored by professionals.
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Depois de ter visto este post tenho mesmo que fazer umas perguntas...
será que o 2002tii tá para venda?
para Portugal vêm quantos M3 GTS?
já agora essa cor no 1M é exclusiva?Comentário
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Não sei se já alguém falou portanto fica aqui. Em vez de tanta polémica e confusão devido ao s1 se chamar 1M ou M1 porque não s1 TTi?Comentário
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Não querias dizer tii? De qualquer das formas não concordo, tii faz parte do passado, a actualidade é representada pelo M. Ficavas com uma série de M's e depois com um tii? A mim não me faz muito sentido.Originalmente Colocado por bbking Ver Post
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Dois protagonistas da velha guarda em grande estilo.
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Alguém sabe se é possivel actualizar o software do idrive (para o novo GUI) num E90 LCI já com os comandos actuais?Editado pela última vez por Taveirada; 27 September 2011, 22:11.Comentário
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Logo se vê que não sabes o que dizes... enfim...Originalmente Colocado por BigDaddy Ver PostComentário
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Assim como se dão boas notícias, também esta notícia deve ser dada revelando o pior da humanidade.
BMW's Quandt Family Admits Using 50,000 Slaves as Workers in WWII
A TV documentary titled “The Silence of the Quandt Family” that aired in Germany in 2007 has forced the Quandt family, which is a major shareholder in the BMW Group, to commission an independent study on their ancestors’ actions during World War II.But before we get into more details, let us note that the Quandt family acquired BMW 15 years after the end of the war in 1959, and the automaker is not involved in this particular issue nor was it implicated in the documentary.
The 1,200-page study carried out by historian Joachim Scholtyseck concluded that the patriarch of the family, Guenther Quandt, not only cooperated willingly with the Nazi regime, of which he became a member only a month after Adolf Hitler’s rise to power, but also “employed” 50,000 slave workers in his factories that churned out machinery for the German army.
Moreover, Guenther Quandt used the Nazi regime’s “Aryanisation” program to gain control of Jewish-owned companies. He also received the title of “Wehrwirtschaftsfuhrer”, that is “leader of the armament economy”, by Hitler himself.
“The Quandts connected themselves inseparably with the crimes of the National Socialist” writes Scholtyseck. Even though Guenther Quandt was arrested after the defeat of Germany and was trialed in court, he was eventually found to be a “Mitlaufer”, or a party sympathizer who did not take part in Nazi crimes, and was subsequently released in 1948.
The study also shows that his son, Herbert, was aware of his father’s actions. “Herbert Quandt was a part of the system”, commented his son Stefan Quandt (pictured below) on the matter adding that his family still plans to award the Herbert Quandt Media Prize because “in the ensuing four decades, the values that he conferred made him a role model for me.”
Story source: Daily Mail & Bloomberg
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Com certeza que mais empresas o fizeram. Todos sabemos o que se passou na Velha Alemanha naqueles terríveis tempos.Originalmente Colocado por BLADERUNNER Ver PostComentário
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Acho que todas as empresas alemãs (tal como a população, militares e políticos) eram de certo modo obrigadas a concordar com o regime era isso ou a morte, o mesmo aconteceu cá nos tempos do Estado Novo. Hoje a Alemanha é bem diferente, tal como nós.Originalmente Colocado por fcorreia Ver PostComentário
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Todos os povos têm podres. Também nós, obviamente no Estado novo, no período colonial e guerra colonial, inquisição, etc...Originalmente Colocado por hog Ver Post
O facto de uma informação que já deve ser conhecida há muitos anos só agora vir a público tem a ver com uma certa moral que se quer impor à Alemanha devido às posições económicas que esta atualmente manifesta em relação à Europa.
Bem, adiante. Aqui temos um M3 vitaminado.
G-Power M3 Tornado RS : um M3 de 720cvtirés de son V8 4.4 l. Expert ès préparations délirantes, G-Power a pour habitude de dévergonder tout ce qui est frappé de l’hélice et passant dans leurs ateliers. On se souvient par exemple dans un passé plus ou moins proche des versions sur la M5 (Hurricane,Hurricane RS), de la M6 Hurricane CS, du Typhoon S sur base du X6M, etc, etc. Sans surprise donc, la M3 ici dévoilée adopte le tempétueux patronyme de Tornado RS. On imagine donc la suite…
“La plus puissante BMW M3 au monde“. En effet, oubliez l’anémique GTS cantonnée à 450 ch
Après avoir poussé la M3 GTS à 635 ch (un exemplaire supplémentaire à ajouter à ceux déclinés dans l’introduction), voici tout bonnement une BMW M3 Tornado RS pour le moins délirante à 720 ch à 8 100 tr/mn et 700 Nm à 5 900 tr/mn soit des hausses de 300 ch et 280 Nm. Une paille.
C’est qu’ici, par exemple, le V8 atmo (cylindrée passant à 4.6l en hausse de 15 %) reçoit le renfort d’un compresseur ASA T1-123 à 0.5 bar et d’une ligne d’échappement en titane. Les performance revendiquées sont dans la même lignée avec 3,7 s pour passer de 0 à 100 km/h, 9,5 s pour atteindre le seuil des 200 km/h et 330 km/h en v-max.G-Power M3 Tornado RS : une M3 de 720 ch | le blog auto
Pour garder le contact au sol et parmi les nombreuses opérations techniques complémentaires, on note une suspension revue et recalibrée, des jantes forgées Silverstone de 20 pouces, des gommes Michelin en 255/30 sur l’essieu avant et 295/25 pour l’essieu arrière.
On se rassure aussi au niveau du freinage qui passe par des freins maison en céramique à l’avant et à l’arrière ( étriers de frein à 6 pistons à l’avant mordant des disques de 396 mm et 4 pistons à l’arrière avec disques de 380 mm). Vous aurez aussi noté les appendices aéros comme spoiler avant en fibre de carbone ou aileron en fibre de carbone tandis que le look originel de la M3 GTS demeure quand même très présent. Tarif de la préparation ? 35 000 euros hors frais de montage.
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Proteção de peões.
Innovation Days Connected Drive 2011 – Dynamic Light Spot
Dynamic Light Spot – targeted light beam for improved safety.
Spot on: BMW Night Vision of the next generation will feature the Dynamic Light Spot. Thanks to this targeted beam of light, pedestrians will become even more visible at night and accidents can be avoided.
The risk of a pedestrian being killed or injured in a traffic accident is four times as high at night or during twilight than in daylight. The same applies to the passengers themselves. Nighttime accidents – in particular serious accidents – are very often caused by the late recognition of persons or animals (e.g. deer) on the road. With BMW Night Vision, BMW has deployed a very effective assistance technology for driving in the dark under the umbrella of the BMW ConnectedDrive technologies. BMW Night Vision helps the driver by means of a thermal imaging camera for proactive, safe driving at night.
This support will be expanded by another BMW innovation for increasing the safety of night driving, in the form of the Dynamic Light Spot. Through targeted illumination of pedestrians on the road, the system ensures increased safety for all those involved, including the driver of the vehicle. By using BMW Dynamic Light Spot, the driver can usually avoid a collision or at least reduce its severity. The BMW Dynamic Light Spot is a so-called marker light. This system uses sensors to identify potentially endangered objects in the driver’s surroundings which are then illuminated in a targeted manner with a light spot. At the same time, a strip of light projected onto the road in front of the vehicle leading to the possible collision object draws the driver’s attention to that object. Thanks to early recognition of the pedestrian, the driver can either brake in time or take appropriate evasive action.
All cats are grey at night and visibility is very limited.
Conventional low-beam light allows drivers a theoretical range of vision of about 50 to 85 metres at night, which does not, however, mean that objects can be recognised at that distance. In tests, the recognisability of a darkly clad pedestrian in twilight was found to be just 29 metres. This is understandable, since at greater distances only the feet are illuminated. If the rule “drive so that you can stop within your visible range” were followed in the dark, it would not be advisable to drive even at 80 km/h since at this speed the braking distance is as much as 63 metres.
Night vision assistants are good, but in future things will be even better.
Today, night vision assistants such as BMW Night Vision are available. They provide the driver with an image of the area in front of the vehicle so that pedestrians and animals can be seen even from several hundred metres away. However, this presupposes that the driver uses the Night Vision screen like the rear view mirror and casts a glance at it from time to time. The technology works like this: BMW Night Vision uses an infrared camera with a viewing angle of 24 degrees which generates a thermal image that shows warm objects – people or animals – as bright shapes.
The marker light – targeted illumination helps to gain time.
Today, it is technically possible to identify the position of pedestrians very accurately. Once this position is known, a headlight can focus on that area and show directly where a potentially endangered pedestrian is. BMW calls this system Dynamic Light Spot. The major difference compared to other marker light assistants is that the BMW system projects a strip of light onto the road to direct the attention of the driver to the hazard. The light automatically draws the attention of the driver to the possible collision object and thus triggers an intuitive and fast reaction.
See earlier, react sooner.
In general, it is assumed that a vehicle driver heads in the direction in which he is looking. This has been observed in vehicle safety training when, for example, the driver learns to take evasive action in a tight situation – he usually concentrates on the zone directly in front of the vehicle. So in vehicle safety training, when a collision is imminent, the driver is taught to focus on a free pathway – or “escape route” – away from the road so that this particular direction for evasive action is within the line of vision. With Dynamic Light Spot, things are different. When an illuminated object that is beyond the braking distance is made visible to the driver, he has sufficient time to use the brakes to stop before the obstacle is reached. At the same time, Dynamic Light Spot and the strip of light on the road are switched off as soon as the vehicle is close enough for the normal lights to continue to illuminate the object. What BMW’s Dynamic Light Spot does is to indicate hazards to the driver from as far away as possible and direct his attention to them. The technical components of this system are essentially highly efficient sensors and headlight systems.
The sensor system recognises living creatures by their heat radiation.
To be able to warn the driver of a hazard in time, a recognition distance from the hazard of about 100 metres must be ensured, regardless of weather conditions. To achieve this, the light marking system must have a sufficiently perceptive sensor system. All currently available night vision systems based on near infrared require an input of 100W for illuminating the surroundings in front of the vehicle. This corresponds to additional CO2 emissions of 3 g/km, which is not acceptable these days. The BMW Night Vision Assistant has a far greater recognition range and no additional light source is required. That is because BMW Night Vision is based on detection of the heat radiated by objects and is also less susceptible to the influence of the weather. BMW Night Vision guarantees positive recognition of persons at a distance of 97 metres on average.
Headlight systems: with LED arrays, the obstacle is in direct view.
If, as in the case of BMW Night Vision, the vehicle is fitted with a suitable sensor system to achieve recognition of persons at a sufficient distance, it must be complemented by appropriate headlight technology to enable the Dynamic Light Spot function. There is a wide range of technical possibilities available, from pixel light headlights and xenon, to swivelling modules and so-called LED arrays – all with particular advantages and disadvantages. At present, the light marking is achieved using a swivelling LED spotlight. This ensures that, with a low, short- burst energy requirement, a beam of light that is optimal for the driver is dynamically generated, and a pleasant light image is generated by the swivelling movement. In the case of BMW Dynamic Light Spot, these high-power LEDs are integrated in the installation space of the fog lamps so that the remaining vehicle lighting can be based on conventional technology; full-LED headlights are not a system requirement.
Dynamic Light Spot can significantly reduce accident figures.
BMW is planning to include the Dynamic Light Spot functionality as a part of the special BMW Night Vision option – a result of the BMW ConnectedDrive innovation philosophy for its future new models. The targeted gain in safety – for drivers and passengers as well as those who might be involved in a collision at night – has already been proved in the course of system development. During BMW test drives in the development phase of Dynamic Light Spot, on average one object was highlighted and illuminated every hour.
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Tal como disse aqui há algum tempo as possibilidades do Head-up Display são infinitas, na versão 2.0 já temos realidade "aumentada"
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Los futuros BMW, ‘dirigidos’ por la red
BMW ha presentado esta semana una serie de innovaciones tecnológicas, agrupadas en lo que denominan ‘Innovation Days’, destinadas a llevar a sus futuros modelos a nuevas cotas de seguridad y confort. En estos dos últimos apartados, una de las áreas más claras de evolución se encuentra en la comunicación entre vehículos (C2C/V2V). BMW lleva tiendo estudiando la manera de recopilar, discriminar y presentar al conductor esa gigantesca cantidad de información que recibirá.
Los ingenieros de la marca están probando en el estado de Hesse, un sistema de advertencia de peligros locales. La finalidad de esta función consiste en avisar al conductor a tiempo de la existencia de situaciones peligrosas previsibles al conducir en autopistas. Por ejemplo si los últimos coches detenidos en un atasco se encuentran justo detrás de una curva, pero también puede tratarse de accidentes o de obras pasajeras.
En dicho Land, los vehículos de mantenimiento y obras de las vías están equipados con emisores, de manera que se obtienen datos precisos sobre el lugar exacto de la obra. Por ejemplo, el emisor transmite datos sobre el posible cierre de un carril y sobre el que deberá utilizarse y sobre la velocidad máxima admitida en la zona de obras. Estos datos se transmitena un servidor y, desde allí, al coche de pruebas (un BMW Serie 5 nuevo).
El conductor recibe la advertencia cuando su coche se encuentra a una distancia de un kilómetro de la zona de peligro. En posteriores niveles de desarrollo del sistema sería posible emitir la advertencia en función de la velocidad del propio coche y de la velocidad de los demás coches, calculando, por ejemplo, la evolución de la longitud de un atasco.Además, BMW tiene otro proyecto para compartir toda esta información a través de internet.
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Isso é uma barbaridade inacreditável. Há todo um tópico sobre o carro aqui no fórum, recomendo que dês uma vista de olhos.Originalmente Colocado por BigDaddy Ver PostComentário
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Em 2 ou 3 anos a BMW poderá adoptar os revolucionários faróis laser em todos os seus modelos.
BMW lançará os seus faróis laser em dois ou três anos
Dentro de muy poco la tecnología LED dejará de ser el último grito en sistemas de iluminación para dejar paso al láser. Ya habíamos leído que BMW pensaba dar la campanada usando faros con rayos láser en varios modelos, pero ahora, Inside Line ha conseguido una ventana de lanzamiento aproximada. De dos a tres años será todo lo que tendremos que esperar según Hanafi Abdul, jefe de sistemas ópticos de BMW, que ha ofrecido algunos detalles menores a la publicación estadounidense.
Según Abdul, aunque BMW anticipó los faros láser con el i8 Concept, es posible que no tengamos que esperar al deportivo ecológico de BMW para ver la integración de esta tecnología en un modelo de producción. Los componentes necesarios para lanzar los primeros faros láser ya están listos; sólo hace falta un modelo apropiado para integrarlos en su diseño.
Aunque la tecnología LED ha supuesto una importante mejora tanto en seguridad como en consumos, la tecnología láser supondrá un salto aún mayor que el dado desde la época de las bombillas incandescentes.
Los diodos de rayos láser desarrollados por BMW y la japonesa Nichia son un 70% más eficientes que los diodos OLED comúnmente encontrados en los coches modernos, además de 1.000 veces más brillantes y 100 veces más pequeños (sólo una centésima de milímetro), lo que básicamente cambiará las normas de diseño tal y como las conocemos. Ya no hará falta reservar profundas cavidades para los grupos ópticos, y dada la forma en la que se puede concentrar la luz de un haz láser, BMW podría alterar de forma radical el aspecto de sus coches, al no ser necesario concentrar su luz en forma de dos "ojos" separados por una calandra. Por ahora, al menos, el fabricante alemán mantendrá el tamaño de los grupos ópticos actuales, buscando un diseño coherente con el del resto de su gama y lo que esperan los propios consumidores.
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Global Sales: BMW stays ahead of rivals Audi, Mercedes
September sales are out and BMW stays on course to remain the world’s top-selling premium automaker. Last month, the Munich-based automaker reported sales of 128,446 units, a 9.3 percent increase over the same month last year.
Audi continues to challenge BMW as the top premium automaker with an increase of 17 percent or 120,200 units sold globally. Even though Mercedes-Benz showed a small increase, 2 percent, the company retains the second spot with 120,982 units.
“At the end of the third quarter we find ourselves well on course to deliver our target of more than 1.6 million vehicles in 2011 and to remain the clear number one among premium manufacturers once again this year,” BMW’s head of sales Ian Robertson said in a statement Monday.
Overall sales of BMW Group vehicles including the MINI
and Rolls-Royce brands grew 16 percent in the first nine months of the year to 1.23 million units. In September, the group sold 159,214 vehicles, a rise of 11.4 percent.
The top selling BMWs were the new X3 and 5 Series, as well as the entry-level X1 SAV, a vehicle that remains in high demand leading to further delays for the US market. In September, BMW sold 11,345 X3s, a 260.6 percent over the same month in 2010. Due to its high demand in Germany, the X1 sales rose 24.7 percent to 12,535 units. The 5 Series continues to be one of the core models for BMW and the sales come to prove that: 27,811 cars sold in September, 29.7 percent increase.
Another success story comes from MINI and its Countryman vehicle: 76,000 units sold since the introduction to market a year ago.
The ultra-luxurious Rolls Royce also reports impressive numbers, 41 percent increase in 2011 with 2,441 units delivered to customers this year.
Audi is targeting sales of 1.3 million cars this year and by 2015, the company aims to become the world’s top-selling premium automaker. Year-to-date, Audi sold 973,200 units, 17.4 percent increase over 2010.
Sales of the Mercedes brand reached 919,288 units in the first nine months of the year, a rise of 7.6 percent.
Mercedes said last month that sales of its Mercedes and Smart brands will probably surpass 1.35 million in 2010, compared with an earlier forecast of 1.3 million.
This year, the race between the three automakers will once again come to a photo finish.
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Sistema BMW ajuda a encontrar lugares de estacionamento.
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Tenho conhecimento de um Série 5 Alpina visto cá.
alguém me pode confirmar?Comentário
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