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Photo of the Day: 1936 BMW 328 & 2011 328 Hommage

Posted by Robert.Maddrey On April - 18 - 2012

Further exploring Tuesday’s visit to the 1930′s, today we take a look at one of the most influential European sportscars of that decade, the iconic BMW 328.

The 1936-40 BMW 328 was one of the 25 finalists for “Car of the Century” – a competition eventually won by Henry Ford’s Model T. (Click to Enlarge - 1920x1200)

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Photo of the Day: BMW M3 GT

Posted by Robert.Maddrey On March - 15 - 2012

Another annual Down Shift ALMS favorite at Sebring has been the always impressive BMW M3 GT cars.

The M3 GT is powered by a 4.4-litre V8 based on the 4.0-litre engine found in the standard M3, the GT produces 444hp and weighs 300lbs less than the standard M3. (1920x1200)

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Photo of the Day: Dueling Porsche GT3′s @ Sebring 2011

Posted by Robert.Maddrey On March - 12 - 2012

In preparation for this weekend’s 60th annual running of “The Twelve Hourse of Sebring“, we will be featuring only photos from last year’s 2011 race.

Dueling Porsche GT3's battle it out turn by turn during the 2011 59th annual running of the Twelve Hours of Sebring. (1920x1200)

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Photo of the Day: 2012 BMW Z4 GT3

Posted by Robert.Maddrey On February - 17 - 2012

Last year, the 2011 BMW Z4 GT3 proved to the world that it was capable of winning races when it took the checkered flag at the Dubai 24 hours race…

BMW performed an engine transplant on the Z4 replacing it's standard six-cylinder with the 4.4L V8 from the M3 GTS. (1920x1200)

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Photo of the Day: MWDesign’s 2009 BMW E92 M3

Posted by Robert.Maddrey On February - 10 - 2012

It only seemed fitting to end the work week with this photo of MWDesign’s project E92 with Vancouver based model Chantel…

Vancouver Canada's finest, the MWDesign's E92 project M3 and with import model Chantel compliment each other perfectly. (1920x1200)

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Photo of the Day: 2004 E46 BMW M3 Coupé

Posted by Robert.Maddrey On February - 8 - 2012

Easily the best selling M3 to date, the E46 represented great improvements over the previous generation E36 cars but…

Weighing only 3,415lbs with 343 horsepower and 269 lb·ft of torque make the E46 capable of 0-60mph in just 4.6 seconds (1920x1200)

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