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Here's the story of how a BMW owner spent the better part of a year driving around with license plates assigned to a Honda last registered in the 90s. He'd still have the "stolen" vanity plates — sent to him by the New York DMV — if it weren't for two run-ins with Johnny Law. More »
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Taking a break from painting sexy portraits of cows, Swiss illustrator Gavin Patterson took a lap around Circuit de l'Anneau Du Rhin in Alsace with a BMW factory driver. On the way, he had to draw a Christmas card. Spoiler: He did not poke himself in the eye with a pen. More »
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A palindrome is a word or phrase that is spelled the same both forward or backward - like taco cat or as I pee sir, I see Pisa. The name of today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe BMW is a palindromic 535, but could you go either way on its price? More »
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Despite the stereotype, car guys can exist in New York City, where parking is expensive and annoying, and good workspaces are harder to find than a cab on a rainy day. This is the story of how one car enthusiast prepped, primed and wrapped his BMW in a one-bedroom apartment in Brooklyn. More »
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Shell once ran an ad in which an F1 car was refueled by an air tanker. Imagine the same premise, only the car's a 5 Series, BMW's touting fuel economy and the ending's a surprise. BMW: the ultimate deus ex macchiato. More »
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"Schnitzel, again?" Captain Krug protests as he loads up his tray in the Autobahnpolizei station cafeteria. Another reminder that, no matter what they show you on television, police work is monotony mixed with boredom served with soggy cabbage. At least one thing's changed. They've given him an unmarked BMW 5er wagon to tool around in. More »
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A BMW M5 with xDrive? Don your Internet fire suits and get to the forums in in 3-2-1... There's no production confirmation, but as Autocar reports, BMW officials have confirmed they're messing with the concept. Is the end of tail-out action near? More »
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If, say, BMW invites you to ride in a new BMW M5 on a Swedish lake, the cynic in you might expect one of those shambolic "passenger" rides where the hapless journalist attempts to glean something of use riding shotgun. More »
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Each time we've passed by the B5 BiTurbo Touring, the Alpina-tuned 5 Series wagon, here at Geneva, we've let out a little whimper. And why shouldn't we? With a 507 HP and 516 lb-ft o' torque BMW twin-turbocharged 4.4-liter V8 powerplant under the hood, it's hard for your pants not to tighten when you see this power wagon. More »
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Continuing a series of flying 5-Series is this E12, caught during liftoff. We'd recommend that lovely passenger of the 1970s not continue to strike that pose upon re-entry. [via Ben Kraal] More »
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An Atlanta TV crew setup for a live shot on winter weather caught a BMW 5-Series slipping, spinning and suddenly catching on fire. This is not how you want to dispose of the ultimate driving machine. More »
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In Top Gear's test of the 458, Jezza berated all prior V8 Ferraris for not being as good. The successors to today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe BMW have also reached greater heights, but none has equalled its foreboding looks. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5602797&view=rss&microfeed=true 2011 BMW 5 Series gets a "Good" rating by IIHS. Glad to see the added weight's being put to good use. [IIHS] More »
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When we started the race in hot, muggy Connecticut, 75 or so cars set out onto the track. When the race session ended at 10:00, only 35 cars were still running... and a BMW E28 had the lead! More »
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It's hard to not be detail-oriented when buying a new car. Jeff G. went all out for BMWBlog, hyperstalking his car from the factory to his dealer. This one of the most obsessive things we've ever seen. —Ed. More »
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You don't see many E12s on the road these days, but I saw two of them at a Northern California self-service junkyard a few weeks ago. Here's a fairly clean-looking '76 530i that's Crusher-bound. More »
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The young pups over at Automobile have put together an interesting... looking... comparison, pitting the BMW 5-Series GT against the Porsche Panamera S. Who'll win? Nobody knows, but Sir Mix-A-Lot looks to come out on top either way. [Automobile] More »
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Last year, sales of BMW's midsize sedan hit 5.5 million. The outgoing 5er, known as the E60, represented the car's fifth generation. I have at least five personal stories to tell about the 5-series. Coincidence? I think not! More »
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Thieves recently stole six BMWs destined for the New York Auto Show, including a rare 5-series worth $90,000, from a processing center at the New Jersey port. More »
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In Ready or Not, Here I Come, Schoolhouse Rock taught us just how much fun counting by fives can be. Today, Nice Price or Crack Pipe knows you can count on a BMW 5-series to bring the fun. More »
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The new BMW 5 Series is built on the same platform as the 7 Series, which explains the variety of ever-larger backsides. The latest? The BMW 5 Series Touring. Attractive, right? Don't worry, we're probably not getting it here. More »
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The 2011 BMW 5 Series was spotted in Portugal setting up at its own press reveal for what appears to be a real life version of the awesome photo of all six generations of the rapidly expanding mid-size luxo-barge. More »
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We haven't exactly been coy about our opinion of the BMW 5 Series GT, it's questionably-necessary and lumpy. Such needn't be the case though as evidenced by this JDM Honda Odyssey modified with an E92 BMW 3-Series Coupe nose. More »
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For this installment of "Caption This," check out this shot and the one below, pulled from the BMW 5 Series press photos and witness model bloat in pictorial form. Just look at the original — it's so tiny. More »
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The 2011 BMW 5 Series is finally here. If nothing else, it's a statement against the Bangle-ization of the BMW brand. It's smooth, sleek and an unmistakable return to the BMW 5 Series we've missed. More »
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We're going to see all of the 2010 BMW 5-Series Monday, but after showing off its balls BMW just revealed its headlights. Now all we need is the rump. More photos below. More »
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If a dealer leaks a photo of the 2011 BMW 5 Series nose, does it make anyone any less convinced that this car's going to look like a mini-7 Series? [via WorldCarFans] More »
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This new tease of the 2011 BMW 5 Series may not be the most artistic teaser shot of a new car we've yet seen from an automaker but it's certainly the most esoteric. Here's how they made it. More »
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Although swirly-camo-ed, it's possible to see the overall shape of the new 2010 BMW 5-Series from these new shots taken near Kitzbuhel, Austria. We can see that the front gets the most dramatic change over the outgoing car. What else? More »
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It's Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. We've seen 7, 6, and 3 Series 80s BMWs, so we need a 5! More »
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At an briefing today on the upcoming BMW 5 Series Gran Turismo, BMW's manager of product planning, Martin Berkmann, explained the new GT may spell the end for U.S. imports of the 5-Series wagon. Only time and sales numbers'll tell. More »
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Tipster Pearse caught the new production BMW 5-Series GT lazily hanging out for a photo shoot with models, hipsters and businessmen near the Holland Tunnel entrance in Manhattan. You know, where most of these will end up hanging out anyway. More »
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BMW plans for boosting and lifting automotive rear ends continue with the BMW 5-Series GT. While we already saw the concept in Geneva, these are the first official shots of the production version, set to debut at September's Frankfurt Motor Show and go on sale in early 2010. More »
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Try hard to find something different between this lightly camouflaged 2011 BMW 5-Series GT and the concept version. We're pretty sure the only difference is the addition of pop-up headlight washers. More »
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British drivers have blindly following their navigation systems before, but Robert Jones took it to the extreme, driving his BMW 5-series down a rocky path before a fence barely stopped his plunge off a cliff. More »
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This scan from Bimmerpost appears to be the upcoming 2011 BMW 5-Series in a revealing leaked brochure scan, but could this image be more than meets the eye? More »
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What kind of drunken mess occurred in the creation of the 2010 BMW 5-Series GT? The sketches below indicate the Concept CS, X6 and 5-Series mated to create this carefully designed mutant love child. More »
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Once Herr Bangle moved his posterior out of the way, we got a good look at the 2009 BMW 5-Series GT Concept. Now we've got the full photos and pictures. More »
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Our friends at BMWblog got photos from the preview of the 2009 BMW 5-Series GT Concept prior to its official debut in Geneva. Thankfully Bangle finally moved aside so we can show the new design. More »
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