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by Bas Leesberg · Autoblog NL · Jan 8
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Video: Mate Rimac drift er op los in de sneeuw met Bugatti Tourbillion

Mate Rimac takes the Bugatti Tourbillon sideways in snow—1,800 hp, zero grip

The Rimac founder finally got wheel time in Bugatti's quad-turbo hypercar, and naturally his first instinct was to find the limit in winter conditions. 1,800 horsepower through snow is the kind of power delivery that separates engineers from test drivers. The Tourbillon represents what happens when two visionary builders—Rimac and Bugatti—stop caring about traditional constraints.

Rimac's shifted from proving EVs could match ICE to proving hypercar builders still need drivers who understand oversteer. That matters.

by John Tallodi · CarBuzz · Jan 8
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The BMW M550i Is An Undercover M5 That Only Costs $45,000

The F90 M550i xDrive is the sleeper M car—$45K gets you 523 hp and nobody knows what hit them

The M550i trades the S63 twin-turbo V8 for BMW's B58 turbocharged inline-six, but keep that quiet. With xDrive, adaptive suspension, and that M Sport chassis tuning, it does M5 things without the M5 price tag or the attention. Clean examples are finally hitting the used market.

The M550i is what happens when BMW's marketing department sleeps—a car good enough to make actual M5 owners uncomfortable at a stoplight, and nobody's talking about it because the badge says 550, not M.

by John Dagys · Sportscar365 · Jan 8
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Defending Champion Mars Joins Turner BMW GS Squad

Turner Motorsport Stacks the Deck With Four Pilot Challenge Winners

Turner's committing serious resources to GS class competition in 2025, adding defending champion Mars to a roster that already includes three other title-winning drivers. The M440i xDrive is getting the full factory treatment—this isn't a customer car situation. If you're watching Pilot Challenge, Turner's essentially running a four-headed monster.

Turner's treating the GS class like it matters. That's either smart or a sign everyone else checked out.

by Adrian Padeanu · BMWBLOG · Jan 8
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Winners And Losers: BMW USA’s 2025 Sales By Model Series

BMW's 2025 US Sales: Which Models Actually Matter

BMW posted 388,897 US sales in 2025—a 4.7% bump marking three straight record years. But shipment volume tells you nothing about which models are moving, which are sitting, and where the actual margin is hiding. The real story is in the breakdown by series.

Record sales numbers mean nothing if you're not asking which models are propping up the average and which ones are dragging the brand downmarket.

by bringatrailer · Bring a Trailer · Jan 8
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62 BaT Auctions Closing Today

62 BaT Lots Closing Today: 2.9L Carrera RS, 512 TR, and the Truck Renaissance

Today's Bring a Trailer slate spans the full spectrum—from air-cooled 911s to family-kept '51 GMC pickups to a fresh 992 GT3 RS still wearing dealer plates. The trucks are the real story here: vintage F-250s and Dodges are moving on no reserve, a sign the market finally remembers that 1970s iron holds its own against euro exotica. One eye on the Ferrari 512 TR; Euro cars from that era are getting their due.

BaT's truck presence has quietly become the most honest meter of collector priorities—when 45-year-family-owned pickups outsell hype cycles, the market's telling you something real.

Autocar UK · Jan 8
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Debate settled: We name every car maker's best model of all time

Every manufacturer's peak, ranked—and yes, the arguments are worse than you'd think

Autocar's staff went to war over which model defined each marque. From the MG ZT-T 260's sleeper credibility to whether a 911 variant beats the 356, they're parsing the real difference between good and generational. The gap between what journalists remember and what the market actually values keeps widening.

Ranking 'best ever' by brand is content comfort food—safe, divisive, and missing the point. The real story isn't the pick, it's that half these manufacturers peaked 15 years ago and everyone knows it.

Autocar UK · Jan 8
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Volvo EX60 to become UK's longest-legged EV with 503-mile range

Volvo EX60 hits 503 miles—finally, an EV that doesn't need charging anxiety on the motorway

Volvo's electric XC60 successor is incoming with genuine 503-mile range, which means you can actually drive from London to Dundee without treating a charging stop like a pit crew rotation. That's the longest EV range in the UK market right now, though the real question is whether anyone actually cares about specs anymore or just wants their commuter to work.

Range numbers stopped mattering the moment every EV hit 300 miles. This is Volvo reminding us they're still in the game while everyone else argues about fast-charging infrastructure.

Team-BHP · Jan 8
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Top factors Team-BHPians consider when buying a luxury car in India

What India's Luxury Buyers Actually Care About (Hint: It's Not the Marketing)

Team-BHP's Dippy breaks down the real calculus for landing an S-Class or 911 in India—not the glossy brochure stuff. Turns out depreciation curves, service networks, and resale value matter more than horsepower sheets. This is what happens when you talk to people who actually write the checks.

Indian luxury buyers are more rational than their Western counterparts—they know a depreciating asset when they see one, which means they're asking the right questions the bean counters wish they wouldn't.

by Jamie Klein · Sportscar365 · Jan 8
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Team Studie Reveals Schubert Tie-Up, Suzuka 1000km Plans

Team Studie's M4 GT3 EVO Returns to Suzuka—Ara and Yamaguchi Reset After Rough 2025

Seiji Ara and Tomohide Yamaguchi are back in the No. 5 BMW M4 GT3 EVO for the 1000km at Suzuka, running under the Schubert partnership after a season that tested both drivers and machine. The EVO package brings updated aero and power delivery to BMW's GT3 platform, though the real story is whether this pairing can find consistency in one of motorsport's most unforgiving venues.

GT3 grids are so deep now that a driver shuffle barely registers—but Suzuka doesn't forgive half-measures, and that's where teams either click or splinter.

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