MotoGP’s 2013 Champion Marc Marquez Gets Awarded BMW M6 Coupé

In only his first MotoGP season, Spaniard Marc Marquez has been a sensation, winning the championship and entering the record books. At 20 years old, the rider has become the youngest ever world champion and the first rookie to win the championship since Kenny Roberts in 1978. He’s also the fourth rider in history to win world championships in three different categories, following in the footsteps of Mike Hailwood, Phil Read and Valentino Rossi.

Furthermore, as if he hadn't enough reasons to celebrate, Marc Marquez’s show-stopping performances also landed him the BMW M Award, which goes at the end of each season to the top qualifier of the year. Each year, the award is an exclusive and customized BMW M car, presented by MotoGP partner BMW M GmbH.

The award this year was really special, as BMW M GmbH is celebrating a double anniversary in 2013 - the company’s 15th season as “Official Car of MotoGP” and the 10th edition of the BMW M Award. This is why Marquez received an exclusive BMW M6 Coupé, as the carmaker promised earlier this year.

The prize car is not an ordinary M6 Coupé, as it features an exclusive “Frozen Black Metallic” paintjob and matt-black, double-spoke 20-inch M light alloy wheels. No technical modifications have been implemented, with the TwinPower Turbo V8 engine developing 560 PS (552 hp), for a 0-100 km/h (62 mph) sprint of 4.2 seconds.

The car is equipped with carbon ceramic brakes and features interior features such as M multifunctional front seats, “Merino / Sakhir Orange” leather upholstery, Professional navigation system, a head-up display and carbon fiber trims.

By Dan Mihalascu

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BMW Brings M4 Concept, Shuttles Celebs at GQ Men of the Year 2013 Gala

While as car (or football / soccer) fans you may be deeply indifferent about David Beckham nabbing the title of the most "Stylish Man of the Year" at the "2013 GQ Men of the Year Awards", and wildly perplexed after learning that Kylie Minogue was bestowed the "Gentlewoman of the Year award" at the…same event, you will most likely care about the M4 Concept that was on display there.

Fundamentally, a pre-production version, the 424hp (430PS) and 500Nm (369 lb-ft) of peak torque six-cylinder coupe model was placed as a background for photo shoots, as BMW is the official partner of the event that was hosted last night (November 7) in Berlin.

The Bavarian firm also had a few M6 Gran Coupes on hand to shuttle service the numerous celebrities participating in the gala. See the cars in the gallery below.

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BMW Whets Our Appetite with New M6 Gran Coupe Videos

If you're willing to trade some passenger space for a more stylish body and at the same time, don't care about the €25,000 (about US$32,900, in Germany) premium over BMW's other super-fast sports saloon, the M5, then by all means, you should check out the new M6 Gran Coupe.
We've already shared details and a photo gallery of the newest member of the BMW M family with you, but now it's time to see the turbocharged sports saloon in action through a series of video trailers that also include the usual static beauty shots.

New BMW M6 Coupe Boosted to 631-Horses by G-Power

There's no such thing as too much power when it comes to BMW tuning specialist and maker of some of the fastest Bimmers in the world, G-Power.
For its latest effort, the German brand is raising the pulse on the new BMW M6 Coupe (F13) with a performance package that starts with the 4.4-liter twin-turbocharged V8 lifting output from 553hp (560PS) and 680Nm (501 lb-ft) to 631hp (640PS) and 770Nm (568 lb-ft) – the same as G-Power's M5 tune.

SCOOP: 2012 BMW M6 Spied in Convertible Trim

The engineering teams over at the BMW Group have their hands full these days as they rush to complete testing of a number of future vehicles.

These include but are not limited to, MINI’s Roadster and BMW’s i3 hatch, i8 hybrid sports car, M6 Coupe, the next generation 3-Series sedan and GT liftback, the 7-Series facelift, the four-door 6-Series GT which we showed you earlier today, and case in point, the convertible version of the M6.
As with the 2012 M6 Coupe, BMW is slowly stripping away the disguise from the rag-top model which will feature the same M Division-tuned drivetrain found in the latest M5 sports sedan.

2012 BMW M6 Spied Testing, gets New M5’s Twin-Turbo V8

These are some of the clearest spy shots of BMW’s next M-branded model, the M6 Coupe, which will take its place as the flagship version of the new F13 6-Series.
The recent unveiling of the new M5 sports saloon gives us an idea of what to expect in terms of performance as the M6 will be powered by the same twin-turbocharged 4.4-liter V8 engine.
The force-fed V8 brings an end to a line of naturally aspirated engines for the M6 that started with the iconic straight six of the first generation and continued with the V10 of the outgoing model.

Video Tour of the Unmade BMW M Cars Including the M3 Tourer and Compact, Ur-Roadster and M5 Cabriolet

It is by far, the most sacred place for a BMW M fan. We’re talking about the BMW M Division’s underground facility where the company stores copies of all the production cars and prototypes it has ever built, including a variety of never before seen in public vehicles. In a surprising but much welcomed move, the German automaker recently opened the doors of the special M garage to the members of the press and select enthusiasts revealing an array of models that most had only heard about.
We already brought you a video of the wild M8 Coupe with the 580-horsepower V12 engine that was eventually used on the McLaren F1, but now we have several videos showcasing the entire lineup of M cars.
These include the E46 M3 Touring (BMW for station wagon), the E36 M3 Compact powered by the same 321HP straight-six from the M3 Coupe of the time, the E34 M5 Cabriolet with open-top seating for four, an M3 powered E30 ute and possibly the strangest creation yet, the so called Ur-Roadster. The latter is said to have been developed after the Z1 with power being delivered by the E30 M3’s 2.3-liter four-cylinder engine.

BMW 1-Series M Coupe Allegedly Laps the Nürburgring in 8:12" Making it Faster than E46 M3

The BMW 1-Series M Coupe is pretty fast on paper. Reaching the 60 mph (96 km/h) mark in just 4.7 seconds is no small feat, but nowadays, it seems that performance cars need to have a respectable “Ring” time under there belt to command respect. Now, a forum member of the 1Addicts fan site who calls himself "SteveD" claims that the Ring time for the 335-horsepower strong M model is 8 minutes and 12 seconds.
If true (and according to the Nürburgring lap times list posted on Wikipedia), this means the entry-level M model is 10 seconds faster than the E46 M3, on par with the E86 Z4 M Coupe, but 7 seconds slower than the E92 M3.

G-Power Creates the BMW M6 Hurricane RR, Says it's the World's Fastest 4-Seater Coupe

Never content with BMW's factory offerings, renowned German tuner G-Power has presented its latest accomplishment in the form of the new M6 Hurricane RR, which it claims to be the "world's fastest 4-seat Coupé".

While based on the outgoing BMW M6 Coupé, the Hurricane RR Coupe adopts the V10 bi-supercharger engine from G-Power's M5 Hurricane RR, which delivers 800-horsepower between 7,500 and 8,000 rpm, and a maximum torque of 800 Nm (or 590 lb-ft) generated at 5,000 rpm.

2012 BMW M6 Rendering Based on Paris Show Concept Car

BMW fan-boy and talented photoshop artist Gerald Alvarez (aka Bimmerpost forum member Alpine325ci), continues his series of future BMW renderings, this time with a new 'chop of the next generation M6 sports coupe. Alvarez used the freshly revealed at last week's Paris Motor Show, Concept 6-Series Coupe, as the base car to create the M6 rendering adding typical 'M' model styling traits such as the bumper, side skirt and alloy wheel designs.

BMW M6 and V10 Engine Production Come to an End

BMW bid farewell to the current M6 Coupe and Convertible as production of both models came to an end this week. The announcement also signals the death of the Bavarian firm's 507HP 5.0-liter V10 engine that powered the already discontinued fourth-generation M5, as the next iterations of the M6 and M5 models will make use of a new turbocharged V8 powerplant producing somewhere close to 600 ponies.

Fisker Latigo CS V10: Coachbuilt BMW M6 Found for Sale on eBay

For those that find the current generation BMW M6 aesthetically displeasing and/or a far too common sight on the roads, you may want to take a look at this second-hand Fisker Latigo CS V10 that's offered for sale on eBay.

Designed by CEO of Fisker Automotive, Henrik Fisker, who worked in the past for Ford, BMW and Aston Martin, the Latigo CS is a coachbuilt version of the BMW 6-Series that was first introduced in 2006 having received a minor redesigned in 2007.