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2016 BMW 750Li xDrive

While the BMW M3 that steals the limelight in the new Mission Impossible film, we should say few words about the the new BMW’s new 7-Series.

2016 BMW 750Li xDrive

BMW’s new 7-Series has finally landed, bringing with it more space than ever, loads of technology and powerful yet frugal engines.

The car will arrive to North America very soon, as a 2016 model, initially in 740i and 750i xDrive variants and with the long-wheelbase body style only.

This is the sixth generation of the luxury icon, and while it may look a lot like its predecessor there’s an impressive number of innovations that have taken place under the skin. At its core is a new modular platform codenamed the 35up. This platform will form the basis of most of BMW’s models going forward and includes carbon fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP) in its construction.

The 7-series new platform contains some major changes. What BMW is calling its “Carbon Core”, it is a mix of carbon-reinforced plastic, aluminum, and high-strength steel.

It also allows for a number of other technological advances including electrified drive-trains. Than beneath the conservative BMW exterior, there are some major changes.

2016 BMW 750Li xDrive

An impressive new thing is, the driver standing outside the vehicle while the new 7-series parks itself. Unfortunately this feature will not be available in Canada at this time, instead, we’ll have to be satisfied with the parking-assist system. This system can maneuver into any parking spaces.

The search for pioneering innovations is the driving force for the BMW engineers. BMW’s new 7-Series comes with functions such as BMW Gesture Control, BMW Laser head light or the above mentioned Remote Control Parking.

These features set further future orientated standards in the BMW 7 Series. In addition, with BMW Touch Command, a tablet for controlling key functions has been integrated into a BMW vehicle for the first time.

BMW has said that all its core model lines will offer a plug-in hybrid, and so it will be for the 7-series too. A diesel 7-series also a possibility at some point. A new plug-in will carry the hybrid banner.

BMW with water injection system

In car or motor racing series they don’t pick up the safety car by random or based on their color. The car that sets the speed at the front of the racers, the safety car, provided by the sponsor. For example in Formula one it is a Mercedes, in MotoGp it is a BMW.

In fact it is BMW’s M division who provide safety car for MotoGP since 1999.

MotoGp Safety Car

There are few things on the above safety car that we never see on factory produced BMW before. For example the matte black color, the upgraded aero kit, the re-designed sporty interior and emergency equipment.

And there is one thing, that we never heard before, that thing is under the hood. This BMW M4 coupe comes with a new injection system. This system instead of injecting only gasoline into the combustion chamber it also injects water too. Water is not combustible except in this case, it will reduce the combustion temperature to be able to increase the boost pressure safely without self igniting the mixture. Water vapor always present in the combustion process (HC – fuel when burns with O2 some the spent gases will be H2O).

Basically what the system does, is spray highly pressurized water into the combustion chamber at the right time. This cools down the combustion chamber, reducing combustion temperature as well as engine knock. This is especially effective on turbocharged engines, as the high boost pressure creates higher combustion temperatures, creating knock and robbing the engine of potential performance and efficiency. Water Injection can increase efficiency by 3-8 percent in every day driving.

BMW M Power with Water Injection System

Water is stored in a 5 liter tank, from here goes to a filter system and then into the HIGH PRESSURE WATER INJECTION PUMP, where it mixes with the fuel. A sensor monitors engine speed and temperature to determine the correct amount of water for current engine conditions.

At high rpm the fuel will be sprayed direct into the combustion chamber with 30 percent water added, sprayed in the same space into the combustion chamber, this will allow the mixture to be cooled dramatically before the spark ignites the mixture and repeat the same at the next combustion cycle.

There are many more technical details which may be confusing at times, the details are available upon request.

The question is do we need to worry about to have enough water on board to have the system perform at it’s best? BMW claims that owners should very rarely check or maintain the water level in the water injection system.

The system will use the most water under acceleration under heavy load only, so for normal driving it should be sufficient for most drivers. Our understanding is, the condense water will be also collected to replenish the system from the air conditioning system as well.

This technology is alredy being tested on the road. BMW produced a prototype 1 Series Hatchback with the B38 three-cylinder engine with this technology.

We heard the next generation M3 and M4 will have this technology implemented as a performance enhancement on the Motorsport engines .

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IMSA Tudor race from Mosport Canada at July. 12. 2015

The IMSA Tudor race from Mosport Canada at July. 15. 2015. The The BMW “dream team” with all their drivers.

The gentleman in white shirt who talks to the RCMP Mountie officer in the car is the part owner of the Mosport Park Canada. He is one of Canada’s most famous race car driver Mr Ron Fellows.

The other gentlemen member of the BMW Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Team form US. Ohio,

They manage their Z4 race cars, under BMW. The team’s short name is: BMW Team RLL. They finished second and fourth.
The Risi Ferrari team has been racing too. Perhaps their Ferrari has been the best sounding race car on the entire track, but unfortunately the Ferrari could not pass the Porsche RSR and or the BMW Z4 race cars. Maybe at next time.

It has been a great race.

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Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada 2015

This year, 2015, the first year of the new deal that insures Formula 1 presentation in Montreal until 2024, under the name: FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX DU CANADA.

A second popular grandstand added in the order to satisfy a larger than expected demand from fans. Formula 1 is more popular in Canada than ever been before.

Please take a look at the next few photos.

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Motorsport in Canada

Victoria Day’s car race at the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, formely Mosport International Raceway.

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Race in the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park

I made the next few photos at Victoria Day’s weekend at ex-F1 race track, formerly Mosport Park and Mosport International Raceway. It is now Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. It is a multi-track motorsport venue located north of Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada.

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Victoria Day Mosport

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BMW, the environment and their employees in North America

BMW AG, located in Munich, Germany. It’s subsidiary in Canada is: BMW Canada Inc. It was formed in January 1986 to support BMW customers better, bringing services closer to many local enthusiasts through a stronger presence and structured organization.

Their current head office is in LEED certified building in Richmond Hill, Ontario.

How BMW getting ahead by putting the environment at the top of their agendas? For example their head office is established as a green and Eco-friendly structure.

As part of BMW plans eco friendly production BMW is testing various forms of alternate energy throughout its manufacturing network.

The company US hydrogen storage and distribution facility fuels hydrogen powered equipment at its Spartanburg facilities. They streams methane gas from the nearby landfill to produce on-site renewable hydrogen for the plant electrical requirements. This location alone saved 92,000 tons CO2 every year.

Than BMW ads solar energy to their alternative energy portfolio. The company stated: “Adding a new alternative energy platform to our energy portfolio is another step in our commitment to sustainable methods of generating power at our factory,” said Duncan Seaman, Department Manager, Market Operations USA & Canada. “It is the perfect complement to our existing landfill gas-to-energy and hydrogen fuel cell program and offsets the fossil fuel requirements otherwise needed to run our facility.”

They use solar energy in many different location. The latest installation of 400 solar modules (in US) , each capable of producing 240 watts of energy, now provides power to BMW’s Zentrum Museum, as well as the new electric vehicle (EV) charging stations.

To manufacturing the BMW i3 zero emission electric vehicles, to make them more environmentally friendly, the company use electricity, produced by local wind turbines. So far they build the i3 only in Leipzig, Germany.

BMW is manufacturing carbon strands that form the basis of the i3’s carbon-fiber reinforced plastic bodywork at a new US $100 million plant built in Moses Lake, Washington, using raw material shipped from Japan. This location was selected, beside a hydro electric dam to reduce CO2 output due to the high power demand of the carbon fiber components manufacturing.

There are numerous other initiatives at BMW, all aimed at leading the way on on the environment. Some of them are really simple: The company changed the setting of their employees PC’s. With this simple move they save 27,000 megawatt hour a year, the equivalent of 12,200 tons of CO2.

In their vehicle, the BMW i8 plug-in hybrid they use laser light technology, an improved head light system, that contributes better nighttime vision and use 30% less energy, compeered to the alredy highly efficient LED headlights.

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BMW i8 Hybrid

BMW i3 Electric car

The new BMW 3 Series

For a very long time, the BMW 3 Series was the car to beat in the market for premium compact sedans. Recently the competition has caught up, with the likes of the Mercedes C-Class and the sharply styled Lexus.

The next BMW 3-series will be the most efficient yet, with at least two plug-in hybrid models and a miserly three cylinder engine promising to dip below the 100g/km CO2 emissions threshold.

New BMW 3 Series

The new car, codenamed G20, will also major on improved dynamics, better quality materials and enhanced safety in a bid to reclaim ground lost to the Mercedes C-class.

The hybrid option-will be a 1.5-litre with a 60kWe electric motor, good for approximately 30 mile range and the more performance oriented 2.0 liter with the 90 KW electric motor will offer approximately 50 EV miles.

The more conventional modular four and six pot engines will still account for the bulk of
sales.

The next M3 / M4 will adopt electronic turbochargers, and water injections, inspired by the forthcoming current generation of M4 GTS.

The dynamic brief is to fuse cushy ride with sportier handling, via adjustable dampers, switchable anti roll bars, second generation active steering and a new torque vectoring system, which piggybacks ABS and DSC.

Longer wheel base, wider track, lower center of gravity, and lighter overall weight will enhance the handling road holding as well.

On the quality front BMW will invest in better materials for carpets rubber seals and sill covers to re-take the premium crown.

In addition the 3 Series will be a techno tour, de-force that can park itself via remote control. It will stay in lane or change lines if required, overtake if needed under certain conditions, brake when required will drive semi autonomously on the road. This feature is especially helpful in stop and go traffic up to 60 kilometers in hour.

Although the 3 series cockpit looks familiar, it boasts a variety of new high quality instrument graphics, a more comprehensive head up display and a large color monitor in the center stack which blends touchscreen access, gesture control and voice activation with the existing iDrive controller.

G20 will be built on the flexible new cluster architecture chassis and will be designed with sharper creases and harder edges than the current car.

Expect to see it on the road in North America in 2018.

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Spring Car Maintenance on Your German Import Car

Performing spring maintenance on your German import car and on any other car is one, if not the best way to ensure your vehicle is safe and ready for the hot Canadian summer drives.

There are few things that every car owner should do. At first get a detailed car wash. Salt and other de icer chemicals can cause serious damage.

If you have winter tires on, change them for all season tires when the temperature is consistently around 7 Celsiuses.

Check the pressure in those all season tires, before you start to drive them. Usually tire’s temperature is dropping during cold winter storages. Incorrect tire pressure effects the car’s handling and the tires’ life time.

Brake maintenance. Salty slushy roads probably did some damage with your car brakes. Use the opportunity the check the brake when you change the winter tires. If you are not sure, than take your car to your mechanic.

The winter season really hard on engine oils. Oil change should be done list twice a year. It is a short term expense, that effects the engine’s life. Therefore this short term expense, will save you on long turn.

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The simple oil change is not that simple anymore on your high tech German Import car

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Electric system and battery check up, clean. Our winter season is harsh, the cold and salt and ice might cause corrosions. The battery terminals and cables should be inspected and cleaned if necessary.

Ice does not do anything good with the viper blades. If you drive a lot at winter time, there is a good chance those blades damaged. Inspect them and change them if they are not in perfect condition.

Than you need to check the brake fluid, the coolant, the transmission oil and hopefully your car is good to go for the time being.

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