I always wondered where it came from...

Wikipedia said it was something with their aeronautics origins and a depiction of white propellers through a blue sky. A friend at work said it had something to do with the colors of the flag (or something like that). Here's the answer from the horse's mouth:

I'd rock that...

But first I'd get rid of all that paisley/swirly/whatever-it-is design running along the top and the sides.



The new (if these spy shots are for real) 2011 BMW M5 with the F10 chassis...the ultimate driving experience!

Ever been DWB'd? (Driving while BATMAN!!)

I'll show you the picture first, give you some facts later, then finish it off with the reaction. So, first things first:

 

Yes, it's real.  Yes, it runs.  Maybe, it's street legal (at least in Sweden where it resides).

"Cost: over $1 million...Time: 3.5 years, 20,000 hours of painstaking work to convert a ‘73 Lincoln Continental...Contents: DVD, voice recognition, height adjustment, reversing cameras...Pleasure: Incalculable, as people gather around to oggle outside IKEA."

That million bucks also went towards internal voice recognition software, rear view cameras, and an adjustable ride height system.  Don't believe me?  Check the video below:



Seeing this had me reliving the childhood dream of sideswipping some bad guys with a Bat-hook assisted power slide just like in Batman (the Michael Keaton one, pre-Christian Bale awesomeness).  Don't know how hard it is to turn in that bad boy, but if Stretch Hummer drivers can whip those things around, I'll manage.

[via Toxel via redferret]

BMW M5's biggest upgrade is a...downgrade?

Looks like the 2011 BMW M5 will be getting a sweet new engine.  In this case, bigger is not better, and despite the speculation of their super-sedan continuing to house a twin-turbo V10 engine, looks like this isn't the case:

"...with CO2 concerns, fuel economy standards and the fact that the V10 isn't available in much of anything else in BMW's lineup, it seems like the next-gen M5 will probably find its motive power supplied by a V8 instead...With 555 horsepower and 500 pound-feet of torque, it falls right in the ballpark with other supersedan outputs."

To me, it's still swag on wheels.  The .5, .6, point-whatever second difference in acceleration would only really matter if you're counting that stuff.  Moral of the story:  still bad-ass!

[via Autoblog]