Beware of automotive marketing departments that claim their company's involvement in racing is improving its breed of cars. Precious little technology makes it from the racetrack to the street anymore ...

BMW’s M3, M5 and M6 all have it, but the Z4 M derivation of BMW’s roadster set to debut at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit won’t have BMW’s SMG automated transmision. Instead, ...

BMW’s hand-finished, paddle-shifting M3 SMG packs a technological power punch for well-heeled enthusiasts. It’s bliss on a racetrack or open road but demands concentration-plus in traffic.

Note: The dimensions shown above are for the BMW Smg, 2.5L, Premium Unleaded Petrol, 6 SPEED SEQUENTIAL MANUAL. To display dimensions about another variant, click on one of the rows in the table below ...

"Anyone can see the horizon. We wanted to see what lies beyond it." I lifted these words from BMW's glossy magazine-style brochure promoting their 2004 5-Series. After a few short minutes of seat time ...

Leave it to BMW to make something special out of a transmission. Its sequential manual gearbox has been officially named SMG, and it's a seriously high-tech piece. Like the Magneti-Marelli system ...

Philosophy: Transmission revamp: bring Formula One technology to the people. Trivia: Sequential manual transmission was once exclusive to race cars and appeared on high-performance road cars a few ...

Note: The dimensions shown above are for the BMW Smg, 2.5L, Premium Unleaded Petrol, 6 SPEED SEQUENTIAL MANUAL. To display dimensions about another variant, click on one of the rows in the table below ...

"Having had the MX-5 bug and got that out of my system I bought a cheap E36 328, which I loved - it was more power to the rears and comfortable with a subtle but satisfying engine note. MOT time came ...

precision blade and the ergonomic contouring of its perfectly balanced, weighted handle milled from cold steel. Now feel how efficiently the finely honed edge of the blade follows the curves of your ...