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New BMW M5 MotoGP Safety Car unveiled for 2018 campaign

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Beyond the special livery, the 2018 BMW M5 MotoGP safety car previews a selection of M Performance parts that will be revealed in full at the 2017 SEMA Show in Las Vegas. The new BMW M5 is yet to reach customers worldwide but BMW plans to tease us with a proper racer in the shape of the BMW M5 MotoGP Safety Car BMW has been the partner of MotoGP for about two decades now and every year, the Bavarian manufacturer unveils a new M model all dressed up and good to go to work as a Safety Car This time, it's the brand new M5's turn to wear strobe lights and wicked decals. During missions and races gamers can generate virtual money with which they are then able to buy and fit their car with BMW Original Accessories from the range of M Performance Parts for the BMW M5. These original parts, including components made from high-tech carbon fiber material are, like those fitted to a real BMW M5, perfectly adapted to the vehicle and to each other. There are other features in the BMW M5 Saf

2018 Yamaha Niken is a leaning trike

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Powered by a liquid-cooled, in-line, 3-cylinder engine and equipped with LMW technology to reduce the effects of changing ride environments and to deliver a high feeling of stability when cornering. Yamaha has unveiled a new motorcycle that will be coming as a 2018 model called the Niken One glance at the photos and you can see this isn't your typical motorcycle. While Yamaha has shown the bike at the Tokyo Motor Show today, it's not releasing full technical information until its European debut at EICMA in Milan on 6 November. Yamaha unveiled a Leaning Multi-Wheeler (LMW) at the Tokyo Motor Show this year. There isn't much information around with regards to specifications or the tiny details, but what we do know is that the Niken will be based off of the MT-09 and feature the same (or similar) inline, triple-cylinder engine, come with fully adjustable suspension (at the back at least, we can't even begin to fathom how playing with the front affects things) and will have

2018 Chevy COPO Camaro is an 8-second factory drag beast

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Meet the 2018 Chevrolet Camaro Hot Wheels Edition and the 2018 COPO Camaro Chevrolet bundled both announcements because the brand will offer the Hot Wheels Edition cues on the drag-spec COPO Camaro But, for drivers... The Chevrolet COPO Camaro is a high-performance version of the popular Chevrolet Camaro , designed specifically for drag racing in the NHRA's Stock and Super Stock eliminator classes. The full-size 2018 Chevy Camaro Hot Wheels Edition gets a little something extra to celebrate: a Hot Wheel COPO Camaro. The decision to reveal the 2018 COPO Camaro at the same time as the production Hot Wheels Edition Camaro is no accident; the new COPO will be available in the same tasty Crush" exterior finish as the street-going Hot Wheels Edition car, with the same appearance package. The introduction of a new COPO Camaro is always exciting and the new engine and Hot Wheels package expand choices for customers," says GM's US Vice President of Performance Vehicles and Mot

2018 Rolls-Royce Phantom: How Do You Improve Perfection?

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The New Rolls-Royce Phantom Is Exactly as Opulent as You Hoped Today, Rolls-Royce has brought out the eighth new Phantom in the nameplate's over-90-year history. 2018 Rolls-Royce Phantom Introduced in 2003, the seventh-generation Rolls-Royce Phantom was a comeback car for the English brand , which had been recently acquired by BMW. The car had been updated during its 14-year production run, but it's time for a new model. Today, Rolls-Royce is presenting the Phantom VIII, an new car that rides an an all-aluminum spaceframe chassis for the first time. Image source: Autoblog Rolls-Royce calls this alloy spaceframe the Architecture of Luxury, and it's set to underpin all of the company's future models. Rolls-Royce notes that this architecture is lighter and stiffer than before, but don't think the Phantom is a lightweight now. Both the short- and extended-wheelbase Phantoms weigh nearly 6000 lbs. A full 286 of those pounds is just sound deadening, which Rolls-Royce says