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Toyota Thinks the Diesel Engine Still Has a Long Future
Volvo just lately constructed its last car with a diesel engine, however Toyota sees issues in another way. Although the recognition of the oil-burner has gone down in recent times, the Japanese automaker claims this kind of engine nonetheless has an extended future. Toyota Australia gross sales and advertising boss Sean Hanley believes that “diesel, despite popular commentary, is not dead. It’s got a while to go, diesel, so it’s not going to die off anytime soon.”
Speaking with Australian journal Drive, the chief stated diesel stays “a very credible fuel source” particularly within the case of heavy autos corresponding to vans and huge SUVs. However, Hanley reckons the diesel engine must adapt to more and more stricter emissions laws to outlive. It’s why Toyota just lately launched a Hilux with a mild-hybrid version of the two.8-liter, four-cylinder turbodiesel engine.
MINI Plant Oxford celebrates begin of manufacturing of the brand new MINI Cooper.
Monday 11 March – Today sees the beginning of manufacturing for the brand new, fifth technology MINI Cooper on the house of MINI, Plant Oxford.
Associates at MINI Plant Oxford have been joined by Head of MINI, Stefanie Wurst for a particular on-site occasion wherein the primary three-door mannequin was pushed off the manufacturing line by Charlie Cooper, grandson of the legendary John Cooper, whose heritage impressed the Cooper moniker.
Commenting on the beginning of manufacturing, Stefanie Wurst, Head of MINI mentioned, “This milestone underscores our dedication to our roots whereas propelling us right into a dynamic way forward for driving. Plant Oxford is the guts of the MINI model, and right now, as we witness the start of this new chapter, we renew our pledge to craftsmanship and the joys of motoring.”
Dr. Markus Grüneisl, Head of Plants Oxford and Swindon mentioned, “We are delighted to welcome the new MINI Cooper to our lines in both Oxford and Swindon. The new MINI Cooper is an incredibly important car for our team and UK manufacturing. We are proud to produce this iconic car, loved all over the world.”
The new MINI Cooper is the newest technology to be constructed within the UK, with all three BMW Group UK manufacturing websites contributing to manufacturing: BMW Group Plant Swindon produces physique pressings and sub-assemblies, whereas the newest highly-efficient three and four-cylinder petrol engines are constructed at BMW Group Plant Hams Hall in North Warwickshire.Finally, these elements come collectively at MINI Plant Oxford the place physique shell manufacturing, paint and last meeting happen.
Since the launch of the primary fashionable MINI in 2001, over 4.4 million MINIs have been produced in Britain – together with 150,000 MINI Electric fashions which have been constructed between 2019 and 2023.
With its excessive stage of flexibility, competitiveness and experience, the MINI Oxford plant performs an essential function within the BMW Group’s manufacturing community, and is at the moment making ready to construct two new all-electric MINI fashions from 2026. The BMW Group will then have invested a complete of greater than 3 billion GBP within the Swindon, Hams Hall and Oxford vegetation.
Announced final month, the brand new MINI Cooper arrives because the third member of the brand new MINI household, becoming a member of the MINI Cooper Electric and the brand new MINI Countryman. Available in two mannequin variants: the MINI Cooper C and performance-enhanced MINI Cooper S, the newest three-door merges conventional model values with modern, future oriented expertise.
The mannequin’s exterior silhouette options clear surfaces, brief overhangs, and a brief bonnet which mixed with a contrasting lengthy wheelbase, achieves the standard MINI proportions. Moving inside, the inside is minimalistic, with your complete cockpit focussed on simply three parts: a revolutionary round OLED show, the brand new Vescin steering wheel and the toggle bar. The MINI Cooper shall be priced from £22,300 RRP with first buyer deliveries in spring 2024.
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‘BMW Data Coach’ available as World Championships begin on house soil: German lugers in Altenberg once more counting on digital optimisation of racing line and materials.
Munich/Altenberg. This Friday sees the beginning of the 52nd FIL Luge World Championships in Altenberg (GER), supported by BMW as predominant companion. In entrance of a house crowd, the German crew is aiming to construct on its spectacular file of successes at main occasions. In this respect, the BSD has been counting on assist from expertise companion BMW since 2010. In luging, the expertise switch from automotive analysis, growth and manufacturing focuses on data-driven optimisation of the complicated system of luge, athlete, and racing line.
The ‘BMW Data Coach’ consists of sensors put in within the coaching sleds. These measure a variety of dynamic information relating to longitudinal and lateral velocity, acceleration and yaw charges, and ship high-resolution recordings. The sensors work in tandem with bespoke evaluation software program for information analysis, which might exactly reconstruct every run. This expertise has lengthy been a longtime a part of motor racing and the BMW Group and the BSD have been working to refine its utility for luging since 2016. Thanks to the evaluation of quite a few runs on one and the identical observe, the steadily rising trove of knowledge delivers more and more correct insights into the best materials and the quickest particular person racing line – in addition to revealing dependencies on exterior situations.
The software program has been developed and optimized by a number of Junior World Luge Champion Dr. Julian von Schleinitz, who advantages from his expertise as an athlete and his experience as an information scientist on the BMW Group. At any second between the beginning and end of a run, the ‘BMW Data Coach’ is ready to present the on-track place of the luge, the velocity, acceleration, steering actions, drift and rather more. It can even examine this information with different runs. “This allows us to recognise even the most minor steering errors and identify the ideal racing line, the most promising material and the perfect luge set-up,” says von Schleinitz. “Getting the set-up just right and staying on the ideal line become more crucial for longer ice channels – and this year’s World Championship track in Altenberg is very long.”
Objective evaluation reveals that the best line and the perfect materials might not be the identical for each athlete. Nonetheless, evaluating datasets for 2 athletes is what results in additional key insights. Multiple Olympic and world champion Felix Loch has been working with the ‘BMW Data Coach’ for a while and Max Langenhan, at present topping the general World Cup standings, began to make use of the expertise this season. “The fact that Max and I are working together benefits us both,” says Loch. “We can watch our races together on the computer in the most minute detail, which allows us to spot the best racing line and compare our materials.”
Data collected to date reveals that Langenhan and Loch are following barely totally different racing strains in Altenberg. These variations have been analysed in simulations forward of the World Championships, permitting the athletes to attract their particular person conclusions.
“Altenberg is a very sophisticated and varied track with a host of technical aspects. You can lose a lot of time between turn 1 and turn 18,” says Langenhan. “That makes it all the more important to stay on the ideal line for the whole run and stamp out the little slips that you might not even notice on the luge, but which are clear for all to see in the data. The BMW Data Coach is already working like a world champion, and now we just have to turn that into results.”
Today’s dash races will present the primary alternative to do exactly that. Saturday will function the medal races for the lads’s singles and ladies’s and males’s doubles. The World Championships wrap up on Sunday with the ladies’s singles and the crew relay.
DAKAR 2024, STAGE 1 RESULTS
Stage one of many 2024 Dakar rally sees two Americans on the day’s podium. Honda’s Ricky Brabec completed in second place solely seconds adrift of stage winner Ross Branch on his Hero. Third place was Mason Klein on the Kove crew. For others, this yr’s rally wasted no time in delivering its promise to be brutal and unforgiving. Stage one noticed the medical crew has extract Tosha Schareina from at the moment’s particular after a fall at km 240 that damage his arm. The winner of the prologue was racing in his third Dakar. Also on the misfortune checklist was Skyler Howes, who needed to open a lot of the stage after beginning up entrance. Howes received misplaced early and spent a lot of the day driving along with his teammates who began behind him. Jacob Argubright, then again, was leased along with his 18th-place end on the day.
Ricky Brabec: You couldn’t even rely the quantity of rocks on the market and while you’re making an attempt to dodge them and browse your notes it’s robust. You don’t wish to crash on the rocks, you don’t wish to miss a word so it’s discovering that stability. Definitely the navigation was onerous at the moment and so was the driving. The plan for tomorrow is simply to make it to the following bivouac with out making any massive errors.
Jacob Argubright: Tough stage bodily with so many rocks and navigation challenges. I’ve by no means seen so many rocks in a rally stage and I liked it. Felt nice all day, couple of navigation classes discovered and misplaced time however I’m completely satisfied. The Red bike is fairly kick ass to say the least. I’m not going to say I’m drained however I’m prepared for a nap. P18 on the day and P18 within the normal so already off to a greater begin than final yr.
Skyler Howes: Major points this morning dropping a ton of time, combined with driving a bit of too conservatively set me method again at the moment. Ricky and Nacho caught as much as me and I used to be in a position to latch on to their tempo and trip with them however nonetheless not a great stage for me. It was a gnarly, filled with countless lava rock and technical nav, however that doesn’t cease the boys from juicing it on the market. An extended strategy to go nonetheless, gonna be onerous to chip away at this misplaced time however I’ll give it my all.
Results – Stage 1
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Rider StandingsPROVISIONAL STANDINGS AFTER STAGE 1
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BMW Motorrad Motorsport ready for the 2023 WorldSBK season finale at Jerez de la Frontera.
Munich. This weekend (27th to 29th October) sees the 2023 FIM Superbike World Championship (WorldSBK) draw to a close with the twelfth and final event of the season. BMW Motorrad Motorsport is eager to build on the good results of previous rounds at the finale at Jerez de la Frontera (ESP). Garrett Gerloff (USA / Bonovo action BMW Racing Team) finished in fourth place in both the main races at the penultimate round of the season at Portimão (POR), trailing first place by less than three seconds. Michael van der Mark (NED / ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) returned to the top ten there after an injury-enforced break.
Scott Redding (GBR / ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) is also hoping to round off the season with strong results after recent difficult races, and the same is true of Loris Baz (FRA / Bonovo action BMW Racing Team), who will be contesting his final races as a BMW Motorrad WorldSBK factory rider at Jerez de la Frontera.
The season was originally due to end in San Juan, Argentina, but changes were made to the calendar and Jerez de la Frontera became the new venue for the finale. The Andalusia tracm has hosted the WorldSBK many times previously, the most recent time being in 2021.
Quotes ahead of the Jerez de la Frontera season finale.
Marc Bongers, BMW Motorrad Motorsport Director: “It feels like we only just kicked off the 2023 WorldSBK season in Australia and now we’re already at the final races of the year. The season hasn’t gone quite the way we would have hoped for various reasons, including our bad luck with injuries. However, even if we couldn’t always secure the results, from mid-season onwards, we repeatedly demonstrated strength and pace, as we could confirm most recently at Magny-Cours with Garrett and at Portimão with Garrett and Michael. This shows that we have taken the right path. We are confident that we will be able to build on this at Jerez. Scott will be focussing on regaining his feel for the BMW M 1000 RR and we want Loris to bring home strong results once again in his final WorldSBK races for us. We are all familiar with Jerez from previous years and from test rides, and we need to translate our knowledge into performance. We’re all looking forward to the finale in front of the enthusiastic Spanish motorcycle fans.”
Garrett Gerloff, #31 BMW M 1000 RR, Bonovo action BMW Racing Team: “I’m really looking forward to going into this last weekend of the year. I feel like the team and I are in a really good place. If we could have a solid weekend to finish off the year, this would be really good for us going into winter testing and into 2024. Our focus and our heads are set to try to finish the year off with a bang.”
Scott Redding, #45 BMW M 1000 RR, ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team: “We’re already heading into the final round of the season. It’s different to what was initially planned but Jerez is a circuit that a lot of riders know very well. I’m looking forward to the last round of the season. Hopefully we can have a good weekend.”
Michael van der Mark, #60 BMW M 1000 RR, ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team: “It’s nice to go to Jerez, especially after Portimão. We had such a good weekend there and I gained a lot of confidence. Jerez is a very nice track, I really enjoy riding there. So with the improvements on the bike I cannot wait to see how it turns out there. Keep building, keep making progress and have a good end to the season – that’s the plan. Obviously it has not been the season I had hoped for but let’s end it on a high and get ready for the winter.”
Loris Baz, #76 BMW M 1000 RR, Bonovo action BMW Racing Team: “It’s going be a special weekend for me, the last race with the team. I still don’t know how to feel about it, it will be strange. It has been two years, which were difficult, but we had some highlights last year. This season, it was tricky with the injury, but I always had a great group of guys around me. I want to push hard until the last lap for them. I really hope we can have a good and clean last weekend together, especially for the Bonovo action BMW Racing Team. I hope we can have a strong last race and some good moments. I am looking forward to it. It’s hard at the moment, but I want to be the best I can be for them and have a great party with them on Sunday.”
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Track Facts Jerez de la Frontera. |
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Circuit length |
4.432 km – clockwise |
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Corners |
13 – 8 right-handers, 5 left-handers |
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Pole position |
Left |
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Longest straight |
580 metres |
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Grip level |
Medium |
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Track layout |
Partly long corner, hard braking zones |
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Strain on brakes |
Medium / high |
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Amount at full throttle |
25 % |
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Top speed / lowest speed |
283 km/h / 59 km/h |
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Best overtaking opportunity |
T1, T6, T13 |
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Key factors |
Good delay, agility |
BMW Exploro bikes: new special edition combines innovative technology with progressive design.
The new BMW Exploro bike series, developed in collaboration with bicycle manufacturer 3T, offers a wide range of options for travel on two wheels. The bikes feature state-of-the-art technology and modern design, with three types available: gravel, road, and urban. Each bike can also be ordered with an electric motor.
All models in the special edition series showcase BMW’s commitment to performance and premium quality. They come with a full-carbon-fiber frame, available in six different sizes.
The bikes are equipped with a 12-speed electronic gearing system from SRAM, providing precise gear changes and a clean cockpit design. The hydraulic disc brakes have cables routed inside the frame, enhancing the overall aesthetics of the bike. The frames also feature a two-tone paint finish, with a darker shade on the lower section and a lighter shade on the top tube, seatpost, and fork.
The bikes come with a 40-tooth sprocket and a cassette spread of 10-44 teeth, ensuring the right gear ratio for various terrain types. The hydraulic SRAM Rival brakes with 160-millimeter discs provide excellent stopping power. The electric versions of the bikes are equipped with a Mahle X20 rear-wheel hub motor, offering an extra boost of power. The integration of the electric motor maintains the sleek design of the traditional bikes.
The BMW Exploro Gravel is designed for both gravel and paved roads. It comes with 27.5-inch aluminum wheels, Pirelli Cinturato Gravel tires, a carbon fiber seatpost, Selle Italia Model X Superflow saddle, and carbon fiber racing bike handlebars. The electric version of the Gravel bike features a discreetly integrated hub motor powered by a 350 Wh battery.
The BMW Exploro Road is ideal for asphalt surfaces, featuring 28-inch carbon fiber wheels, Panaracer GravelKing Slick tubeless ready tires, an aero seatpost, Selle Italia saddle, and carbon fiber racing bike handlebars. The electric version of the Road bike has a smaller battery (just under 250 Wh), resulting in a weight saving but slightly shorter range.
The BMW Exploro Urban is designed for commuting, shopping, and leisure trips in urban environments. It comes with nimble 27.5-inch aluminum wheels, flat handlebars, and a comfortable Brooks Cambium saddle. The electric version of the Urban bike is equipped with a Mahle X20 hub motor and a 350 Wh battery, providing efficient pedal assistance for longer distances.
All six models of the BMW Exploro bicycles are now available from specialist retailers at the following prices:
BMW Exploro Gravel: €4,999
BMW Exploro Gravel electric: €7,999
BMW Exploro Road: €5,999
BMW Exploro Road electric: €8,999
BMW Exploro Urban: €4,999
BMW Exploro Urban electric: €7,999
See Hammond And May Destroy Clarkson’s Bizarre Car in Grand Tour: Eurocrash
The newest release from The Grand Tour team has arrived, titled Eurocrash. This episode features the iconic trio of James May, Jeremy Clarkson, and Richard Hammond embarking on a 1,400-mile road trip through Eastern Europe. However, knowing Clarkson, Hammond, and May, you can expect there to be much more to the story.
If you haven’t watched Eurocrash yet and want to avoid spoilers, you can check out this 20-minute clip on The Grand Tour’s YouTube channel. It serves as both a prologue and epilogue to the adventure, offering limited spoilers. On the other hand, if you’ve already seen the nearly two-hour special, this clip provides a satisfying wrap-up.
As expected, Clarkson’s car survives the trip. For those unfamiliar with this peculiar vehicle, let me introduce you to the Mitsuoka Le-Seyde. It is based on the Nissan Silvia S13, featuring a naturally-aspirated four-cylinder engine at the front. The Le-Seyde boasts an extended wheelbase, with the front wheels residing in a different country than the rear. This arrangement allows for a spacious engine compartment but leaves room for just two passengers in the cabin.
The video offers more insights into the car, including the comical discovery that Clarkson replaced the Le-Seyde’s original seats with permanent Recaro seats. Unfortunately, this modification makes it difficult for Hammond to see over the steering wheel, let alone drive the car around the Eboladrome. After completing a lackluster lap, May takes the wheel to assess the vehicle, with candelabras clattering in the wind. To no one’s surprise, neither May nor Hammond is impressed.
Interestingly, Clarkson, who doesn’t appear in the video, is actually impressed with the Le-Seyde. Hammond mentions that the car will be returning to Clarkson’s house, where he plans to keep it. For the record, Hammond has also decided to keep the Chevrolet SSR he drove in Eurocrash. As for May, he declined to keep the tiny Crosley he drove, as he had grown tired of being blown off the highway by passing semi-trucks.
The Grand Tour: Eurocrash is now available for streaming on Amazon Prime. The future of the trio’s motoring specials is uncertain at this time. You can learn more about it here.