In Germany, the most affordable diesel BMW versions are available for only 24 thousand euro. Give that amount to the dealers and you’ll get a 3-door hatchback with a 2-liter engine with a 116 hp capacity and 260 N • m torque. However, the only indicator that is truly impressive is the fuel consumption: 4,4 l per 100 km in mixed cycle. Speed, dynamics and so on… well, it is better not to talk about them, just not to become too upset. But the tuners from Hartge Bureau has a special opinion on the budget hatchback.

Give them BMW 116d for a few days, and your turbodiesel 4-cylinder 2.0 will receive a new management and a sports air filter. These simple additions enough to lift the engine to 143 horsepower and 315 newton-meters. And moreover, this latest result could be achieved at 2000 rpm. Similar figures has the factory version of BMW 118d - 143 hp and 300 N • m.
 
BMW 116d hatchback with six-gear mechanic gearbox after visiting the Hartge salon accelerates up to 100 km/h in about eight and a half seconds.

But do not get involved in the constant comparison with a standard BMW 118d. Indeed, it has no sports suspension with shortened springs, which reduce the ground clearance by 25 mm or Hartge exhaust system with two caps and configured «voice». However, tuners have not announced a price yet, and we doubt that the package of improvements will be less than 2000 Euro. This is the difference between the prices on the BMW 116d and BMW 118d. So, the potential buyers will still have something to think about.

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Further development of a powerful car has one undeniable advantage. You can significantly simplify the task, just forgot about the engine and focused all attention on the chassis or on the exterior. American firm IND went just by this way, prepared a magnificent project for the BMW M3 coupe with a variety of components from third-party companies.

Tuners quite reasonably thought that the 420-strong V8 4.0 engine was doing just well with its responsibilities of teleportation of the car from one place to another. Therefore, IND engineers only slightly improved the engine of this BMW just by installing Eisenmann exhaust system. Factory suspension and brakes were replaced by the Americans too: with a set of KW Clubsport and Brembo mechanisms accordingly.

At the beautiful light alloy HRE rims strained Nitto NT05 tires with the dimension 275/35 R18 have been put. Just behind the rollers 365-millimeter brake discs in front and 345-millimeter in the rear were installed.

Outwardly, the offspring of IND office - BMW M3 - has also gone from the image of the standard M3. Front spoiler, rear diffuser and the lining on the lid of the Vorsteiner Company creates a new car image, HRE wheels and matte black back optics of its own design just add some specific charm to it. But how much the future owner will have to pay for this beauty is still kept in a secret.

The BMW M3 is a high-performance version of the BMW 3 Series compact car, developed by BMW’s branch BMW M. M3 models have been derived from the E30, E36, E46 and E90/E92/E93 3-series, and sold with coupe, sedan and convertible body styles. Common upgrades over the “standard” 3-Series automobiles include more powerful and responsive engines, improved handling/suspension, more aggressive aerodynamics/body, and multiple interior/exterior accents with the “M”/Motorsport nomenclature.

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Tuners have not yet tested well the new generation of a BMW Z4 roadster, the car just came in the dealer showrooms. But some people are already willing to offer their versions of revisions. The first to come are specialists from studio G-Power, well known for their love for the Bavarian cars.

At first, they offer a package of improvements for version sDrive35i with three-liter biturboengine. Chanted over the electronic brains, tuners raised output by 39 hp - Up to 345 and torque to 80 N • m - up to 480. As a result of that acceleration to hundred is to be reduced for half a second - up to 4.7. For such a fun you will have to pay 2381 Euro.

For 4474 Euro standard wheels in the studio G-Power will be replaced by the brand-new G-Power wheels, dressed in sporting Michelin Pilot Sport tires with a dimension 255/30 R20 in front and 295/25 R20 in rear.

Additional 1256 Euro a client can pay for harder springs and dampers, and additional 1508 euros - for a new exhaust system. This is everything they are ready to provide now. Other major revisions G-Power studio will propose later in the same way, as the revision of more weaker and available versions of Z4.

The BMW Z4 is a rear-wheel drive sports car by the German automaker BMW. Replacing the Z3, first-generation production started in 2002 at BMW’s Spartanburg, South Carolina plant, with both roadster and coupe forms produced. When debuted, it won Automobile’s Magazine “Design of the Year Award”. Starting with the 2009 model year, the second-generation Z4 is built at BMW’s Regensburg, Germany plant as a retractable hardtop roadster.

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