April 2006

BMW, Where Are You?

PSI Miami

Cover
The Tuttle/SAMAX BMW-powered Riley seems color-coordinated with
Daytona's Ferris wheel.

Photograph by Steve Alvine

In This Issue

• Beauty And The Butt - Dave Farnsworth
  The Chicago Auto Show repeats a few of Detroit's spectacles, but offers a few unique Windy City visions as well.
• Step On It, Stanley! - Bob Roemer
  Your engine creates a lot of heat, which is usually wasted. Why not
  put it to work instead?
• A Vivid Experience - Dan Mermelstein
  Sometimes, if you want to realize a concept, you have to form a
  company to make it happen.
• PSI Miami - Dave Haueter
  Need a mid-winter horsepower fix? You can get what you want at Active Autowerke.
• A Giant Evolves - Dave Farnsworth
  When Dinan Engineering refined the M3 into the Dinan S2, it was just
  about perfect. Now it's back as the supercharged S3-R-the pinnacle of
  M3 development.
• Sporting Goods - Dave Haueter
  Now that the Range Rover has a Ford engine, how does it stack up
  against the X5?
• Let It Snow, Let Us Go - Mike Miller
  The Dunlop SPWinter Sport M3 may be a "designer chic" snow tire, but
  that doesn't mean it hides from real winter duty.
• Pumping Iron - Robert Mosley
  If you're a fan of the E36 3 Series, you already know about its
  congenitally weak heart. Now there's a replacement for that faulty
  pump.
• Finding The New Formula - Jeremy Walton
  Anew engine, a new chassis, a new team: It may be a monetary Black
  Hole, but BMW reaffirms its commitment to Formula 1 as the peak of
  technological development.
• BMW, Where Are You? - Brian S. Morgan
  To judge by the season opener at Daytona, it's going to be a long, painful year for fans of the Blue-With-White.
• Winning The World - Jeremy Walton
  BMW won the two-liter Touring Car championship in 1987, then took the
  World Touring Car Championship
  last year. Now they're back to their roots.