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2016 BMW M2 – Animated Configurator, Colors, Pricing and Options

February 13, 2019, 4 pmApril 12, 2016, 10 am by Tom Burkart

BMW has kept its new pocket-rocket’s configurator extremely simple! Nearly everything is standard, and only a few choices along the way through the Ext, Int, Options menu prompts makes this unlike nearly any other BMW we’ve specced out before. Examples? Just four colors: Blue, Grey, Black and White. The only other choices? Literally? Exec Pack for $1800 with auto highbeams and heated seats. And a carbon-fiber interior upgrade option that seems skippable if you’re frugal. The only other choice? A six-speed manual transmission or the $2700 M-DCT paddle-shifter. Out the door in less than four minutes of configurations must mean…. …

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2017 Lexus LC500 COLORS Visualizer + Black Chrome Looks [150 Shades]

February 13, 2019, 4 pmJanuary 25, 2016, 9 pm by Tom Burkart

This post goes out to the bastards at Comcast Xfinity! Why? It was the ongoing eight-hour LAN outage today that spurred a moment of creativity in photoshop. With whom? Our new favorite subject: the 2017 Lexus LC500! After many hours and nearly 150 shades of future super-Lexus… we are thrilled by the idea of a possible BMW collaboration under these delicious panels. The cabio also seems only a snip and slice away! The floating roof and minimal pillars all around the back glass of the LC500 make clear this machine was designed. HARD! The tumblehome — or that area between …

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HD Road Test Review – 2016 Lincoln MKX – Tops New Lexus RX with Style, Power and Panache

February 13, 2019, 4 pmNovember 23, 2015, 12 pm by Tom Burkart

Lincoln MKX beats Lexus RX. You read it here first! True story. As one of the only car reviewers to have driven both 2016 models, we are surprised to report that the MKX is the better machine. First Drive Review – 2016 Lincoln MKX What a difference a few years can make! If you had told me in 2005 that Lincoln would be making globally-competitive cars, four SUVs and debuting exclusive tech like the new 3.0-liter V6TT making 400HP in the 2017 MKZ, we would have laughed right in your face. Sure, Lincolns have been “okay” for a while now …

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