Archive for March, 2011

Lure of the Ring preview

Stuart Greaves, the filmmaker behind the Mal’s Big Green Hell doco, is on the way to making another film based on the 2010 Nürburgring 24 hour race. Thanks to regular AUSringers reader Obi for sending in this clip, in which he also features. This footage is filmed mainly at Obi’s regular vantage point, just before […]

BMW M3 GTS triple treat

// Posted in BMW, Video

Here’s nice amateur video captured during a recent TF day at the Ring. Featured are not one, but three examples of the limited run BMW M3 GTS. They look great together in their bright orange paint. [via BimmerFile]

BMW M3 ute: What the (green) hell!

Awesome has a new definition. And that comes in the form of this BMW M3 ute prototype lapping the Nürburgring Nordschleife. Maybe BMW has taken inspiration from the equally awesome E39 M5 ute conversion by Australia’s own Stuart Appleby (yes, the pro golfer). Maybe it’s a crazy April Fool’s Day stunt in the making? Or […]

BMW Ring-Taxi will go ahead with M3

Fears the BMW Ring-Taxi was a thing of the past have been put to rest with news the company will return to the Nürburgring in 2011. However, instead of using the familiar V10-powered M5 they will be using the lighter V8-powered M3. This probably makes some sense as the M5 is nearing the end of […]

Has the BMW Ring-Taxi has delivered its last fare?

The BMW Ring-Taxi is one of the icons of the Nürburgring. It has helped launch Sabine Schmitz into the media spotlight, as well as delivering thousands of kilometers of happiness to its customers. And now it looks like the ride is over. BMW contracted out the management of the Ring-Taxi to a company called OK […]

Ring°card attracts further critical scrutiny

German publication Rhein Zeitung recently published a new article on the management of the Ring°card. Their source material comes via the German National Audit Office. We touched on this story a couple of weeks ago via a YouTube clip. It’s difficult not to inject personal opinion into this story; the Ring°card is essentially poorly executed […]