Updated 2014 BMW M5 Joined by New 567HP Competition Package Versions of M5 and M6

Parallel to the launch of the revised for the 2014 model year 5-Series Sedan, Touring and Gran Turismo models, BMW today also released the refreshed M5 saloon and announced the addition of a new Competition Package with a power boost and chassis upgrades for the M5 and all M6 models, including the Coupe, Convertible and Gran Coupe.

Beginning with the 2014 M5, the exterior updates are limited to the new double-spoke design of the kidney grille slats with the M5 logo positioned on the upper right corner, the optionally available Adaptive LED Headlights and thinner LEDs for the rear light clusters.

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BMW Presents Facelifted 2014 5-Series Sedan, Touring and GT Models [203 Photos & Video]

The first two things we're going to tell you about the refreshed BMW 5-Series range that was revealed on Saturday is that, a) you will have to pay very close attention to the car to tell the styling differences over the outgoing model, and b) no, the Gran Turismo did not get any prettier.

What the very light exterior redesign brought to the 5-Series range is a new front bumper with matte silver accents, additional contour lines for the surround of the kidney grille, an extra crease in the apron, a silver strip on the boot / tailgate edge at the rear for the saloon and Touring, new headlamp fixtures with straight top and bottom surfaces, and tweaked tail lamp graphics.

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Consumer Reports’ Quick Take on the Cadillac SRX and Toyota Tacoma

Consumer Reports usually does a “quick take” before doing a full review on a vehicle, and the latest two cars to go through their battery of tests are the Cadillac SRX and the Toyota Tacoma pickup, both of which are deemed competent in their respective classes, but far from perfect.

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Aston Martin's CC100 Speedster Concept Scooped at the Nurburgring

Following yesterday’s teaser video of the concept car Aston Martin will reveal on May 19 at the Nürburgring, the first photos of the car surfaced on the Internet. Taken by a Spanish journalist from Motorpasion, the photos show only the rear end of the DBR1-inspired concept – enough to make us want to see more.

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Were These Street Racers Really Chased by a Police Helicopter?

Real life Fast and Furious-style gatherings and street races are nothing new and in fact, it’s probably wrong to use that term as they precede the fictitious movie franchise by several decades.

Cops making their appearance to disband these gatherings and even arrest hoons when they break the law, is just part of the cat and mouse game that goes on between officers and racers. The video that follows comes from one such meeting and it bears the title "Honda Civic Race Chase By Police Helicopter".

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TRD Tries to Make the 2014 Lexus IS F Sport Look Even Sharper

Some would say that the 2014 Lexus IS hardly needs a styling upgrade, which is even more true if we’re talking about the factory-offered F-Sport package. However, you will always have people wanting more, which is why Toyota Racing Development (TRD) has released a styling and performance kit for the new IS.

The aero kit includes more pronounced side skirts, lower corner pieces on the front bumper, a generous diffuser with dual exhaust on the rear bumper and an integrated trunk spoiler. A set of 19-inch alloy wheels with 15 spokes rounds out the exterior upgrades.

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New Mercedes-Benz S-Class Uses Some 500 LEDs to Do Away With Conventional Lights

In the early days of automobiles, all illumination aside from the very basic exterior lights was either optional or not available at all. Having light bulbs in various places to illuminate the passenger compartment, glove box, even dials became standard as manufacturing methods and automation dropped the costs enough.

Now, though, Mercedes-Benz seems very pleased about completely giving up the use of conventional bulbs, all of which have been replaced with modern LEDs in their latest W222 S-Class sedans. So is this really useful, or merely a marketing scheme to make the car seem different and modern? The German automaker would of course be in favor of the former, which they do back up with several arguments.

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Audi Launches New Campaign with Inspiring "It Couldn't Be Done" Commercial

Audi is a company known for innovation, and this is the essence of a new series of commercials released by the luxury car manufacturer in the United States. The main ad, called “It Couldn’t Be Done”, tells the story of 100 years of Audi innovation, with the other clips highlighting key elements of the brand's vehicles.

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Looks Like They Messed With the Wrong Guy

Welcome to another edition of dash-cam goodness from, well, to be honest, we couldn't make out the license plates or read the road signs, but for what it's worth, the footage appears to have been shot in Russia, Ukraine or in one of the surrounding countries to the east of Europe.

We're not sure how this incident escalated, as what we see is the dash-cam equipped car overtaking the black sedan on the right and then all of a sudden, it moves to the center – either because the driver tried to block the other vehicle or because he was nudged.

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European Car Sales Post First Gain in 19 Months Thanks to Growth in Germany, Spain and UK

Car sales in Europe rose for the first time in 19 months, mainly led by growth in Germany, Spain and the UK. Registrations in April rose 1.8 percent to 1.08 million vehicles, up from 1.06 million cars a year earlier, according to data from the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA). Sales for the first four months of the year fell 7 percent however to 4.18 million vehicles.

The growth for April can’t hide the fact that the European auto market is at a two-decade low, with industry executives forecasting a drop of about 5 percent for 2013 as the euro zone is in recession.

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