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The development curve of the BMW-Sauber team has plateaued recently, founder and consultant Peter Sauber admits.

McLaren is still the favourite to win the 2008 world championship, BMW-Sauber driver Nick Heidfeld thinks.

The BMW Sauber F1 Team have now concluded their investigations into the KERS incident at Jerez in late July. Markus Duesmann, Head of Powertrain, gives us more details.

Following a dreadful showing at the Grand Prix of Europe in Valencia last weekend, German driver Nick Heidfeld's future in formula one is back under a dark cloud.

Formula 1 team BMW-Sauber will farewell long-time sponsor and commercial partner Crédit Suisse, a Swiss bank, at the end of the 2008 season.

Just when we were coming to grips with vehicle formats and their associated acronyms, BMW tosses another pigment into the mosaic, and it's a fascinating hue. The X6 is referred to by BMW as a 'Sports Activity Coupe' so add 'SAC' to the varied list of acronyms defining the many iterations of the modern chariot. This SUV-gone-coupe stretches the meaning of each segment while merging their respective attributes to create a standalone class of vehicle not yet replicated by any other manufacturer.

Man has always been fascinated with speed. Even in this modern day and age of prohibitive fuel prices, every car enthusiast dreams about powerful, high-performance machines that handle like a charm. Exotic coupes and supercars are obviously very popular, as evidenced by the success of the Audi R8 or the hype around the all-new and almighty Nissan GT-R.

North America is now downsizing once again. Trucks are out, small cars are in, and a lot of manufacturers will start offering vehicles that follow the new trend. Ok, it's not really a trend, but more of a desperate measure to keep the cost of driving down. Luckily for BMW, and for most European carmakers, their vehicle lineup across the Atlantic already counts numerous small cars. The 1-Series is perfectly suited to North America, and especially in Canada, and were expecting it for quite a while now. But we weren't expecting what the 135i offers.

Quebecker Mikaël Grenier finished third of this first race of three, in Road America, this morning. He also got the pole for Round 12 from Alexander Rossi, winner of this 10th Round, who was penalised.

Formula 1 team BMW-Sauber should step up its efforts to replace German driver Nick Heidfeld with former double world champion Fernando Alonso in 2009.

The 1 Series we know is actually a remake of the European car, adapted for North America. On the other side of the pond, this same vehicle actually takes the shape of two hatchbacks, one 3-door version and one 5-door. After the failure of the 318ti (1995-1999), BMW obviously wasn't going to make the same mistake twice, i.e. import a small luxury hatchback with a steep price tag.

Road America, will host Rounds 10, 11 and 12 of the 2008 Formula BMW Americas championship. The series has visited the circuit twice before, in 2004 and 2007. In 2004, James Hinchcliffe scored his very first Formula BMW win and last season; Alexander Rossi scored a win by a scant .004 seconds over Esteban Gutierrez.

Drivers of the developmental series Star Mazda Series will be on track this weekend, in Road America, for Round 6 of the 2008 season.

Even before revealing the successor to its popular roadster, BMW has stopped production of the Z4 E85 roadsters and E86 coupes. Available as a roadster since 2002 and as a coupe since 2006, the model was assembled at the Spartanburg plant in South Carolina. The last car rolled off the line on August 27. Enthusiasts will henceforth have to make do with the leftover inventory.

In the buzz of the post-race paddock at Spa-Francorchamps, it was rumoured and reported that former double world champion Fernando Alonso will switch from Renault to BMW-Sauber for the 2009 season and beyond.