(1) BMWs excel cross-culturally - for example, 2005 Scottish car of the
year.
http://www.designtaxi.com/news.jsp?id=1363&monthview=1&month=10&year=...

"the ASMW's [Association of Scottish Motoring Writers] ultimate motor
from more than **50** new models launched in the past 12 months is.....
The BMW 3 Series."

I mean, if the Scots are biased, they'd have chosen the Jag X-class
instead!

(2) Then there is this series of international clean sweeps - and this
is really
incredible:
http://www.dancewithshadows.com/auto/bmw-engine-of-the-year.asp

BMW's record awards haul in full:
International Engine of the Year Award 2005
1 BMW 5.0-litre V10
2 BMW 3.0-litre twin-turbo straight-six diesel
3 Toyota 1.5-litre hybrid

Best New Engine Award 2005
1 BMW 5.0-litre V10
2 Ferrari 4.3-litre V8
3 Toyota 3.3-litre hybrid

Best Engine Above 4.0-litre Award 2005
1 BMW 5.0-litre V10
2 Ferrari 4.3-litre V8
3 VW 5.0-litre V10 diesel

Best Performance Engine Award 2005
1 BMW 5.0-litre V10
2 Ferrari 4.3-litre V8
3 Mercedes AMG 6.0-litre twin-turbo

Best Engine 2.5-litre to 3-litre Award 2005
1 BMW 3.0-litre twin-turbo straight-six diesel
2 Honda 3.0-litre hybrid
3 BMW 3.0-litre straight-six

Best Engine 3.0-litre to 4.0-litre Award 2005
1 BMW 3.2-litre straight-six
2 Porsche 3.8-litre
3 Toyota 3.3-litre hybrid

Note especially the Performance Engine Award 2005 above - it beat the
NEW engine of Ferrari, the 604 hp Mercedes SL 65 bi-turbo. And what is
not quoted
above in 4th place was the Porsche 911 Carrera S 3.8 engine - a very
fine
engine by any standard - yet only 4th place!

(3) BMW 3-series is the 2006 WORLD car of the year:
http://www.dexigner.com/product/news-g7798.html

Out of **27** -- TWENTY SEVEN -- competitors! What are the chances of
that?

(4) Guess which of the following is the best drift car? (From SPEED
magazine (Road & Track)
http://shop.roadandtrack.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=332 (

Acura NSX
BMW M3
Dodge Viper
Ford Mustang GT
Mazda MX-5
Nissan 350Z
Pontiac GT0
Porsche 911

Just look at the competition! Whoa!

All the above (1), (2), (3), (4) translates into fun stories like the
following:

(A) http://www.m5board.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=753486

"I was torn on whether to post because it seemed so juvenile and lame,
but a friend said I should post because of my wife's comments...

I was in the M5 w/ my wife and driving on a very open stretch of road
that I enjoy 'opening' the M5 a little. I came up behind a Mustang
Cobra
(either '03 or '04) and as soon as I did, he punched it to 'play' a
little.

Ahead was a stoplight and it turned red, so we both came to a stop. As
it turned green, be both slowly left the light, then I heard his engine
go WOT
and saw his hood lurch up a little. I nailed it, and just blew by
him... totally
dusted him and let off at around 70 or 80 mph. My wife looks at me and
says in an
elevated voice, "What are you doing!?" I said, "Just playing with that
Mustang."
She says, "But HE WASN'T EVEN PLAYING WITH YOU!"

I said, "Um, yes he was..." and was laughing hard inside. He was beaten
so fast, that she couldn't even tell that he was trying. haha

It's kind of a weak "kill" story, but my wife's comments made me
laugh."

(B) BMW drivers just get it more often
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4891758/

"BERLIN - BMW drivers have more sex than owners of any other cars and
are much more active than Porsche drivers, a new German car magazine
has found.

The German magazine "Men's Car" found in a survey of 2,253
motorists aged 20 to 50 published in its inaugural May issue that male
BMW drivers say they have sex on average 2.2 times each week while
Porsche drivers have sex 1.4 times per week.

Following BMW drivers were Audi (2.1), Volkswagen (1.9), Ford (1.7) and
Mercedes (1.6). Drivers of foreign car makes were also behind BMW with
Italian cars (2.0), French (1.9), Japanese (1.8), Swedish (1.6) and
Korean cars (1.5) trailing after."