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Concept Car of the Week: BMW Turbo (1972)

Built by Michelotti in Turin and unveiled at the 1972 Paris motor show, the BMW Turbo was built both as a symbol of the carmaker's strength after its troubles in the ‘60s and as a celebration of that summer's Olympic Games in Munich. This two-door coupe, based on a modified 2002 chassis with a mid-mounted engine, was born when BMW's design director Paul Bracq convinced the board to let him design a concept that would be part design exercise, part technology testbed. Safety had become an increasingly important consideration following a number of design summits in the early ‘70s, and Bracq used the Turbo to test out a number of safety solutions.

General Motors is dropping corporate logo from all vehicles

General Motors is dropping the GM logo on its cars and trucks. The badge is a small silver square with "GM" embossed on it. It's usually on the lower edge of the front fenders.

BMW 5 Series Touring (2010 / 2011) leaks

First leaked images of the 2010 / 2011 BMW 5-Series Touring It was November last year when BMW officially revealed the 2010 BMW 5 Series and the first cars are due to hit the roads around now. But what we don’t have yet – as is usual – is the estate or performance version. But we can now sort the 5 Series Estate, with the reveal this morning of the first official pictures of the 2011 BMW 5 Series Touring.