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The torsional rigidity is a critical parameter for a vehicle, which measures how many force you need to apply to “twist” the car body frame by one degree. Of course the larger of this value, the better.

From the consumer’s perspective, what is the benefit of a high torsional rigidity car body? A vehicle with high torsion rigidity will give the driver and passenger a more “solid” feel when the car is running, especially when the road is bumpy and has lots of potholes on it...

We are publishing live photos taken from the NY auto show. Here is the BMW section.

Please click at each thumbnail to see the full image.

It has been known to all for a while that BMW is going to sell the Alpina version of the 6 series Gran Coupe.

The key point is not only the Alpina car to be sold here in the US side. It sends us an important signal from BMW: the Bavarian auto maker finally feels necessary that it has a high performance version  AWD sedan in the market. Currenlty the BMW in-house performance branch “M”, is only providing rear-wheel-drive performance sedans and coupes.

Previously BMW never sold an Alpina version in US market, if there is already a M version being sold at the same time. For example we have BMW M3 here, so you will never see the Alpina B3 in the showroom...

Updated 04/16: one thing to those who are planning to purchase a X4, there is no RWD version available. The X4 will be solely AWD drivetrain.

Together with the 2015 M4, the X4 will bow at the same time.

The 2015 X4 will be equipped with the similar powerplant as its sibling X3, named X4 28i and X4 35i. The manufacturer claim the X4 35i can do 0-60mph in 5.2 seconds, with the less powerful 28i model 0.8 second slower.

Before we show you the official press release, you can download the detailed pricing of the new X4 in the following link:

2015 BMW X4 Pricing Sheet

And below is the press release.

Woodcliff Lake, NJ – April 3, 2014 6:00pm EDT/3:00pm PDT. . . The all-new BM...

If your car is totaled and you need to take care of it yourself, do not sell the whole car to the junk yard. To make the most of money out of it, you should disassemble the car into different parts (for example engine, transmission, wheels, interior panels, stereos etc.), and sell them seperately. The total money you get from selling these parts will be way more than you selling the car as a whole.

If you have doubt, you can find out all the part numbers related to your car, and go to the dealership to check each parts’ individual price. Then you add them together, and you will find the total sum will be much higher than your car’s MSRP.

So here comes the term of parts-w...