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The news coming from the worlds oldest car magazine (yes, thats the same one that had the Auto Cars Concept on the Alfa Romeo 4C), is that BMW Ms division is committed to rear wheel drive.

BMW M boss Friedrich Nitschke spoke to the publication about the matter during last months Detroit Auto Show: "Our philosophy in regards to steering feel and precision is that rear-wheel drive is the best solution," he said. "xDrive brings an 80-90kg weight penalty and the M differential is the industry’s best rear-drive set-up."

Well, we guess neither Nitschke nor Autocar have ever heard about the…BMW X5 M and X6 M, or the M135i xDrive, M550d xDrive and the X6 50d xDrive (granted; the Bavarian company describes the last three as "Powered by M" and "M Performance" models, but they still carry the "M" nameplate anyway).

During the interview, Nitschke added that the M brand will continue to offer manual gearboxes as long as theres demand, and that there are no "imminent plans" to offer an M3 version of the new 3-Series Gran Turismo.

Articles Source : Carscoop

Since the beginning of July, Infiniti has been releasing a teaser photo of its new 2013 JX luxury crossover every single week and will continue to do so until the official unveiling at this years Pebble Beach Concours dElegance event in Monterey, California, on August 18.
For this weeks menu, we get the fifth picture that shows the 7-seater models rear end in all its glory but nothing else more. You can check out the rest of the images of the 2013 Infiniti JX right after the break.







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