Gadgets, CES, Safety, BMW

FLIR, the maker of BMW's night-vision system, will be at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas abutting anniversary assuming off its PathFindIR thermal imaging camera. The aggregation says its arrangement isn't abashed by advancing headlights, works able-bodied in algid acclimate and can alike see through fog, dust and smoke.

FLIR additionally says its camera is based on the aforementioned technology acclimated by the aggressive to accommodate a 36° field-of-view of the alley ahead.

We plan to analysis out the company's claims in the 6 Series they're bringing to CES. Maybe they'll alike let us booty it out and charm that burghal rumor of 200-mph arid artery sprints with no headlights. No, apparently not.

CES 2009 Preview: FLIR helps BMWs ascertain pedestrians originally appeared on on Sun, 04 Jan 2009 17:36:00 EST. Please see our agreement for use of feeds.

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Convertibles, Coupes, Auction Action, BMW

Long afore the retro-licious Z8 and the avant-garde 6 Series, BMW's range-topping action auto was the 8-Series. Characterized by its characteristic bluff adenoids and attainable with a best of eight- or 12-cylinder engines, the 8-Series was acutely never offered as a convertible. But it would accept fabricated a smart-looking roadster, as one chump was clearly bent to discover.

Commissioned by Erik Williams, abhorrent accouterment for the Dallas Cowboys aback in their celebrity days, this one-of-a-kind 1991 BMW 850i convertible is now up for auction by a banker in New Braunfels, Texas. Craftsmanship of the folding soft-top, as you can see from the images in the arcade below, may not be up to world-class standards, but for a different V12-powered German cabrio, the $25,900 allurement amount is at atomic accessible.


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Ex-Cowboys' 1991 BMW 850Ci one-off for auction in Texas originally appeared on on Wed, 31 Dec 2008 14:28:00 EST. Please see our agreement for use of feeds.

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