BMW Offers Flexible Payment Options to Hurricane Ike Victims

More than 14,000 clients of BMW Financial Services of North America in Texas and Louisiana may be eligible for the company’s flexible payment option as the German automaker attempts to give a helping hand to its customers that were hit by the disastrous Hurricane Ike. -Continued

"We know that customers living in the path of Hurricane Ike may have extensive damage to their homes and personal property. We don't want them to worry about making timely lease or loan payments at a time when their focus is recovering from this natural disaster," said Ed Robinson, President and CEO of BMW Financial Services, Americas Region. "We are able to work with each and every customer individually to arrive at a suitable payment schedule."

For more information, BMW owners can contact the company’s customer service center at 1-800-578-5000.

Update: Lamborghini Replaces Second Teaser Shot with Third One…

But wait a minute, what’s the difference between this image and the previous one revealed by Lamborghini earlier this morning? Well, aside from the erased background, as our Italian friends over at Autoblog.it pointed out, Lamborghini also removed the Pirelli P-Zero’s dimensions in the new photo. Even though Lamborghini replaced the original picture on their website with a new one, we still have the original photo.

Turn your head around and you’ll see that the front tire’s size is 295/30 ZR19, which is pretty big if you consider that the Gallardo LP560-4 and Murcielago LP560 are equipped with 235/35 ZR19 and 245/35 ZR18 sized tires up front respectively. Our Italian friends are guessing that this is because the Paris Show car will feature a front-mounted engine. -Continued

Now why would Lamborghini get into all that trouble replacing the original photo and together make us write a whole post about the… tire’s dimensions is something beyond us.

Via: Autoblog.it

Photos from the Ferrari California Presentation at Maranello and Los Angeles

Last night more than 2,000 special guests on both sides of the Atlantic witnessed the world premiere of the new Ferrari California. At the private airport of Santa Monica, where the US-American presentation was held, Ferrari actually auctioned off the first California for a whopping $520,000 with all proceeds going to charity. Such an event in California couldn’t be done without the presence of Conan the Governor aka Arnold Schwarzenegger and of course the usual celebrities including Brittny Gastineau, an actress and model we've never heard about but wouldn't mind getting acquainted with. -Continued

On the other side of the pond, the drop-top California was presented at Maranello in Italy by Ferrari President Luca di Montezemolo, together with the Scuderia Ferrari drivers Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa, who drove the car inside the new factory building and of course, Michael Schumacher who was involved in the development of the new GT.