So it comes as no surprise when this particular BMW M4 came into focus, which will be handled by both MM Performance and 3D Design.

For now, we don’t have the full picture, as the only details we can present is just what you can also see for yourself in the photos presented by the tuners. On the visual part of the build, 3D Design stepped up and the aftermarket specialist did a good job on the BMW M4.

The new parts include a new front splitter, a rear trunk spoiler and even a nice set of in house wheels. At the back they added a diffuser and a nice new exhaust system. The performance aspect of the build was not presented yet to the general public, and for now, your guess is just as good as mine, but we can expect some form of performance upgrade too.

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And while I can’t really speak for them, I imagine they weren’t all that impressed, and here’s why.

First off, we have to take into consideration that with the introduction of the BMW 2 and 4 Series, the company has not only just better differentiate they models, while working to reduce the number of underlying platforms, but they also went with the design language in a different direction.

By that reasoning, you would expect the artist to depict the future BMW M2 to take into consideration what the 2 Series looks like, and more importantly, what the BMW M3 and M4 look like now. That doesn’t seem to happen here. More so, if you are too look at the air intakes or the carbon fiber roof, this looks more like a tuning project than a preview of the BMW M2. And if we are to judge the rendering from that perspective, we could be a bit more lenient. It does look like something a lot of people would actually buy in order to tune their car.

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And for good reason, too, as this kit caters to the F31 BMW 3 Series Touring, a model that is not that popular among enthusiasts.

And if that wasn’t enough, the kit itself doesn’t bring that much of a change to the vehicle. Just enough to spruce things up while still maintaining the practical side of the BMW 3 Series Touring. Basically, it’s for the dads that want to look better taking kids to school.

Aesthetic wise, Hamann went with a nice aero kit, comprised of a front spoiler and a rear diffuser. To that, the aftermarket specialist added a new suspension system, which lowers the car by 30 mm, and a set of in-house wheels. For that extra something, you can also get an ECU upgrade and a 4 tip exhaust. The ECU upgrade is available for all engines residing in the F31 BMW 3 Series Touring.

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So imagine my disappointment when I saw the BMW i8 the aftermarket specialist brought to the Essen Motor Show.

While the other BMW models have seen some serious kits, the BMW i8 seems to severely lack such a kit. At first look, the one Manhart brought to Essen 2014 held a lot of promise, then you get into it and realize not much has been done to it. Neither from a performance point of view nor aesthetic wise.

Manhart did a great job with the painjob, taking a grey base and applying some yellow accents. These work wonders with the already awesome design of the BMW i8. For a more complete look, they also lowered the stance by 30 mm and added some Manhart wheels. That is pretty much it. The interesting fact about this project is the promise that comes with it: it seems that Manhart plans to mess around with the powerhouse, and this would make them the first tuners to try it.

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The guys from 3D Design and Studie Japan are responsible in part for this, as they have brought yet another tuning project for the BMW i3.

We all know how much Japanese love kei cars, so it sort of makes sense why there is so much love for the small city car. The tuning kit contains only aesthetic upgrades, as no aftermarket specialist has yet to meddle with the powertrain. That being said, this particular kit is quite awesome.

First off, it is obvious that the tuners decided to go with a new paint job, sporting a Fire Orange color, and an interesting design. Along with a set of MAK wheels, the BMW i3 also received a lowering kit, bringing the car closer to earth by 30mm. The fitted a new roof spoiler as well as a new front lip spoiler, which is nicely complemented by a redesigned grille. Inside we find more of the same theme, as much of the upholstery has been dyed orange. The seats were replaced by Recaro LX-F seats, and as a final nice touch, the BMW active sounds was set to be able to reproduce the sounds of an inline 6, V8, V10 or even a V12 engine.

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Called the GTRS4, the kit is now ready for discerning customers, and the aftermarket specialist released it with a ton of photos.

As pretty much every wide body kit out there, the main point of this project is to drastically alter the visual aspect of the car, and I’d say Vorsteiner managed to do that quite well. That being said, it is not easy to improve on the aspect of a car that is just awesome out the factory.

But just because the GTRS4 kit for the BMW M4 looks awesome, it doesn’t mean it doesn’t also have some functionality. While this might be a bit hard to grasp, it seems that the bigger body parts actually help improve the drag coefficient of the car. In plainest terms, the BMW M4 equipped with Vorsteiner’s kit is better at directing airflow around the car. But enough talking about it and just take a look at the massive photo library provided by the tuner.

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While their offer is not that impressive, Mode Carbon did a good job with what they offer.

What is that, exactly? Well, it seems that the tuner, like many BMW enthusiasts out there, think that the original look of the M3 and M4 is quite good by itself, so not much alteration is needed. Thus they only came out with a simple front splitter that give that extra edge without the risk of damaging the look.

That being said, the Mode Carbon splitter did take a bit of work to build. You have to take into consideration the fact that even in stock form, the F8x BMW M3 and M4 are quite close to the ground. So adding a new extra piece under the front bumper might cause problems. But the tuner did all they could so that you can still use the car everyday without the risk of scraping the ground.

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But there are still tuners out there that have yet to show us what they are made of, and one of them is Noelle Motors.

Their tuning kit for the BMW M4 deals exclusively with performance upgrade, and from the first looks, it sounds quite good. Like many other tuners, Noelle Motors also offers its kit in three different variations, or Stages, each more potent and more expensive than the other.

Thus, the first stage for the BMW M4 offers some engine fiddling, taking power outputs from 425 Hp to a more respectable 517 Hp. This is in itself quite potent considering it comes from a tuner we haven’t really heard anything about. Moving on to the stage 2 kit, the BMW M4 is taken to 540 Hp, while the third and final stage will give the Bimmer 560 Hp. If that is not quite enough, Noelle Motors decided to sweeten the deal by removing the top limiter on all four kits, allowing the BMW M4 to go beyond 300 km/h.

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Unfortunately, the BMW i8 fall into these categories, and while we do enjoy how it looks, we could do with some aftermarket parts.

Considering the powertrain, I can understand why tuner didn’t try any performance upgrades, but I would have expected by now for at least a serious body kit to have been announced, maybe even produced. Of course, some attempts have been made to upgrade the looks of the BMW i8, but these mostly include just a new pair of wheels.

This is exactly that kind of build, and we appreciate the effort, but we can’t help but feel a bit disappointed that no one wants to take the chance. Exotic Euro Cars did choose a very nice set of wheels, namely from Forgiato, and they work quite nicely on the BMW i8. Other than that, nothing else was done to the hybrid, and so the wait starts again, until a nice tuning project will eventually emerge.

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And while they do not offer the fastest builds, nor the best visual upgrades, what they offer is high quality cars.

Abu Dhabi’s BMW dealership has already established itself as the most luxurious one in the world, and it has done so in a very short time. Now, it seems, they managed to get their hands on an Alpina B6 Gran Coupe, which is one of the best Alpina builds out there.

This is so for a few reasons. First off, the B6 Gran Coupe is the only Alpina that is faster that the base model’s M Division variant. The B6 Gran Coupe is also the fastest car in Alpina’s arsenal so far, with its 4.4 liter twin turbo V8 outputting some 540 Hp and 730 Nm of torque. Also being equipped with BMW’s xDrive system, the Alpina B6 Gran Coupe is a real monster on the road. And just to make things more interesting, this particular unit also has a vented hood from another renowned BMW tuner, namely Manhart. I just can’t wait to see what will Abu Dhabi get next.

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