DTM
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The cars will race under Class 1 rules already in use in DTM and due to be adopted by Super GT in 2020.
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DTM organizer proposes new race series for 1,000-horsepower EVs
The proposal calls for race cars with battery- and fuel cell-electric powertrains.
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Aston Martin Vantage to race in DTM
The German touring car series known as DTM has welcomed Aston Martin as the newest manufacturer to join. DTM organizers announced Thursday that Aston Martin will be represented by Team R-Motorsport which will field race cars based on the Vantage sports car perhaps as early as the 2019 season. The...
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A DTM race car is the best way to leave your wedding
Marco Engel is living his best life. The 32-year-old German gent has been racing under the Mercedes-AMG colors for some time now. Over the course of his career, Engel has competed in karting, GT racing, V8 Supercars, the various major endurance races, Formula E, and DTM. That last one is important...
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With Mercedes leaving DTM, Audi and BMW say they may follow
Following Mercedes-Benz's shock decision to pull out of DTM (German Touring Car Championship) in favor of a factory Formula E team, Audi and BMW said they're considering pulling out of the sport too. Consequently, DTM could be in serious trouble. The DTM series consists of Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and...
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Mercedes-Benz to ditch DTM for Formula E
Mercedes-Benz has confirmed its entry into the electric car racing series that is the Formula E Championship. The German automaker, which in recent years has dominated Formula 1, will be lining up on the grid for Formula E’s 2019/2020 season, the series’ sixth. Close rival BMW will...
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Marco Wittmann became the first BMW driver in the history of the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters to win two Drivers’ Championships. Having won the title in 2014, he was again crowned champion on Sunday, after finishing fourth in the final race of the 2016 DTM season, held at the Hockenheimring, behind the wheel of a BMW M4-based race car. To celebrate, BMW has unveiled a special edition model called the M4 DTM Champion Edition. Based on the M4, the car gets a few special touches including a design that mimics the M4 DTM racer. Under the hood is the powertrain of the M4 GTS, complete with a...
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Audi Celebrates DTM Participation With Special A5
Audi competes in the German touring car series DTM with a race car based on its A5 coupe, and in recent years the automaker has celebrated this participation with special versions of the road car. The latest is the A5 DTM Selection, which will be built in a limited run of just 50 cars and sold...
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2017 Mercedes-AMG C63 Coupe Edition 1 And 2016 C63 DTM Racer Revealed
Mercedes-Benz’s sexy new C-Class Coupe and its high-performance C63 variant from Mercedes-AMG will arrive in showrooms early next year. However, other markets will receive the vehicles shortly after their debut this month at the 2015 Frankfurt Auto Show. To treat the early bird buyers...
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Mercedes-AMG Teases 2016 DTM Racer Based On New C63 Coupe
Mercedes-AMG is set to unleash on the market a new generation of its C63 Coupe early next year, and it’s been confirmed that the muscular two-door will also form the basis of the Mercedes-AMG DTM Team’s new race car for the 2016 season of the popular Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters touring...
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D Is For Donuts: DTM Champ Takes Cookie Monster For Spin In Updated BMW 1-Series
Sure, these videos are in German. But figuring out what's happening here is about as easy as eating pretzels and drinking beer. Like anything featuring Cookie Monster, they're both good for a laugh. MUST WATCH: YOU SAVED IT! YOU MOTHER#@#$%R!!: Video The first one has the most action. Because, in a...
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BMW Celebrates DTM Championship Win With Special Edition M4: Video
After losing out to Audi last year, BMW is back in the winner’s circle of the popular touring car series DTM. Both the 2014 Drivers’ and Teams’ titles went to the Munich-based firm, thanks to top driver Marco Wittmann and BMW Team RMG. Following the conclusion of the final race at...
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On Tuesday a promotional event involving Mercedes-Benz racing drivers Pascal Wehrlein and Nico Rosberg went horribly wrong, with two people needing to be taken to hospital. Wehrlein, a DTM driver, and Rosberg, current points leader in the 2014 Formula One World Championship, were driving in separate Mercedes-Benz cars on a stretch of road in northern Italy when Wehrlein in the lead car collided with two pedestrians. Wehrlein’s car was a prototype for the upcoming C63 AMG while Rosberg was in a new GLA-Class. As part of the event soccer players from Germany’s World Cup team...
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BMW Individual Designs M6 For DTM Racer
We're sure there are downsides to being a professional racing driver, but it's fair to say the upsides probably cancel these out somewhat. You get paid to drive cars quickly around race tracks, for a start, but the jet-set lifestyle, adoration from fans around the world and healthy income can't be...
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Watch The 2014 BMW M4 DTM Race Car In New Promo Video
The BMW M4 coupe DTM race car has begun testing.
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2014 Audi RS 5 DTM Race Car Revealed
The 2014 Audi RS 5 DTM will try to defend the company's championship title.
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2014 BMW M4 DTM Is Ready To Race
BMW’s new M4 coupe has spawned a racing version destined to compete in the popular German touring car series DTM. All BMW teams currently competing in DTM will switch to the new bodystyle for the 2014 season, with the current M3 Coupe-based car being retired. Unlike the road-going M4, the new...
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Chris Harris Drives A BMW M3 DTM Race Car: Video
See what Chris Harris thinks of the BMW M3 DTM in this latest video.
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Audi is celebrating the granting of the 2013 DTM championship title to its star driver Mike Rockenfeller, by launching a special edition A5. Rockenfeller earned the title, his first in DTM, behind the wheel of a 2013 Audi A5 DTM race car fielded by factory team Audi Sport Team Phoenix. The special edition is called the “A5 DTM Champion” and is available exclusively with the regular A5, meaning not the more potent S5 and RS 5 models. Buyers will also be limited to just three colors: Misano red, Daytona gray and Glacier white. Unique elements include DTM badges on the door sills...
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DTM Racing Coming To North America
If you’re a fan of European racing, you’re certainly familiar with the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (German Touring Car Masters) series, or as it’s more commonly referred to, the DTM. Like our own NASCAR Sprint Cup series, its concept is relatively simple: race V-8-equipped...
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Executive Shuffle At Mercedes Motorsport Continues, Kubica Tests DTM Car
Following the resignation of its longstanding motorsport chief Norbert Haug at the end of 2012, and the recent appointment of Formula One legend Niki Lauda as chairman of its F1 team, Mercedes-Benz has now announced another shakeup in the executive lineup at its motorsport division. Austrian Toto...
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BMW Celebrates DTM Win With Special-Edition M3 Coupe
Only 54 of these DTM Champion Edition M3 Coupes will be built.
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BMW Factory Driver Augusto Farfus Takes His Wife To Work: Video
Augusto Farfus is a Brazilian racing driver who currently gets paid by BMW to campaign an M3 in the DTM series. While Farfus may look young, his resume includes stints in the World Touring Car Championship from 2005 - 2010, a season in the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup in 2011 and two entries into...
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After Nearly Two Decades, BMW Returns To DTM: Video
On Sunday, April 29, BMW will return to the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) series for the first time since the 1994 season. Granted, that absence includes the three-year-period from 1997 through 1999 when the DTM series was on hiatus, but that doesn’t make Sunday’s race at...
Kurt Ernst