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BMW's R 100 RS proved a surprisingly success, produced until 1992 after making a return due to popular demand, proving competitive well past it's era...

Motorcycles typically have a simple and recognizable core body plan. But this hasn't stopped creative attempts to redefine them, and some are strange indeed.

Ian Falloon takes a look at one of BMW's most eye-catching designs, the K1. A really out there machine that didn't quite land...

Über 130 Tote bei Unwettern in Deutschland Luftbilder von in Erftstadt-Blessem südwestlich von Köln zeigen Erdrutsche von gewaltigem Ausmass. Häuser wurden mitgerissen und verschwanden. Mainz / Köln - Noch ist das ganze Ausmass der Hochwasserkatastrophe im Westen Deutschlands immer noch nicht absehbar. Bislang sind über 130 Todesopfer zu beklagen. Die Zahl dürfte sich aber angesichts mehrere Dutzend von Vermissten noch erhöhen. In der Nacht auf Samstag ist ein Damm des Flusses Rur, ein Nebenfluss der Maas, gebrochen. Rettungskräfte mussten deshalb 700 Menschen in Sicherheit... Den vo...

Rainy days In 1969 Hans Muth was a designer at Ford, who were based in the Rhineland, and while he enjoyed the job the weather was rubbish. All of his friends told him he should move to Bavaria for the mountains and it helped that the local car company was on the up and up. Before long Muth upped sticks to Munich and found himself as the Head of Interior Design for BMW’s car division. As a treat, he bought a cottage high up in the mountains and so he could get there, he bought one of those new-fangled 4x4 things (don’t worry – this will make sense later). Soon after though, his attentio...