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                    [Title] => 1 souped-up, blinged-up ride
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It’s not wrong to regard the 1 Series as the entry-level BMW line and, well, it’s not entirely true, either.

[DatePublished] => 2011-06-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1435777 [AuthorName] => Kap Maceda Aguila [SectionName] => Motoring [SectionUrl] => motoring [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 613750 [Title] => Gimme a 5 [Summary] =>

When members of the local motoring press were first introduced to BMW’s new 5 Series (known at BMW as the F10) a few months back, we were given the express permission to abuse and push a couple of units – within reason, of course – at the Batangas Racing Circuit.

[DatePublished] => 2010-09-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1435777 [AuthorName] => Kap Maceda Aguila [SectionName] => Motoring [SectionUrl] => motoring [URL] => http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/8395/mot1thumbe.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 576079 [Title] => X Factor: BMW X1 [Summary] =>

At nearly four million a pop, the only thing that’s entry-level about the X1 is its status in the BMW hierarchy.

[DatePublished] => 2010-05-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1125037 [AuthorName] => Andy Leuterio [SectionName] => Motoring [SectionUrl] => motoring [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 34122 [Title] => Still the Benchmark [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2007-12-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Motoring [SectionUrl] => motoring [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 335433 [Title] => Baby Warbucks [Summary] => More than ever, life, as we know it is getting increasingly uncomfortable.
[DatePublished] => 2006-05-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133192 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804717 [AuthorName] => Celine Lopez [SectionName] => Sunday Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => sunday-life [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 302625 [Title] => BMW launches Virtual Showroom for Certified Pre-Owned cars [Summary] => It used to be that if you’re in the market for a used car, you’d normally have to be prepared to scour every corner of the metro in search of that elusive gleaming first-owner, low-mileage, no-accident car of your dreams (and budget). And be prepared to encounter smooth-talking owners and middlemen who would be more than happy to slip you behind the wheel of a car that has more stories behind it than they’d care to disclose.
[DatePublished] => 2005-10-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1486156 [AuthorName] => Manny N. de los Reyes [SectionName] => Motoring [SectionUrl] => motoring [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 284023 [Title] => Spoiled for a night [Summary] => I have become what I hate the most. I have experienced being chauffeured around the metropolis in a late model luxury car, driven in a convoy of four other identical luxury cars and two back-up vehicles while the common folk in their, ahem, common cars are being parted by the sirens of our motorcycle police escorts. Normally, I hate being passed by convoys like this when I was the common folk, but this night, I’m Mr. Big and I’m beginning to love the preferential treatment. Well, actually, I absolutely love it.
[DatePublished] => 2005-06-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1460444 [AuthorName] => Lester Dizon [SectionName] => Motoring [SectionUrl] => motoring [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 274641 [Title] => Practical Looker: Mazda3 5-Door [Summary] => You’ve all read how good the Mazda3 is in this newspaper and in other publications as well, so we don’t need to elaborate on how refined the sport-tuned suspension is, how sharp and Bimmer-like the steering responds to your hands, how good it looks in and out. [DatePublished] => 2005-04-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1125037 [AuthorName] => Andy Leuterio [SectionName] => Motoring [SectionUrl] => motoring [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 272906 [Title] => Looking good while driving frugally [Summary] => It was a weekend any motoring journalist worth the high octane gasoline in his veins would look forward to. I had no assignment, no coverage and best of all, Lito German, the corporate communications director of BMW Group Philippines had scheduled me for a weekend test drive of the BMW Z4. I had my weekend plans set and was day dreaming of driving the Bavarian sports car down a lonely mountain road with the top down and the wind blowing in my hair.
[DatePublished] => 2005-04-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1460444 [AuthorName] => Lester Dizon [SectionName] => Motoring [SectionUrl] => motoring [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 269696 [Title] => BMW Z4: Roadster with attitude [Summary] => There are vehicles one wouldn’t mind taking for a spin and then there are vehicles one can’t help but salivate over. Over the holidays, BMW Philippines made sure that this writer did like the ubiquitous dog — saliva dripping, tongue wagging and all — as their BMW Z4 test unit spent no less than the entire length of the Christmas break in this writer’s care. [DatePublished] => 2005-03-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1274753 [AuthorName] => Dong Magsajo [SectionName] => Motoring [SectionUrl] => motoring [URL] => ) ) )
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