{"id":129140,"date":"2015-08-20T09:57:32","date_gmt":"2015-08-20T07:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gtspirit.com\/?p=129140"},"modified":"2015-08-20T09:25:31","modified_gmt":"2015-08-20T07:25:31","slug":"updated-bmw-m235i-racing-spy-shots-emerge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/2015\/08\/20\/updated-bmw-m235i-racing-spy-shots-emerge\/","title":{"rendered":"Updated BMW M235i Racing Spy Shots Emerge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gtspiritmedia.com\/gtspirit\/uploads\/2015\/08\/bmw-235i-cup-update-003.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gtspiritmedia.com\/gtspirit\/uploads\/2015\/08\/bmw-235i-cup-update-003-696x385.jpg\" alt=\"Updated BMW 235i Cup \" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-129142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/bmw-235i-cup-update-003-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/bmw-235i-cup-update-003-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/bmw-235i-cup-update-003-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/bmw-235i-cup-update-003-1068x712.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/bmw-235i-cup-update-003.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A new and improved version of the BMW M235i Racing has just been spied undergoing testing at the famed Nurburgring Nordschleife in Germany. <\/p>\n<p>It is reported that the German marque has been prompted to release an updated version of the M235i Racing on the back of suggestions from customers. Apparently, some owners weren\u2019t impressed with the car\u2019s lack of stability and to help rectify this, BMW has fitted the following test mule with a large rear wing.<\/p>\r\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview\" id=\"ngg-gallery-16344-129140\">\r\n\r\n\r\n\t\r\n\t<!-- Thumbnails -->\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<div id=\"ngg-image-237333\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\"  >\r\n\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/bmw-235i-cup-spy-shots\/bmw-235i-cup-update-001.jpg\" title=\"Spy-Shots of Cars - This image has been optimized for a calibrated screen with a Gamma of 2.2 and a colour temperature og 6500\u00c2\u00b0K\" class=\"thickbox\" rel=\"set_16344\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Spy-Shots of Cars\" alt=\"Spy-Shots of Cars\" src=\"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/bmw-235i-cup-spy-shots\/thumbs\/thumbs_bmw-235i-cup-update-001.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"75\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n \t\t\r\n\t<div id=\"ngg-image-237334\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\"  >\r\n\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/bmw-235i-cup-spy-shots\/bmw-235i-cup-update-002.jpg\" title=\"Spy-Shots of Cars - 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Under the hood, the current BMW M235i Racing is powered by the same straight six-cylinder petrol engine as the road-going M235i. This unit displaces 2,979cc (3.0-liters) and pumps out an impressive 333 hp and 450 Nm of torque. The Racing spec car however has now been fitted with a racing exhaust and racing catalytic converters. It also features a BMW M Performance limited-slip differential, a new racing steering wheel with shift paddles and a TANK Motorsport racing-spec fuel tank.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new and improved version of the BMW M235i Racing has just been spied undergoing testing at the famed Nurburgring Nordschleife in Germany. It is reported that the German marque has been prompted to release an updated version of the M235i Racing on the back of suggestions from customers. Apparently, some owners weren\u2019t impressed with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":190,"featured_media":129141,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[79],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129140"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/190"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129140\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/129141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}