We Florida BMW dealers have been looking forward to the 2013 calendar year for quite a while now, not because the models that came out in 2012 were bad (they were, in fact, universally awesome), but because some of the things on tap for '13 are, to put it bluntly, universally really awesome.

One of those things is the release of the 2014 BMW M6, which Forbes.com recently cited as one of the five?

The very first V12 engines were used in fighter planes during World War I, mostly because they were well-balanced and extremely powerful, which made a lot of sense for early flying machines.  There were even some zeppelins that used V12s, but cars were pretty early to the party, too.

Of course, just because V12s have been commonplace in luxury vehicles since the 1920s and 1930s, it doesn't mean that modern production versions of the…

Every year, Robb Report releases a list of luxury items that it considers to be the very top-of-the-line for that year.  The list is called, fittingly, "Best of the Best," and it draws its candidates from places and items that were already luxurious in the first place, selecting only the very, very best for its readers, who are usually looking for awesome things to spend money on.

The list includes vacation stuff, like resorts and…

There are some that say the BMW 3 Series is the best car ever created, and like all other Tampa BMW dealers, we have absolutely zero reason to argue with that.  Every detail of the car has so much thought put into it that every time we redesign the model, people scrutinize every square inch of the thing to decide if the changes were good ones.

But you know what never changes?  The badge on…

There are a heck of a lot of apps out there for the iPhone and iPad, but honestly, how many of them really do something useful?  Yes, we love the music provided by Pandora and the hours of mindless fun provided by Angry Birds, but are those really practical in improving the quality of our everyday lives?

With just a month left in 2011, BMW is ridiculously close to taking the luxury car crown for the year.  If a 1,600-vehicle lead is enough to stave off Mercedes-Benz, then the victory belongs to BMW.  There are those that say that winning isn't everything, but those people clearly don't have their lifeblood hinged on that triumph.

There's a reason behind every success story.  Apple, for example, sells more tablets than any other electronics manufacturer because the iPad is, quite simply, the best tablet on the market.  The Chicago Bulls won more championships in the 1990s than any other team because, frankly, Michael Jordan was the greatest player to ever suit up in shorts and a jersey.

And for six straight months, BMW has been at the fore of luxury auto?