Tag Archives: BMW
BMW and VW Results Show Money Is Still in Selling Luxury Cars
Posted on 13. Mar, 2010 by Christopher.
The market for luxury cars is recovering, but makers of the lower-priced cars that most people drive could struggle with meager profits for years to come. That was the message to be drawn from earnings reports released by Bayerische Motoren Werke and Volkswagen on Thursday. BMW said that its car division returned to profit in [...]
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BMW X5 with More Power, Efficiency and Luxury
Posted on 07. Feb, 2010 by Christopher.
The new BMW X5 will be more powerful, more efficient and more luxurious, raising the bar again in the luxury SUV segment and ensuring BMW remains the benchmark. Local specifications, standard equipment levels and pricing are expected to increase over the current model and will be confirmed closer to the vehicle’s mid-year launch. The changes [...]
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BMW 5 Series Gran Turismo Launched in Hong Kong
Posted on 26. Dec, 2009 by Mack.
The BMW 5 Series Gran Turismo gets its unveiling in Hong Kong.
The BMW 5 Series Gran Turismo made its first public appearance in Hong Kong when it poked its head out at the Spasso Bar in Harbour City. Held earlier this month, the event marked the launch of the model in Hong Kong. A multitude [...]
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BMW is 2009’s Top-Selling Luxury Car Maker
Posted on 12. Dec, 2009 by Christopher.
Great news for BMW:
BMW AG (BMW.XE) is poised to retain the crown as the world’s best-selling luxury car maker in 2009 after it reported an 11% rise in sales at its core brand in November, the latest sign that the market recovery in the premium segment is firming up. “Since September, sales have been back [...]
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Neutkens Collection of BMW Bikes on the Block
Posted on 26. Nov, 2009 by Mack.
A look at the upcoming auction for one of the greatest collection of BMW motorcycles in the world.
One of the world’s greatest collections of classic BMW motorcycles, assembled by the world famous collector Willy Neutkens, who passed away last year, will be auctioned off by Bonhams on Nov. 28th at the BMW Museum in [...]
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BMW to Build New China Plant on Luxury-Car Demand
Posted on 12. Nov, 2009 by Christopher.
BMW announced Thursday it and Brilliance Automotive will build another plant at Shenyang at a cost of EUR560 million. The Munich-based car maker and its partner already operate one plant there with annual production capacity of 41,000 vehicles. “Our plant has reached its capacity limit, so we are now taking the next step,” said BMW [...]
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BMW M3 GTR – Tommy Milner’s Need For Speed
Posted on 06. Nov, 2009 by Christopher.
BMW driver Tommy Milner explains the adrenalin-kick you get by driving a BMW M3. In cooperation with Need For Speed Shift.
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2010 BMW ActiveHybrid 7 Reviewed
Posted on 29. Oct, 2009 by Christopher.
Let’s call BMW’s new system Hybrid Light and Power Plus. It adds a 15-kilowatt (20 horsepower) electric motor to the potent twin-turbo V8 in order to reduce fuel consumption and emissions. It also produces what BMW calls the “fastest-accelerating hybrid sedan in the world,” thanks to a combined power output of 455 hp, which enables [...]
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BMW Goes Gasoline-Electric with ActiveHybrid X6
Posted on 21. Oct, 2009 by Mack.
Robb Report looks at the 2010 BMW ActiveHybrid X6.
Most gasoline-electric hybrids are all about fuel economy, cars that resolutely eschew any notion of driving pleasure for the intangible satisfaction of big MPGs. That’s not so much the case with the 2010 BMW ActiveHybrid X6, a four-door, fastback-styled “sports activity coupe” that has no qualms about [...]
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BMW – The Simple Concept
Posted on 11. Oct, 2009 by Christopher.
At the BMW Group, Simple is the acronym for sustainable and innovative mobility product for low energy consumption, a vehicle concept combining features and advantages of both motorcars and motorcycles. The concept owes its protective passenger compartment to motorcars whereas the streamline shape, the two occupants seated one behind the other and the uniquely driving [...]
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BMW Brings Back the C1, and This Time It’s Electric
Posted on 08. Oct, 2009 by Christopher.
Here’s Wired with the report:
The concept shown above will most likely never be seen in a showroom, but BMW hasn’t abandoned their interest in safe urban scooters. “This BMW Motorrad study is likely to remain the only model of its kind,” the company said in a statement. “Nevertheless, findings from the project will find their [...]
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BMW Ring-Taxi, The “Green Hell”.
Posted on 03. Oct, 2009 by Christopher.
The Nürburgring’s Nordschleife is widely regarded as the most spectacular, most challenging and longest race track in the world. Those who want to experience the “Green Hell” can do so by lapping the circuit in the passenger seat of the BMW Ring-Taxi, the powerful BMW M5.
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Luxury car market may never look the same
Posted on 28. Sep, 2009 by Christopher.
Here’s MSNBC with the report:
Timing is everything, or so goes the old saying. And the timing couldn’t have been worse for BMW when it launched an all-new version of its flagship 7-Series, late last year.
Though the big sedan won praise from reviewers, sales fell way short of the luxury automaker’s expectations. It didn’t help that [...]


