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Spy Shots: 2010 BMW 5-series interior We’ve seen plenty of spy shots for the new BMW 5-series, including a number of possible renderings for the final design, but this is the first time we get a good look at the new car’s interior. As the images reveal, the cabin of the 2010 5-series closely resembles the design of the current model although there are a few key differences. BMW’s engineers managed to cover up most of the details but we can still pick up a few vital clues about the new 5-series cabin. Designers have moved the i-drive... Article added: 2008-03-26 14:10:41 Article Views Rating: 241
U.S. to account for half of BMW X6 sales BMW has confirmed that its upcoming X6 crossover has been designed with the U.S. market primarily in mind, with official forecasts predicting up to half of the car’s annual production volume will be sold in the world’s biggest market. After the U.S., the next biggest markets for the X6 are Germany and the UK, which will account for a further 10% of sales. The information comes from BMW board member for corporate and brand development Friedrich Eichiner, who told Automotive News that 40,000 units... Article added: 2008-04-05 08:51:22 Article Views Rating: 250
U.S. to account for half of BMW X6 sales BMW has confirmed that its upcoming X6 crossover has been designed with the U.S. market primarily in mind, with official forecasts predicting up to half of the car’s annual production volume will be sold in the world’s biggest market. After the U.S., the next biggest markets for the X6 are Germany and the UK, which will account for a further 10% of sales. The information comes from BMW board member for corporate and brand development Friedrich Eichiner, who told Automotive News that 40,000 units... Article added: 2008-04-04 06:07:46 Article Views Rating: 263
Update: BMW denies struggle with cost cutting Update: BMW has responded to the reports of its difficulty in cutting its global overhead with a flat denial. The company says it has already had over 1,000 employees sign termination agreements, in stark contrast to the reports of only a few hundred terminations, first made by Germany’s Handelsblatt. BMW insists its plan to cut costs by 6 billion euros by 2012 is “fully on track”, according to Automotive News Europe. Original: Rising fuel costs and shrinking demand aren’t the... Article added: 2008-06-08 08:27:17 Article Views Rating: 189
Update: BMW will decide this year whether to sell engines Update: BMW will decide by the end of the year whether or not it will start selling engines to rival carmakers as negotiations with a number of parties are still taking place. Speaking with Automotive News, BMW board member Friedrich Eichiner said GM, Daimler and Fiat have all expressed interest in sourcing its engines. The move is part of BMW CEO Norbert Reithofer’s new strategy to develop other areas for generating profit, just don’t expect to find top end powerplants like the M range of... Article added: 2008-04-03 04:42:42 Article Views Rating: 141
Video: BMW’s ConnectedDrive in action Chrysler may end up being the first to market with an in-car internet solution, but BMW’s ConnectedDrive, announced in advance of this year’s Geneva Motor Show, is the first to bring us video of the system in action. An interesting point covered in the videos is that the internet service is routed through BMW proxies - meaning both that no anti-virus or other protective measures are needed, and that all traffic on your annual subscription will be going through a BMW computer before being... Article added: 2008-03-28 05:33:27 Article Views Rating: 157
Video: Inside BMW’s M3 V8 This latest promotional video for the BMW M3 gives us an inside look at one of the engine’s cylinders as it’s fired up, all captured by high-speed camera magic. To film the process, photographers had to dissect manifolds, shave cylinders and drill-in special lighting holes. In total, three V8 engines were sacrificed for the clip, which you can watch in full after the jump. [source] Article added: 2008-04-08 05:01:04 Article Views Rating: 130
Video: Inside BMW’s M3 V8 This latest promotional video for the BMW M3 gives us an inside look at one of the engine’s cylinders as it’s fired up, all captured by high-speed camera magic. To film the process, photographers had to dissect manifolds, shave cylinders and drill-in special lighting holes. In total, three V8 engines were sacrificed for the clip, which you can watch in full after the jump. [source] Article added: 2008-04-08 05:00:37 Article Views Rating: 132
Video: Inside BMW’s M3 V8 This latest promotional video for the BMW M3 gives us an inside look at one of the engine’s cylinders as it’s fired up, all captured by high-speed camera magic. To film the process, photographers had to dissect manifolds, shave cylinders and drill-in special lighting holes. In total, three V8 engines were sacrificed for the clip, which you can watch in full after the jump. [source] Article added: 2008-04-08 05:06:45 Article Views Rating: 132
2008 BMW M3 vs. 2008 Lexus IS F - Comparison Test “Competition,” said John D. Rockefeller, the founder of Standard Oil and an early poster child of the business monopoly, “is a sin.”He’d certainly be horrified by the competition going on these days among the makers of sports sedans. To many, these are the jewels of the high-performance market, and yet they seat at least four and don’t require fortunes associated with Google stock.Although the genre is deliciously broad, we’ll concentrate here on two cars: the cat’s meow of sports... Article added: 2008-04-12 22:12:07 Article Views Rating: 163 |
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