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Main > Car Makers News > BMW > Gigantic BMW 750Li defies physics, handles like a dream | detnews.com | The Detroit News DRESDEN, Germany -- My driving partner and I were in the vicinity of Chemnitz, a somewhat dire little city in the former East Germany known for its alcoholism and an enormous monument to Karl Marx. Naturally, we had to see it. "Bitte, kennen Sie, wo ist der grossen Kopf vom Karl Marx?" we asked passers-by. The former East Germans, standing in chilly drizzle, were delighted to help the capitalist running dogs in their gigantic limousine, a 2009 BMW 750Li. They pointed us down one of the main streets --... Full article... Article added: 2009-01-03 09:19:45 Article Views Rating: 232 Main > Car Makers News > BMW > BMW Announces Price Increases For 2009 December 22, 2008…BMW of North America, LLC announced today an average price increase of 0.7 percent for BMW vehicles sold in the U.S. effective January 1, 2009. This action is driven by the ongoing structural and economical changes in the market place. It will ensure revenue generation for the company’s U.S. operations and help to protect the quality of business.Pricing for the new Advanced Diesel vehicles remain unchanged. The all new 335d and X5 xDrive35d were launched recently and have... Full article... Article added: 2008-12-24 05:44:22 Article Views Rating: 251 Main > Car Makers News > BMW > BMW X1 going on sale in Oct. 2009 The BMW X1 prototypes are currently undergoing some extreme cold weather testing and according to Auto Motor und Sport, the smaller and more agile SAV will make its production debut at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor show with sales to begin in Oct. 2009.Insiders say that the production version of the X1 will be very close to the concept X1 we saw at the 2008 Paris Motor Show. Measuring about 4.50 meters, the X1 will be significantly shorter than its bigger X3 sibling and about 10 centimeters longer than the... Full article... Article added: 2008-12-24 05:44:20 Article Views Rating: 238 Main > Car Makers News > Nash > Nash gave drivers a lot of car for the money | detnews.com | The Detroit News While all but forgotten today, the Nash motor vehicle had a production run of nearly 50 years. Never a threat to the Big Three, the hardy Nash was still able to win over millions of drivers with such automotive firsts as the seat belt, unibody construction and an innovative air conditioning system that was much ahead of its time. Never sexy, the "inverted bathtub-shaped" Nash was able to sustain itself in an extremely competitive industry by culling its reputation as being a solid, reliable mode of... Full article... Article added: 2008-12-24 05:44:15 Article Views Rating: 176 Main > Auto Shows > Other > Russian Nikolai Fomenko, introduced its own super сar Russian super car. That sounds not so, but has the right to exist. And why not? Maybe if the cars are not all as smoothly as I would like to, since «athletes» something so it will turn out. Especially when one considers that in designing the machine took an active part showman and driver Nikolai Fomenko.A car with a patriotic name Marussia appeared before audiences as large as life although, as a watch on 16 December in New Manezh. Wants to look at the first native serial super car gained a... Full article... Article added: 2008-12-23 09:35:00 Article Views Rating: 322 Main > Auto Shows > Other > Mazda Furai Concept It's called Furai, and designer Franz von Holzhausen says it's supposed to look like streamers fluttering in the wind. It's the fifth concept in Mazda's Nagare flow series and the visual realization of zoom zoom. If you say so, Franz.But then the car comes roaring down Laguna Seca's pit lane. I can't find the words. It looks so...so...bitchin! I've regressed to sputtering seventh-grade superlatives.Wicked. Sick. Badass, yo.Furai's a concept that's breathtakingly simple on paper, yet fiendishly... Full article... Article added: 2008-12-22 11:42:42 Article Views Rating: 270 Main > Car Makers News > Mercedes-Benz > World Premier Of The Mercedes-Benz SLR Stirling Moss After battling nearly a foot of snow to get to work this morning I have finally arrived at my office, only to be greeted by the news that Mercedes has officially taken the wraps off a model that up until now has been known as the Mercedes-Benz SLR Speedster. It's new, official name is actually the Mercedes-Benz SLR Stirling Moss, and in case you haven't already guessed, it's modeled after the legendary driver Stirling Moss' Mille Miglia winning SLR 300.In many ways, the SLR Stirling Moss is exactly what... Full article... Article added: 2008-12-22 05:54:37 Article Views Rating: 257 Main > Car Makers News > Audi > Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz. Which one? I really want to ask the Autospies community about which is the best of the three main luxury brands in Germany - Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz. Now, before Michael Taylor comes around to say that some crap SC 430 is better than all of them, I must remind people that this is the 3 main GERMAN brands. Last time I checked, Lexus isn't German, so don't bring other brands into the question please.I think that Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz have the tightest rivalry in the auto industry. Mercedes-Benz are big on... Full article... Article added: 2008-12-22 05:54:30 Article Views Rating: 171 Main > Car Makers News > BMW > Autobild drives the BMW X1 xDrive30i One of the latest BMW concepts that stirred up a lot of controversy between the bimmer fans, is the X1 Concept. The BMW X1, in a concept form, was unveiled at the Paris Auto Show in October. A concept that many people believe will not be as useful or successful as BMW predicts. But that’s another story for another day.Since the X1 production version has not been yet unveiled, there weren’t any test drives conducted by press media. The folks at Autobild were given by BMW the privilege to join them at... Full article... Article added: 2008-12-22 05:54:29 Article Views Rating: 140 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Guilt-free speedster: Tesla turns electricity into fine art | detnews.com | The Detroit News LOS ANGELES -- When Tesla Motors offered me a chance to get behind the wheel of its roadster, I couldn't turn them down. I had heard and read about the amazing electric car from California -- zero emissions, instant torque, and blistering fast speed. It's the guilt-free green speedster. There was no way I was going to miss the chance. Walking into the Tesla showroom in L.A., I was surprised at how small the roadster looked. It's built with Lotus and while there's a Lotus look to it, only 7 percent of... Full article... 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