BMW and Daimler Seek Joint Purchasing in NAFTA
23 Mar 2009, 16:07 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The economic crisis keeps pulling two of the German car manufacturers closer together, as they try to elude the effects of the downfall. After going as far as trying to swap 7 percent in shares, BMW...
BMW Looking for Partner for Hybrid Car Batteries
23 Mar 2009, 13:28 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Rumors regarding BMW's evolution into the hybrid and electric car market have been around for a while but it appears that BMW is indeed looking for a partner for its hybrid car batteries. The n...
BMW Z2 Vision Concept First Look
20 Mar 2009, 14:53 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The new BMW Vision concept or the future Z2 compact roadster as it will probably be called when it enters series production got a new face today, as graphic artist Huckfeldt drew up the car for Germ...
New BMW 3 Series M Will Use 6 Cylinder Engines
20 Mar 2009, 14:41 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Even if it is a long time before we can see the future generation BMW 3 Series M, due for 2014, on the streets, Ludwig Willisch, the company's tuning division CEO gave some insight at a roundta...
BMW to Maintain Production Output Until 2012
20 Mar 2009, 10:14 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The economic crisis and financial credit decline car manufacturers have to deal with from some time now will not force BMW to scale down its production capability. Norbert Reithofer, BMW CEO, denied...
BMW 5 Series GT· Video of the Production Version
20 Mar 2009, 08:52 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / What may very well be Chris Bangle's last and final design (unless he left behind a shelf full of drawings) for German manufacturer BMW, the 5 Series GT, came back to haunt its detractors with ...
BMW Works on Megacity Electric Vehicle
19 Mar 2009, 13:19 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / German manufacturer BMW is looking into developing an entire near zero-emission range within a few years to tackle the growing demand both from consumers and legislators. The new vehicle, code named...
New MINI Small City Car in the Works
18 Mar 2009, 10:27 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / BMW Group's MINI is apparently considering designing a new small city car that could arrive on the market by 2011, the folks over at Auto Express reported quoting sources close to the matter. B...
BMW-Daimler Cross Ownership Will Not Happen
18 Mar 2009, 07:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The rumors that surfaced last week about BMW and Daimler seeking cross ownership in order to cut cost thus better coping with the economic crisis were confirmed today by Der Spiegel. Even so, this d...
Fiat and BMW Reportedly Developing Small Car
17 Mar 2009, 13:07 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Although they are often referred to as two of the most powerful automakers in Europe, it may seem like BMW and Fiat plan to join forces for designing a new small car model perfectly matching the col...
BMW Alpina D3 Bi-Turbo Saloon Hits UK Showrooms
17 Mar 2009, 09:38 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Saloon version of the Alpina D3 bi-turbo, an evolution of the D3 coupe, is available starting today in showrooms across the UK. The four door saloon is claimed to bring more performance and lowe...
BMW Canada Will Host a Comparison Event
17 Mar 2009, 10:21 UTC · By: Andrei Toma / BMW's Canadian branch will be hosting some events consisting of test driving and car comparison, called the BMW 3 Series Comparison Drive Events. There will be five BMW 3 Series models, includi...
Smoky BMW Freaks "America's Next Top Model" Midget Aspirants Out
16 Mar 2009, 14:32 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / This year's "America's Next Top Model" casting was truly special and that's not because the show on The CW network was opened exclusively to women under 5-feet-7 but because...
BMW's Level 10 Gaming Tower Concept Detailed
16 Mar 2009, 10:11 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Displayed last week at the CeBIT, the high-end gaming tower prototype released by BMW Group DesignworksUSA quickly gained everyone's attention. For those of you who missed the news, the gaming ...
BMW X5 M and X6 M Video Confirms Over 500 HP
16 Mar 2009, 08:25 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The beginning of the month brought unconfirmed news that the new versions of the X5 and X6, dubbed M, will bring along a boost in power. According to the source code behind the official mini site of...
New Info on the 2011 BMW 1 Series
16 Mar 2009, 08:12 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Even if BMW seems to have begun losing its designers one by one, the company has big plans for the next two-three years, especially because 2008 and 2009 have and will prove to be very dry years in ...
Karim Habib Leaves BMW for Mercedes
16 Mar 2009, 08:08 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After the departure (celebrated by some, mourned by others) of the famous/infamous Chris Bangle, at the time BMW’s chief designer, time has come for yet another one of the company’s empl...
BMW Hydrogen Engine for Increased Fuel Efficiency
15 Mar 2009, 09:49 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Developing new engine technologies that could be able to improve fuel efficiency and reduce CO2 emissions is one of the main tasks of most major automakers during these difficult times. And BMW&rsqu...
BMW Will Use CATIA to Develop Its Engines
13 Mar 2009, 08:47 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / All BMW's engine development efforts will rely on a single software platform, provided by Dassault Systemes, as the German manufacturer consolidated the use of the program in its research. BMW ...
More Info on the BMW 6 Series GT
13 Mar 2009, 07:52 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Although no official confirmation or details of BMW's 6 Series-based GT came from the German manufacturer yet, it would appear the car is coming in the near future. Even more, thanks to the sou...