Heidfeld In Favor or Salary Reduction in F1
26 Jan 2009, 15:55 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Unlike Ferrari's Felipe Massa, fellow F1 driver Nick Heidfeld reckons that all F1 drivers should consider a cut in salaries in times of economic regression such as these. With everybody talking...
Bavaria Yachtbau, BMW Present Deep Blue 46, High Performance Motorboat
26 Jan 2009, 15:47 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / BMW Group DesignworksUSA and Bavaria Yachtbau GmbH, a leading yacht manufacturer in Europe, today announced their first motorboat resulting from the collaboration: the Deep Blue 46 which will be dis...
Heidfeld Changes Helmet Ahead of 2009 Season
21 Jan 2009, 11:39 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / We don't know if Nick Heidfeld will use a different racing approach throughout the upcoming season, but we do know that he will start his new F1 campaign with a brand new helmet. The German mig...
Kubica Eyes Perfect Season Opener
21 Jan 2009, 10:30 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Robert Kubica didn't reveal much of his personal goals for the upcoming season, admitting that the only thing he really cares about is for BMW to have a strong start in 2009. The Pole put the 2...
BMW Cuts Down Production While Securing Jobs
20 Jan 2009, 16:07 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / It was high time we heard about BMW's extreme measures to fight the current economic crisis. In fact, their silence regarding possible solutions to cope with the hard times was more than surpri...
BMW Defend KERS Debut
20 Jan 2009, 15:50 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / On the occasion of BMW Sauber's unveiling of their 2009 challenger – the F1.09 – in Valencia earlier today, BMW's motorsport director Mario Theissen took the opportunity to ans...
BMW to Make Budget Cuts in 2009
20 Jan 2009, 14:45 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Despite investing a lot in developing their Kinetic Energy Recovery System last year, BMW Sauber revealed that they managed to cut their budget by almost 30% between 2005 and 2008. Not only that, bu...
Credit Suisse End Sponsorship of BMW Sauber
20 Jan 2009, 10:52 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / BMW may have a lot going for them ahead of the upcoming Formula 1 campaign, but one of those things does not refer to sponsorship deals. While unveiling their 2009 challenger in Valencia earlier tod...
BMW Sauber Reveal new F1.09
20 Jan 2009, 10:10 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / BMW Sauber have launched their 2009 challenger, the F1.09, in Valencia, Spain. They are the 6th team to launch their 2009-spec car this month, following car launches from Ferrari, McLaren, Toyota, R...
Briatore: BMW Are to Blame for Early KERS
20 Jan 2009, 08:15 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Flavio Briatore blames BMW Sauber for not agreeing with the other constructors on the postponement of the Kinetic Energy Recovery System. The Renault boss insisted that using KERS this season is ill...
BMW Receives Two 10 Best Engines Awards
19 Jan 2009, 14:25 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / BMW proudly announced today that two of its engines, namely the 3.0-liter twin-turbocharged DOHC inline-6 and the BMW Advanced Diesel with BluePerformance technology, received two 10 Best Engines aw...
New York City Gets Electric MINIs
19 Jan 2009, 14:02 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / New York City mayor Michael R. Bloomber today announced in his State-of-the-City speech that German manufacturer BMW will supply the city with 10 electric MINIs, also known as MINI E, to be used in ...
Racer X Design 2009 BMW RZ-M6
16 Jan 2009, 14:13 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Even if some automakers attempt to revive old models using next-gen technology and styling elements, it's sometimes impossible to do that, especially due to the market conditions which are cont...
BMW Blame Organizers for Hardest Dakar Ever
16 Jan 2009, 13:39 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / BMW might have taken a blow in the Dakar Rally this year, when main driver Nasser Al-Attiyah was excluded from the race in the first week of the rally, but they are still very interested with how th...
Ferrari: We Have to Be Competitive from the Start
15 Jan 2009, 10:35 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Although they are late on developing their Kinetic Energy Recovery System, Ferrari officials have insisted that their brand new F60 car will have to be competitive from the very first start in order...
Hate for BMW Drivers Killed Former Mayor
15 Jan 2009, 08:43 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / It's generally believed that hatred itself brings nothing good, but it seems that hatred against BMW and Mercedes drivers can lead to unjustified dangerous races likely to kill the protagonists...
Ferrari Blame BMW for KERS Early Debut
14 Jan 2009, 16:14 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / It's no secret that Ferrari have been pushing on and on to persuade the International Automobile Federation to delay the introduction of the Kinetic Energy Recovery System until at least 2010. ...
Audi Gets Two EyesOn Design Excellence Awards at NAIAS
14 Jan 2009, 14:58 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / If there's a design competition that attracted car makers the most these days, that was definitely the “Design Excellence Awards” at the 2009 North American International Auto. A...
BMW Group Hopes to Keep Its US Market Share This Year
13 Jan 2009, 11:03 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / Even if BMW Group's sales have dropped heavily in USA last year, the German car maker was “saved” by the Mini vehicles which were extremely popular in 2008 as we have already report...