BMW Wins Green-Car-Guide.Com Greenest Manufacturer Of The Year Award 2012
Apr 25, 2012
Green-Car-Guide.com, the UK's original green car news website, has announced BMW Group as the winner of its Greenest Manufacturer of the Year Award 2012. ... Continue reading
Virtual Driving Pleasure With BMW Models
Apr 25, 2012
Authentic driving pleasure is not just for the real world - as Auto Club Revolution, the new online racing game and car community for PC, demonstrates. ... Continue reading
BMW i8 Concept Spyder with BMW eDrive in Beijing
Apr 24, 2012
The BMW i8 Concept Spyder is celebrating its world premiere at the Auto China 2012 in Beijing (23 April - 2 May 2012) and the rear-end of the car clearly bears the eDrive emblem for the new technology. In future, the designation eDrive will identify the drive technology for all electric and plug-in hybrid cars from BMW ... Continue reading
Apr 18, 2012
After successfully deploying cutting-edge technology to help America's long jumpers go farther, faster, BMW is now turning its attention to USA Swimming. This latest effort will provide quantitative analysis of swimmers' starts and turns -- critical to success in the sport -- via a unique motion tracking system. This t ... Continue reading
BMW Group UK to Partner With The Rugby Football Union
Apr 12, 2012
The Rugby Football Union (RFU) today announced a new four-year partnership with BMW Group UK as the Official Vehicle Partner from September 2012. ... Continue reading
Apr 11, 2012
The Ultimate Drive App for the iPhone and Android devices can now lead BMW Financial Services customers to not only some great roads across the U.S., but today through June 30, 2012 it can lead to a BMW dealer, a test drive and a $300 credit towards the first payment on a new 2012 BMW 3 Series. "This is a simple thank ... Continue reading
BMW Group Sales Reach All-Time High in March
Apr 11, 2012
Deliveries increase by 12% to 185,728 vehicles in March - Best ever first quarter with 425,528 units sold - Record sales in first quarter for all three brands The BMW Group sold more vehicles in March than in any other month in its history. The company sold a total of 185.728 BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce vehicles in the p ... Continue reading
Only 35 Percent of Hybrid Owners Buying Hybrids Again Says Polk Report
Apr 9, 2012
While the selection of hybrid models in the U.S. has more than doubled since 2007, only 35 percent of hybrid vehicle owners choose to purchase a hybrid again when returning to market in 2011, according to recent analysis by Polk (See Table A). If repurchase behavior among the high volume audience of Toyota Prius owners ... Continue reading
Passport BMW Named Center of Excellence
Apr 4, 2012
BMW of North America, LLC today announced its annual Center of Excellence honors, awarded to the top performing dealerships in the U.S. Thirty-one of the 339 BMW dealers nationwide achieved "2012 Center of Excellence" status based on their 2011 performance in customer satisfaction, outstanding brand representation, ope ... Continue reading
Apr 4, 2012
The BMW X5 xDrive35d has been named the 2012 Diesel Car of the Year and Volkswagen has been picked as the 2012 Diesel Car Manufacturer of the Year by readers of The Diesel Driver magazine (www.thedieseldriver.com) here at The New York International Auto Show. The votes came from over 100 countries with 67 percent cast ... Continue reading
BMW Group U.S. Reports All Time Record First Quarter
Apr 3, 2012
The BMW Group in the U.S. (BMW and MINI combined) reported March sales of 29,806 vehicles, an increase of 13 percent from the 26,382 vehicles sold in the same month a year ago. Year-to-date, the BMW Group (BMW and MINI combined) achieved its best first quarter sales since the record year of 2007 retailing 75,729 vehicl ... Continue reading
BMW i8 Concept Spyder with eDrive +VIDEO
Apr 2, 2012
An open-top two-seater embodying a form of personal mobility with equal sporting and emotional appeal Following the presentation of the BMW i3 Concept and BMW i8 Concept, the BMW Group introduces the BMW i8 Concept Spyder to the mix. This third BMW i model embodies the future of cutting-edge and emotionally appealing m ... Continue reading
Target 2030, Automotive Design Awards come to Federation Square
Apr 2, 2012
VACC is pleased to announce that the venue for this year's Target 2030, Automotive Design Awards, is Federation Square. ... Continue reading
Sensible Sentra, Scintillating SRT8, Sexy 650i and So-So Acura In This Month's Letter from Europe
Apr 1, 2012
by Andrew Frankl European Bureau Chief The Auto Channel I cannot pretend that the Nissan Sentra is the greatest automobile in the World. It isnât. But, having said that it is a willing work horse millions would be happy to own. First and foremost it is priced well under 20 thousand dollars and you do get a pretty ... Continue reading
BMW Group's Olympic Fleet Begins The Journey To London 2012
Mar 26, 2012
BMW Group, the Official Automotive Partner to the London 2012 Olympic & Paralympic Games, has now delivered the first 40 vehicles that will be used for this summer's Olympic and Paralympic Games in London. ... Continue reading
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