Two BMW Models Set for North American Debut in Miami
Oct 23, 2009
Hello: Attached are two press releases from BMW announcing that the BMW 760Li Sedan and the BMW 5 Series Gran Turismo will make their North American debuts at the South Florida International Auto Show in Miami October 23-November 1. The BMW 760Li Sedan, which takes the top position within BMW's model portfolio, deliver ... Continue reading
BMW Engineers Trial Hot New Technologies
Oct 20, 2009
For years, engineers have avoided heat in cars to protect components from overheating. ... Continue reading
HEELS ON WHEELS: 2009 BMW X5 iDRIVE35d REVIEW
Oct 16, 2009
HEELS ON WHEELS By Katrina Ramser San Francisco Bureau The Auto Channel INTRO TO THE X5 VEHICLE The BMW X5 is now equipped with a mean 3.0-liter inline twin-turbo diesel engine featuring the horsepower of a V8 but with the fuel efficiency of a 4-cylinder at 22-mpg driving. This is the X3's bigger brother and can fit up ... Continue reading
World's First Emission-Free Foundry
Oct 16, 2009
From 2010, BMWs Landshut plant will boast the worlds first foundry with emission-free sand core production. The light-alloy foundry at the BMW plant is introducing a new sand core production method for gravity die-casting, whereby conventional organic binders will be replaced by highly eco-friendly inorganic binder ... Continue reading
Sales and Orders Triple for Newly Positioned BMW 323i
Oct 16, 2009
Sales of BMW's 323i Sedan tripled last month with customers flocking to the six-cylinder-powered 3 Series that is available for the price of some four-cylinder powered rivals ... Continue reading
2010 BMW 5 Series GT Review: One Vehicle Combining Multiple Personas - VIDEO ENHANCED
Oct 15, 2009
By Marty Bernstein Finding a market for a new car today are daunting tasks for all auto manufacturers no matter if its inexpensive vehicles or expensive exotics and everything in between. Yet BMW, the iconic ultimate driving machine brand, in the past couple of months has introduced three different, yet definitely new ... Continue reading
2010 BMW 760Li Review: Luxury Meets Big Power in a Big Sedan - VIDEO ENHANCED
Oct 14, 2009
By Marty Bernstein Second in a series of three reviews of new BMW vehicles. The others can be accessed by clicking BMW 5 Series GT and BMW X6M. In the fall of 2008 I had the pleasure of driving the then new 7 Series V8 and its diesel version through the rolling country outside Dresden, Germany. It was a national holida ... Continue reading
2010 BMW X6 M Review: Big, Bad and Bodacious - VIDEO ENHANCED
Oct 14, 2009
By Marty Bernstein Last in a series of three reviews of new BMW vehicles. The others can be accessed by clicking BMW 5 Series GT and BMW X6 M. Prior to driving a new vehicle its manufacturers conduct product review and reveal sessions for the media. In these sessions the major attributes, benefits, features along with ... Continue reading
BMW Motorrad Sales Continue to Climb
Oct 13, 2009
September marked yet another month of growth for BMW Motorrad in Australia, increasing its year to date growth to 16 per cent versus 2008. ... Continue reading
Laurenz Schaffer New President of the BMW Group's Subsidiary DesignworksUSA
Oct 13, 2009
California, Germany, and back to California again: Laurenz Schaffer, Director of the Munich Studio of BMW Group DesignworksUSA since the year 2000, will be taking over the position of the President of BMW's Subsidiary in Newbury Park (Los Angeles) in California on 1 December 2009. ... Continue reading
Laurenz Schaffer New President of the BMW Group's Subsidiary DesignworksUSA.
Oct 12, 2009
Munich. Germany, California, Germany, and back to California again: Laurenz Schaffer, Director of the Munich Studio of BMW Group DesignworksUSA since the year 2000, will be taking over the position of the President of BMWâs Subsidiary in Newbury Park (Los Angeles) in California on 1 December 2009. âWith his m ... Continue reading
SIMPLE and CLEVER Join BMW Museum
Oct 9, 2009
In the course of its history, BMW has repeatedly provided impulses for the further development of personal mobility through innovative vehicle and drive concepts. Last year's special exhibition 'Concept Vehicles' at the BMW Museum presented a selection of these unusual concepts. Now two more vehicles from the recent pa ... Continue reading
BMW Group Again the Leader in Europe in the Reduction of Fuel Consumption and CO2
Oct 8, 2009
EfficientDynamics is the most effective programme for reducing CO2 emissions in road traffic. Achieving a reduction of average fuel consumption and CO2 ratings by 10.2 per cent, the BMW Group has once again made the greatest progress in terms of efficiency of all car makers in the European automobile market in the year ... Continue reading
BMW Credits Buyers of Europe's Most Efficient Premium Fleet
Oct 8, 2009
Australian customers who purchase a vehicle from Europe's most efficient premium fleet will be rewarded with a BMW EfficientDynamics Credit ... Continue reading
BMW Announces Periodic Review of Creative Agencies
Oct 7, 2009
BMW Group Australia today announced it will commence a review of its advertising creative agencies roster, in line with its objective of reviewing such arrangements every five years. ... Continue reading
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