News By Topic: BMW

2009 IIHS Top Safety Picks

Mar 1, 2009

IIHS Top Crash Test Results - 72 winners of 2009 Top Safety Pick awards; almost every category from minicar to large pickup has a winner ARLINGTON, VA - Seventy-two vehicles earn the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's Top Safety Pick award for 2009. This is more than double the number of 2008 recipients and more ... Continue reading

2009 Geneva Motor Show: BMW Concept 5 Series Gran Turismo - VIDEO ENHANCED

Feb 28, 2009

A BMW with driving dynamics, compelling style, and versatility; the BMW Concept 5 Series Gran Turismo. WOODCLIFF LAKE, NJ - February 28, 2009: With the BMW Concept 5 Series Gran Turismo, BMW opens a new segment in the automobile market by incorporating BMW driving dynamics, quality, and style into a new type of vehicle ... Continue reading

Did You Miss the 2008 Auto Shows? We Didn't! Experience Them Here! - EXCLUSIVE VIDEO COVERAGE

Feb 28, 2009

Even if you were at the 2008 Auto Shows in Los Angeles, London, Geneva and Detroit there was so much to see and the media introduction schedules were so hectic that chances are you would have missed something. And you may have missed some of the best. But don't worry, because we have it all on TheAutoChannel.com. In ad ... Continue reading

New BMW 120d Manual Delivers a Hands-Down Dynamic Advantage

Feb 27, 2009

BMW will target sporting drivers with a green heart when the highly efficient and dynamically stimulating new manual transmission equipped BMW 120d hatch arrives mid-year. ... Continue reading

Back to Reality - Bankers Slow Down on Buying Fast Cars

Feb 25, 2009

Washington DC February 25, 2009; The AIADA newsletter reported that for the past several years January has been Christmas for many luxury car dealers. That's when investment bankers, flush, with their hefty bonuses, used to begin prowling through their local Mercedes and Maserati dealerships. Luxury brand vehicles were ... Continue reading

Sales of Used Luxury Cars on the Rise

Feb 23, 2009

Washington DC February 23, 2009; The AIADA newsletter reported that although times are hard, but lots of Americans still have good jobs, and still want to drive around in style. The result: Demand for lightly-used luxury cars is booming even as new vehicle sales sag. According to the Wall Street Journal, a second-hand ... Continue reading

BMW Unveils New Z4 Roadster at Melbourne Motor Show

Feb 23, 2009

The all-new BMW Z4 Roadster will make its Australian debut at the Melbourne International Motor Show on 27 February, 2009, with deliveries to customers commencing in May. For the first time, BMW presents a Z4 Roadster powered by a twin turbo-charged straight six-cylinder engine and equipped with a retractable hardtop. ... Continue reading

New BMW 5 Series Gran Turismo Concept Shows Much of the New Generation BMW 5 Series

Feb 20, 2009

By Henny Hemmes Senior European Editor MUNICH, Germany, With the unveiling of the Concept 5 Serie Gran Turismo, BMW also showed us what we can expect of the new 5 Series. The new generation of the ‘5’ is expected to bow in 2010 at the Geneva auto show. For Chris Bangle (52), presenting the Concept 5 Series GT ... Continue reading

BMW's New 7 Series: This is Driving Heaven...Anywhere on Earth - VIDEO ENHANCED

Feb 20, 2009

by Marty Bernstein Dresden, Germany The BMW 7 Series just isn't a car, nor can it be referred to as just a vehicle or an automobile, this is a fine, exclusive, elegant motorcar … in the oldest, grandest sense of the term but with contemporary commitments to style, agility, elegance and quality. BMW had been keepin ... Continue reading

1-, 3- and 6-series - The Incredible Cabrios from AC Schnitzer

Feb 19, 2009

A catalyst is a chemical reaction accelerant and can be found in every modern car. But where to find a biochemical emotion accelerant? In the incredible cabrios by AC Schnitzer. Open the top as soon as the weather turns fine, and enjoy a daily dose of endorphins. The tuning house has refined the 1-, 3- and 6-series for ... Continue reading

LIVE Internet Launch of the New BMW 7 Series - COMPLETE VIDEO

Feb 17, 2009

SAN DIEGO, CA - February 17, 2009: At 11AM, EST, BMW will present a live Internet video launch of the all-new 2009 7 Series. You can watch the entire one-hour event right here on TheAutoChannel.com by clicking on the link below. And don't forget to join us again on Wednesday, February 18th at 11AM, EST, as BMW presents ... Continue reading

BMW Job Cuts 'Scandalous' Says Unite

Feb 16, 2009

LONDON, February 16 -- Tony Woodley, Unite joint general secretary, said: "The manner in which these cuts were announced today was disgraceful. It is tough enough for workers in those car companies who have seen their market collapse in recent months, but BMW makes a top-selling product in the Mini and owed it to their ... Continue reading

BMW X6 Wins Prestigious 'Off Road' Magazine Award

Feb 10, 2009

The new BMW X6 Sports Activity Coupé is the new 'Four by Four of the Year 2009' in the 'Crossover' category, as voted by the readers of the long-established and highly prestigious German magazine 'Off Road'. ... Continue reading

BMW Group Sells 70,405 Vehicles In January

Feb 6, 2009

Ongoing challenges in the global automotive markets resulted in a decrease in sales at the BMW Group in January. In the month under review the Group sold 70,405 (prev.yr.: 92,849) vehicles of its three automobile brands, BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce - 24.2% fewer than in January 2008. ... Continue reading

BMW Advanced Diesel Models Qualify for IRS Advanced Lean Burn Technology Motor Vehicle Tax Credit

Feb 4, 2009

Purchasers of 335d Sedan and X5 xDrive35d Sports Activity Vehicle(R) qualify for up to $900 and $1,800 tax credit respectively WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., Feb. 4 -- BMW of North America, LLC confirmed today that both of its BMW Advanced Diesel models with BluePerformance technology have qualified for an Internal Revenue Serv ... Continue reading