Polk Reports 2004 Record Year For Convertibles, Sebring Still Tops
Mar 21, 2005
SOUTHFIELD, Mich., March 21 -- Convertible registrations in the U.S. reached record levels in 2004, with a 6.3 percent increase over last year and total registrations reaching 315,306, according to R. L. Polk & Co., surpassing the 2001 record of 309,741. The Chrysler Sebring repeated as the top-selling convertible in 2 ... Continue reading
Letter from Europe - Old Friends in Geneva; Test Drives Odessey Honda ; Hyundai Tucson
Mar 17, 2005
By Andrew Frankl, European Bureau Chief Geneva 2005 It was snowing in Nice and it was snowing in Geneva. The line for taxis in sub zero temperatures was long and when I eventually got into something I can only describe as Eurotrash the driver nearly spun into the Lake, Michael Schumacher he most certainly was not! Stil ... Continue reading
BMW Sees Annual Profit Unchanged, Hampered by Dollar
Mar 16, 2005
March 16, 2005; Bloomberg reporteds that Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, the world's second-largest maker of luxury cars, said profit will be little changed this year because of the dollar's decline and a jump in the price of steel. Earnings will be at ``approximately'' 2004's level as the new midsize 3-Series boosts sale ... Continue reading
IIHS REPORT: The Risk of Death While Driving Different Vehicles
Mar 15, 2005
CLICK HERE FFor IIHS Tables The driver died in the crash. So did many other passenger vehicle drivers during 2000-03, but the risk of death isn’t the same in one vehicle compared with another. Car, minivan, SUV, and pickup truck models vary widely in the likelihood of dying in a crash. The average driver death ra ... Continue reading
BMW Group's 2005 Year-to-Date Sales Jump 16 Percent
Mar 1, 2005
BMW, MINI Brand Post Impressive Sales Increases in February WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., March 1 -- The BMW Group (BMW and MINI brands combined) reported sales of 21,496 vehicles in February 2005, an increase of 10 percent over the 19,561 vehicles sold in the same month of 2004. Year-to-date, BMW Group sales increased 16 perc ... Continue reading
Feb 25, 2005
BMW X5 4.8is Hot Rod Bimmer By Steve Purdy Shunpiker Productions We would have a hard time finding an auto reviewer who did not consider the BMW X5 to be either best in class or mighty close to it. Based on the mid-size 5-Series sedan platform the X5 is the larger of BMW’s two “Sports Activity Vehicles̶ ... Continue reading
BMW BARCELONA TEST - February 15th - 17th, 2005
Feb 19, 2005
02/18/2005 Summary: In preparation for the 2005 season opener in Melbourne in just under three weeks, the BMW WilliamsF1 Team has spent the past three days in Barcelona developing the Williams BMW FW27. The team's drivers, Mark Webber, Nick Heidfeld and Antonio Pizzonia, were all present at the Spanish track to underta ... Continue reading
BMW SETS ITS SIGHTS ON THE NURBURGRING 24 HOURS AGAIN
Feb 19, 2005
02/18/2005 Farewell season for the BMW M3 GTR. Munich, 18th February 2005. One more time: BMW will again be fielding its two BMW M3 GTRs in the Nürburgring 24 Hour Race on 7th/8th May. It will mark the final season for the two muscle cars with their 500 bhp V8 engines that claimed a one-two win in 2004. The seven-man ... Continue reading
BMW TEAM PTG M3s WITHDRAWN FROM ROLEX 24 AT DAYTONA IN EIGHTH HOUR
Feb 8, 2005
Woodcliff Lake, NJ - February 7, 2005... Both BMW Team PTG M3s were withdrawn in the eighth hour of the Rolex 24 at Daytona after the two cars suffered right rear wheel stud failures. The No. 21 BMW Team PTG M3 of Bill Auberlen, Joey Hand, Chris Gleason and Ian James completed 199 laps and was credited with a 30th plac ... Continue reading
Faulty Fuel Pump Problem Slows DaimlerChrysler Output by More Than 4,000 Vehicles for January
Feb 7, 2005
10:56 am ET FRANKFURT, Germany February 7, 2005; The AP reported that the delivery of 4,200 Mercedes-Benz cars from automaker DaimlerChrysler AG was held up in January due to a defective Bosch diesel fuel pump, a company spokesman said Monday. In addition, assembly at the company's largest plant in Sindelfingen has bee ... Continue reading
Motorcycle Review - BMW R1200GS
Feb 2, 2005
BMW R1200 GS By Nicholas Frankl Senior Editor If you thought that the I-Drive was BMW’s only idiosyncrasy, then clearly you do not ride motorbikes. For, just as the Porsche flat-four and flat-six boxer engines are the soul of the brand experience, the flat-twin is the life blood, design and engineering anomaly of ... Continue reading
BMW Group Starts the New Year With Strong Sales
Feb 1, 2005
January Sales Up 22.5 percent WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., Feb. 1 -- The BMW Group (BMW and MINI brands combined) reported sales of 19,764 vehicles in January 2005, an increase of 22.5% percent over the January 2004 sales of 16,135. BMW Brand Sales BMW reported sales of 16,847 automobiles and Sports Activity Vehicles (SAV), u ... Continue reading
Jan 28, 2005
By Andrew Frankl European Bureau Chief After some 22 years at the helm (with my partner) of outspoken CAR Magazine I still find the contrast between British and American enthusiast publications astonishing. I am not saying that magazines such as Car & Driver never criticize anything beyond the positioning of the ashtra ... Continue reading
The 2005 BMW 7 Series - Phase 2
Jan 28, 2005
The most successful BMW 7 Series of all time, is ready to stride confidently into the second phase of its lifecycle. Headlining the enhancements are two more powerful V8 engines. Driving dynamics and sporting performance are enriched for greater levels of satisfaction. Detail refinements to the exterior and interior br ... Continue reading
GM Wins Overall Polk Automotive Loyalty Award Winners - Keeps Customers Better
Jan 19, 2005
Numerous New Winners Emerge Across Segment Level Categories for Model Year 2004 SOUTHFIELD, Mich., Jan. 19 -- R. L. Polk & Co., the automotive industry's premier tracker of consumer loyalty among new vehicles, presented the ninth annual Polk Automotive Loyalty Awards yesterday at the 2005 Automotive News World Congress ... Continue reading
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