In the UK, a research company named Tracker found out that car thieves are more likely to steal a BMW X5 than any other car. The Range Rover, the BMW M3 and Audi RS4 follow. With two of BMW’s vehicles at first and third place, these thieves must have excellent …
Read More »The New BMW Engines Family
Sustainability by commonality: the new BMW Group Efficient Dynamics family of engines. With the development and production of future drive units with six, four and three cylinders, the BMW Group continues to bank on its independence as well as on the use of innovative technologies in the largest possible number …
Read More »World Premiere: BMW Brilliance Automotive 5 Series plug-in hybrid sedan
Press Release: In the run-up to the international automobile trade show Auto Shanghai 2011, BMW Brilliance Automotive presents the concept of a premium-segment plug-in hybrid sedan. In collaboration with its joint venture partner Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Ltd. BMW Group has thus taken the next step of the way towards …
Read More »BMW 650i Convertible Review by Autocar UK
A seriously rapid car — this is the one thing that Autocar.co.uk had to say about the BMW 650i convertible. The highly responsive turbos and transmission was also commended. They loved the steering, handling and general responsiveness of the car to their inputs. See an excerpt of their review here: …
Read More »BMW Developing Smarter Auto Transmission Which Shifts for Curves and Conditions
Development objective: identify road profile, understand driver’s wishes. As a result of further development there is now the possibility to adapt gearshift commands given by the transmission control system to each driving situation even more flexibly and at the same time more accurately. The anticipatory transmission control system currently in …
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