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BMW Group in Asia achieves new sales records in 2006

Official Press Release by BMW Retail figures up 13.8% Asia registers strongest market growth compared with other global regions China: largest BMW Group sales growth Fifth Asian production plant to be opened in India Singapore The BMW Group posted strong growth results in Asia for 2006, beating previous records. With …

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BMW India starts manufacturing in March

Looks like our earlier report about BMW Manufacturing in India was accurate enough. The Chennai plant would start assembling the 3 and 5 series starting from next month and would expect to churn out 1,000 units in 2007 and up to 1,700 by next year. BMW sales in Asia had …

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Insurer Allianz sells major stake in BMW

Allianz SE, a major insurer has sold a major stake in BMW worth over 733 Million Euros(US$949.99 million) to reinvest into their core insurance business. They sold each share at 45.55 Euros each, hoping initially to sell 16.1 million shares between 45.55 and 46.55 Euros each. BMW shares were hit …

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2007 BMW 335i Converitble Review by AutoChannel

Over at AutoChannel, One of their editors managed to hook a quick review over at Scottsdale, Arizona. "The news about this BMW is its retractable hard top. It’s a beauty that goes up and down in cycles lasting not even 25 seconds. The "Dance of the Roof Panels" will mesmerize …

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8 Speed Gearbox for Next Generation Seven Series.

The next generation of the BMW 7 Series will have a 8 speed automatic transmission gearbox according to consultancy firm, CSM World Wide. ZF Friedrichshafen, the manufacturer of BMW driveline components have already begun developing the next generation gearbox for launch as early as 2009. This looks to be quite …

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