Archive for December, 2009
BimmerFile Gears up for the Detroit Auto Show
Over the next few weeks we expect the automotive industry to slowly come out of its late December combo to prepare for what still is the largest automotive event in …
Adam Carolla Visits the BMW Booth at the LA Autoshow
The always delightful Adam Carolla visited the LA Auto Show a few weeks back and had some time to chat with Tom Plucinsky about the new 7 Series Hybrid among …
Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays from BimmerFile
We’d like to wish everyone happy holidays as we close out 2009. It’s been an incredible year at BimmerFile and we owe it all to you the readers. We’ll be …
Car Magazine Interviews Chris Bangle
Car Magazine caught up with BMW’s former design chief at his Italian Villa where the master of flame surfacing has been “drinkin’ some wine, eatin’ some cheese, catchin’ some rays” …
Two World & Two North American Debuts at Detroit
The North American International Auto Show in Detroit will see the World debut of the BMW Concept ActiveE and BMW Z4 sDrive35is, as well as the North American unveiling of …
BimmerCast #11 (DCT/Manual, E92 LCI & more)
BimmerCast #11: The longest most action packed show we’ve ever produced. Ok action packed maybe a bit strong, but we can promise more topics over the course of 50 minutes …
BMW Motorsport To Release Z4 GT3 w/M3 V8
Previous Z4 customer race car We talked about this on our soon to be released podcast (scheduled to go live tomorrow) but we finally got confirmation via the Motorsport site …
BMW Performance 1 Series Price Reductions
You asked for it, and now we have it- the official BMW Performance 1 Series accessories price reductions. Pricing has come down across the board for all items. This is …
Next Generation M5 Comes into Focus
Image courtesy of Car Magazine/ Edited by BimmerFile Through a collection of sources (one of which is the always interesting Scott27) we’ve been able to piece together a good idea …
BMW ActiveE: The Technology
The ActiveE is the BMW brand’s first consumer electric vehicle and as you’d expect features some pretty interesting tech. The engine uses a lithium-ion battery pack for instance that was …
BMW ActiveE Video Teaser
We’ll be hearing (and seeing) much more about the 1 Series based ActiveE in the coming days but for now BMW has released its first commercial for the new car …
World Premier: BMW Concept ActiveE
Tonight BMW officially turns the next page in the Project-i story with the Concept ActiveE. Project-i is BMW’s research program into electric vehicles, specifically for urban environments such as mega-cities. …
It’s Official: US Gets 740i/Li for 2011
As we alluded to last week- The US will begin seeing the 740i and 740Li this coming Spring. This version of the flagship 7 will feature an up-rated N54 twin …
Why BMW Chose DCT for the Z4 35is
With the release of the Z4 35is BMW will be offering only one transmission; the DCT. Our understanding is that the manual 6 speed Z4 (specifically the clutch) can’t handle …
