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MINI & BMW to Dramatically Expand Small Car Offerings
In various interviews over the past few months, BMW executives have hinted at grand plans for the UKL platform. Reported by both MotoringFile and BimmerFile, the UKL platform will spawn an onslaught of FWD models. This will make MINI more long-term viable and will drive the BMW Group to greater economies of scale. Yet just how far BMW is willing to go with FWD, and how big the MINI brand will get hasn’t really been understood until recently.
Autocar Drives the new Three Cylinder N37 Engine
More reviews are filtering in on the new N37 three cylinder engine, this time from England’s Autocar. As with the others, things are looking interesting… From the first probing nudge …
BMW at the Paris Motor Show
At the 2012 Paris Motor Show, three fascinating concept studies will point the way forward to a future defined by both sustainability and driving pleasure. What is more, BMW sends …
BMW Concept Active Tourer Video Tour
In the video posted yesterday BMW designers did the talking. Now we have two more that are simply tours of the car inside and out. More than photos these will …
BMW Concept Active Tourer Mini Documentary
As with all cars new cars, BMW is increasingly willing to bring us into the gestation period of the design to show us what went into the final product. And …
World Premiere: BMW Concept Active Tourer
For the past several years we have talked of BMW producing a front wheel drive vehicle and today it is introduced to the world in concept form as the BMW …
Rumor Mill: Paris Motor Show
We are just over a month away from the Paris Motor Show, its September run alternates annually with the enormous Frankfurt show. BMW this year is said to make waves …
BimmerCast #63: Untold Story of the E92 CSL & M5 CSL (Plus; M550d, M3 Electric Steering & Toyota?)
Subscribe | Download (25 MB MP3) The BimmerCast is back this week with lots of M talk. First up the M6 and M3 CRT first impressions. We had a chance …
The BMW 1 Series Compactive Sport Tourer
The following report is brought to you via several sources – some of them public and some of them not. The most influential however, Herr26, is an avid commenter on …
We’re Shocked! O’Donnell Confirms FWD BMW
In a strange twist we missed a recent Automotive News piece interviewing BMWNA CEO Jim O’Donnell. In this interview, he discusses the new 528xi coming this fall as well as …
BMW’s Front Wheel Drive 1 Series Spotted in Public
The same day that BMW trotted out it’s highly anticipated 2013 MINI hatch just happens to be the day that the first photos of the front wheel drive 1 Series …
The Full Picture: BMW’s Future Small Cars
As he did recently with the M3, BMW insider Scott26 has given us an inside look at BMW’s small car strategy. It’s mostly an update on previous information we’ve reported …
