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BMW Wins AUTOMOBILE Magazine All-Stars Award
The BMW 3 Series continues living up to its hard-earned reputation as the best compact sports sedan in the world, and AUTOMOBILE MAGAZINE backs that up by presenting it with a coveted 2013 All-Star award. As the class benchmark since its debut in 1977, the BMW 3 Series has collected over a dozen of AUTOMOBILE MAGAZINE’s highly sought-after awards by remaining the best in the business.
BMW 228i Prototype Crash Causes Autobahn Closure
Not that long ago on the A72 near Zwickau (closer to Leipzig than Munich) an engineer testing a 228i prototype reportedly lost control at high speed hitting the guard rail.
BMW R 1200 GS Named Robb Report’s “Best of the Best”
Celebrating its 25th year, the “Best of the Best” issue of the Robb Report has hit newsstands for June and in it, they name the BMW R 1200 GS as their winner in the Adventure/Touring category. Among 175 winners, the iconic GS has retained its position as the category leader despite radical changes to the bike’s design. In short, Robb Report is giving BMW credit for evolving the GS while managing to make a great bike better, not worse.
BMW M – New Styling Cues and More Power
Brewers here in Germany produce some fine suds on a daily basis but they turn it up a notch in alcohol content and offer it in a revised bottle for special editions; car brands do the same thing so it is not surprising that BMW M will be offering more power and styling with 2014 models.
ChargePoint Partners with BMW For EarthDay
In celebration of Earth Day 2013, ChargePoint, Inc. the largest network of electric vehicle charging stations, announced it has teamed with BMW’s premium, electric car sharing program DriveNow to showcase the benefits of electric vehicles and EV charging in the workplace.
BMW at Techno Classica Essen
While we couldn’t make it to the 25th edition of the TECHNO-CLASSICA you can still be there. Some say it’s the greatest historic show of the German and international automobile manufacturers, with 25 vehicle manufacturers represented- including BMW you can still check out the show.
328i Wins Cars.com Sports Sedan Comparo – We Go Behind the Scenes
Our friends at Cars.com had an idea. Bring together the best of the current crop of mid-size sports sedans and pick a winner. But it’s not the normal two guys driving them back to back and deciding. Instead Cars did what they do best by looking at the question from the consumers point of view. Of course the line-up was impressive: Acura TL, Audi A4, 2013 BMW 328i, Cadillac ATS, Mercedes-Benz C250 and the Volvo S60. The winner?
(Updated) BMWi- Range Extender a Limp Mode?
Range anxiety; it’s what holds many back from buying an electric vehicle and why BMW has done some serious R&D into a range extender for the i3. Truth be told, this is the car we are interested in adding to the stable and not the pure electric model and its not because of range anxiety- it’s the being prepared mentality we religiously follow.
Did Mercedes Benz Outsell BMW In the US For 2012?
It looks like MBUSA is taking claim as the legitimate luxury sales king in the US for calendar year 2012.
Thieves Cloning BMW Keys Finally Stopped?
Throughout Europe there has been an uptick in stolen BMW’s. Not because thieves are flat bedding them away as in years past, but because thieves have gone high tech and …
Spied: 2014 BMW M3 Sedan
The sharp shooters at KGP spyshots caught the future BMW M3 high temperature testing in Death Valley and Autoblog has a full gallery dedicated to the beast here. As we …
The Green Mamba BMW 1M in Individual Java Green
The guys over at the German site BimmerToday have an exclusive on a factory one-off 1M. The custom Leipzig build was one of the final cars produced before the 1M …
BMW and PSA Peugeot Citroen Pulling on the Plug of Their Electrification Agreement
As we predicted when GM bought into PSA and BMW partnered with Toyota something had to give with the joint venture between PSA Peugeot Citroen and BMW. While the plug …
BMWi To be Sold at Dealers and Online
The BMWi brand will launch in 2013 and usher not only in an era of all new electric mobility but a new method of sales. At the launch of the …
