Honda’s way of celebrating its 50th anniversary was to launch the Porsche Boxster-rivalling S2000. With sleek, but aggressive styling, an engine for enthusiasts and a packed standard equipment list, S2000 is aimed at the BMW Z3 and Mercedes-Benz SLK – as well as the Boxster.
Audi is pre-empting BMW’s new 3- series by bringing a “massively revised” A4 to market this November as part of a drive objective to get ahead of its rival by 2008.
More than a third of the UK’s 153 BMW and Mini dealerships have signed up to a scheme which publicises their approved used stock on the Auto Trader website.
BMW has announced prices for the forthcoming 630i and 535d models.
BMW UK has announced the launch of Sport models for the 5 Series Saloon and Touring range.
BMW’s chief executive has predicted the company will enjoy record revenue and earnings this year on back of new model launches such as the 6-series coupe and convertible, the X3 compact SUV and the 1-series compact, due in September.
BMW is recalling 4,000 vehicles worldwide after defective control units were discovered in its V8 and V12 engines during tests. The models affected in the recall are cars first registered from May to July 2004.
German car company suits are about as likely to admit to making mistakes as they are to confess to wearing crotchless lederhosen. Ask Bernd Pischets-rieder, who continues to bang on that BMW could have turned the listing Rover longship around, had he been given time…
This month the UK will get its first sight of the all-new BMW 1 Series thanks to a travelling showcase.
The new BMW X3 is now available with a new sports package.
BMW has taken pole position in the luxury car market for the first time in seven years, beating German rival Mercedes in global sales for the first six months of 2004.
BMW has announced details of the forthcoming X3 two-litre diesel engined model. Available in standard and SE models, the X3 2.0d will be available in October 2004 priced from £26,175 OTR.
BMW has announced the introduction of the new 630i in UK, going on sale in September
The future, according to most European car manufacturers, is diesel. Audi, BMW, Mercedes and even Jaguar sell growing numbers of increasingly powerful diesel-engine models. However, Porsche will not be joining them
BMW dealers may not be eating their hearts out, but many will be chewing their fingernails. Audi’s all-new, snub-nosed A6 is good – good enough to present a very real choice to buyers who have a 5-series at the top of their shopping list.
After lying dormant for decades, Maserati is being re-invented as a proper sports-luxury brand to compete with Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Jaguar.
Citroen, Ford, BMW, VW, Peugeot and DaimlerChrysler have agreed to lift servicing restrictions following a major inquiry into new car warranties by the Office of Fair Trading. However Which? magazine has been forced to apologise after claiming seven carmakers were still offering warranties in breach of EU law
No BMW, no Mercedes-Benz – but at least Porsche will be representing Germany at the Sunday Times Motor Show Live this week. And it has one of the few world premieres planned for the NEC, Birmingham, event – the new 911 Turbo S
The BMW Group and Brilliance China Automotive Holdings today performed the official grand opening ceremony of their joint venture plant BMW Brilliance Automotive in Shenyang, the capital of the Liaoning Province in the north-east of the People's Republic of China
Jardine Motors Group has acquired Milcars Holdings' London BMW and Mini business. The purchase, for an undisclosed sum, came to light while AM was compiling its annual listing of the top 100 automotive retail groups