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BMW has released the first pictures and details of the new 3 Series saloon, its sixth generation incarnation. Due to arrive in showrooms in February 2012, this model is an important one for the car maker, historically making up one-fifth of the company’s global sales. Benefitting from a new fuel efficient engine line-up and EfficientDynamics [...]

October 17th, 2011

The September plate change madness saw BMW reach a very important milestone; its two millionth UK sale. The German brand sold its first car in the UK back in 1980; it was a E12 5 Series saloon. Move forward 1,999,999 cars later and the proud owner of another BMW 5 Series model, this time a [...]

October 5th, 2011

The 1 Series is credited not only with making up a significant part of the BMW’s UK cars sales, accounting for 30 per cent, but is also recognised for introducing the brand to a new audience and boosting customer loyalty, according to Headlineauto.com. The news agency reports that the German car brand has found that [...]

August 4th, 2011

BMW has released more information on the new 1 Series model ahead of sales beginning in September. The second generation model is the only rear-wheel drive car in its class and is available with a range of advanced TwinPower petrol and diesel engines, to offer a refined and yet sporty drive. With EfficientDynamics technology fitted [...]

August 1st, 2011

Manufacturing of MINI cars in the UK is to benefit from an additional £500 million worth of investment, as parent firm BMW Group confirm that the UK will be a production location of the next generation of models. MINI cars have been built in the UK since 2001, the new fund now takes the total [...]

June 9th, 2011

BMW has confirmed that it will produce a version of a plug-in hybrid 5 Series in China from 2013. The plug-in is based on the long wheelbase version of the 5 which BMW’s China company, BMW Brilliance Automotive, began building in Shenyang last year. The car, called ‘New Energy Vehicle’, is based on the ‘mild’ [...]

April 20th, 2011

The UK’s most exclusive motoring event, Salon Privé, will for the first time play host to BMW. The German carmaker has chosen the event to show off its new 6 Series Convertible and Coupe, ahead of the official launch in October. Salon Privé guests will be given the chance to preview a final production model [...]

April 8th, 2011

BMW has revealed more details about its new 6 Series Coupe, which goes on sale in the UK this autumn. Now in its third generation, the new 6 Series coupe is designed to take the 2+2 concept a step further by improving comfort and elegance of design. Two new turbocharged petrol engines and a newly [...]

March 15th, 2011

Despite 2010 being another difficult year for the motor industry worldwide, the BMW group reported record sales in 2010, and now it plans to top that this year. The group which includes the BMW brand, Mini and Rolls Royce is looking to achieve sales of significantly more than 1.5 million according to the group’s chariman [...]

March 15th, 2011

BMW is planning to introduce a new sub-brand as part of its project i launched back in 2007 which looked to develop sustainable mobility solutions for the BMW and MINI brands. Following the development of the MINI E and BMW ActiveE electric concept cars and as a step towards the aim of producing the Mega [...]

February 18th, 2011