Most luxury automakers, upon selling a vehicle, often have what are called “delivery consultants,” and their job is to congratulate the customer on their latest purchase, while spending the proper amount of time needed to educate the customer on how to use all of the features of said newly acquired vehicle. And while I myself [...]
While many luxury brands have announced that they’re strongly considering all-wheel drive variants of some of their high performance vehicle line ups to better compete against the likes of Audi and to fulfill demand (such as Mercedes-Benz offering 4MATIC all-wheel drive for the E63 and CLS63 AMG in left-hand drive markets), BMW have reportedly said [...]
BMW in conjunction with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has issued a recall for a select group of 2007-2012 BMW models over an electrical fault. But there’s something rather interesting about this recall. In the press release, the issue apparently lies with the positive connectors on the batteries, where they were found to “degrade [...]
MotorTrend reports on some details surrounding the much-anticipated, yet so far rumored return of the infamous Toyota Supra. The rumor was substantiated even more when news about an agreement between BMW and Toyota collaborating on a sports car surfaced not too long ago. So far, MT speculates that Toyota may reveal a production Supra by [...]
BMW enthusiast site BMWBlog.com reported recently that BMW will begin production of its latest rear-wheel drive 1-Series successor, the 2-series, but in the form of the M235i coupe. Production is slated to being sometime in November of 2013 for a 2014 launch. Built on the new modular architecture designed by BMW, the new M235i is [...]
AutomotiveNews reports that Mini dealerships have been invited to congregate in Helsinki, Finland, where Mini is said to be unveiling its next-generation Mini Cooper hatchback. After its debut, the new Mini is said to be available for sale in March 2014 and is the first car to use BMW’s new compact modular architecture. This architecture, [...]
AutoCaUK reports that BMW is hard at work with the second generation BMW X6 as the current model nears the end of its run. According to the report, the world is set to see a new next-generation X6 within the coming 18 months. This comes after some of BMW’s direct competitors have announced that they’ll [...]
What at first appeared to be a photo leak, ended up being a full online revealing as BMW has just pulled the virtual cover sheets off of its latest iteration of the F30 BMW 3-Series, the 2014 BMW 3-Series Gran Turismo. Of course, by the name, you can immediately tell that this car follows the [...]
Automobile manufacturers have been heavily resorting to exhaust-driven forced induction, also known as turbochargers, as ways to boost fuel economy while maintaining and even boosting power. Not only are they quite fun in a performance aspect, in theory, they boost fuel economy while maintaining or increasing power because turbochargers are not always running at full [...]
Bimmer fans can get excited! It appears BMW’s infamous M-Division have dollied up the guts to finally produce what could be a very long-awaited successor to the iconic BMW M1 from the 1970s. It was only a little more than a year ago when we last spoke with BMW M’s product manager for the US, [...]
