BMW is hoping to increase its annual production capacity in China by 80 percent. The German automaker has asked the Chinese government for permission to expand production from 200,000 units to 360,000. Currently, BMW and its Chinese joint venture, BMW Brilliance Automotive Ltd., have two factories in the northeast China city of Shenyang. The plants [...]
The G-Power BMW M5 Hurricane has been praised for time and time again as one of the fastest sedans on Earth. The company has sold 100 units of its go-hard M5, which can costs as much as a brand new home. To celebrate the milestone, G-Power is offering a special edition M5 Hurricane RR that [...]
The M7, M diesels and manuals are all possible prospects for the US said BMW’s Motorsport chair, Dr. Nitschke in a recent interview with Car and Driver. The M7 idea is just that, a nebulous, fluffy idea at this point which is under consideration, but the other two are confirmed for the United States. For [...]
After a week of looking at some affordable sports cars including the Scion FR-S and the Ford Focus ST, today we take our Top 10 things you need to know about car ‘x’ to the elite sports car level. It’s time to learn the top 10 things you need to know about the all-new BMW [...]
Racy commercials never really make it our TV screens here on the stateside, however, the international markets have much more leniency for provocative ads. Bakery Films has created a new television commercial for BMW for the international markets that promotes the brand’s Lane Departure Warning technology. The commercials shows a man’s disembodied head enjoying what [...]
BMW USA has just launched the online configurator for the 2013 M5 to give you an idea of how much it will cost to get the sports sedan in your driveway. Click here for more news on the BMW M5. As usual, I built a fully loaded 2013 BMW M5 to see how far I can [...]
Around last November, BMW AG and Rolls-Royce issued a recall for 2010 model year Ghosts for possible engine fires. Now though, a new report is out that says other models are affected, including 2011 model year Ghosts. The new report states that a series of BMWs are also affected by this potentially hazardous defect, which [...]
Manhart Racing is kicking up the power on the BMW M5 with its new MH5 S-Bitrubo package that has recently been released. This is said to the be ‘initial’ tuning package, and comes with a 72-hp and 74 lb-ft gain over the stock version, making the 4.4-liter twin-turbo V8’s output 624-hp and 575 lb-f of [...]
BMW has finally announced the pricing on the new 2013 M5 here at the 2012 New York Auto Show. Sales of the new 2013 BMW M5 will start later in the summer with a price tag of $90,695. Click here for more news on the BMW M5. The 2012 BMW M5 is powered by a 4.4L [...]
We’re not really into covering recall related news unless it’s something significant. BMW has just announced that it will be recalling 1.3 million vehicles worldwide, in order to carry out a quality measure that affects the BMW 5 and 6 Series model built between 2003 and 2010. “In some remote cases, the battery cable cover [...]
