In a recent Consumer Reports comparison involving compact luxury SUVs, the BMW X3 scored the highest out of all of the contenders, which really should be no surprise. After racking up a total of 80 points in CR’s road test, the BMW X3 beat the second place contender—the new Range Rover Evoque—by 20 points. Check [...]
BMW has announced that it will be investing nearly $900 million USD and adding 300 new jobs at its plant in South Carolina to support production of the upcoming BMW X4 at the Spartanburg facility. The announcement came during a ceremony to celebrate a major production milestone – 2,000,000 vehicles that have rolled off the assembly [...]
The 2012 North American Car and Truck of the year finalists have been revealed, at the Automotive Press Association luncheon in Detroit. After being voted on by a group of 50 full-time automotive journalists, finalists in each segment have been revealed. In order to be eligible for the award, North American vehicles must be new [...]
BMW’s third-quarter profits have grown thanks to the X3 SUV, with an increase of $2.35 billion over last year’s sales. Net income increased 24 percent, and overall revenue has increased by 3.8 percent, as well. The market growth for luxury automakers has slowed due to economic upset in Europe, but BMW has still done better [...]
Closing up September sales, where it sold 128,446 units (an increase of 9.3 percent), BMW stays on course to remain the world’s top-selling luxury automakers. “At the end of the third quarter we find ourselves well on course to deliver our target of more than 1.6 million vehicles in 2011 and to remain the clear [...]
The new BMW X3 is doing wonders for the brand in the United States. Sales of BMW (the brand only) were up 19 percent in the United States, helping it maintain its lead in the market. BMW sold 1,853 units of the new 2011 BMW X3 last month – up from 146 units from the [...]
Congratulations to BMW for delivering the most luxury models in the United States for the fifth consecutive month – beating its closest competitors Mercedes-Benz, Lexus and Audi. The BMW 5-Series and the BMW X3 are once again to credit for the automaker’s increasing sales, which rose 6.5 percent in August to 20,815. The numbers bring [...]
The new BMW X3 is right around a corner and to help give the X3 some accolades, Europe’s New Car Assessment Programme has just given the new X3 a five-star crash overall. Thanks to the BMW’s extremely strong and stable passenger cell, the testers at NCAP found the X3 to offer “a high degree of [...]
BMW has outsold all other luxury brands in the U.S. for four consecutive months, including Mercedes-Benz. The new X3 SUV and 5 Series sedan gave sales a boost, bringing numbers up 12 percent from the previous year as of last month. Mercedes saw an increase in sales, as well, although less than BMW at 9.4 [...]
For the seventh consecutive year, Porsche is the highest-ranking nameplate in the 2011 APEAL Study by J.D. Power and Associates. Hyundai also improved from 2010 more than any other nameplate this year, while Jeep and Chrysler also improved considerably. BMW and Dodge each had three models each that received the segment-level awards. BMW models receiving awards [...]
