BMW, the official automotive partner for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, has revealed its full London 2012 fleet. The brand will have around 4,000 vehicles at the games assisting with any daily tasks. “Whether it be pulling boats out of the water at Weymouth, providing a mobile camera platform for the marathon, towing [...]
BMW has just announced some interesting details for the new 2013 BMW X3. First and foremost, the 2013 BMW X3 xDrive28i will be dropping its 6-cylinder engine in favor of the company’s new TwinPower Turbo 4-cylinder (N20) unit. In addition, the 2013 BMW X3 xDrive28i and the X3 xDrive35i will get new technology including Lane Departure [...]
Keeping in line with its continual flow of upgraded and new products, BMW announced yesterday that X3 xDrive28i is getting a power upgrade with a smaller engine Currently powered by a naturally aspirated 3.0-liter straight-six that makes 240hp, the X3 will now carry a 4-cylinder 2.0-liter turbocharged motor under the hood. Putting out 245-hp and 258 [...]
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 [...]
