BMW News

BMW Dealer Crashes M5, Tries Screwing Owner Out Of $27K [Cotomer Sevis]

September 2, 2010

Jalopnik / Ben Wojdyla

An M5Board forum member took his 2007 BMW M5 to the dealer for brakes and fresh oil. Their 20-year-old tech crashed it during a test drive.

Colloquial is not Authentic

September 2, 2010

Portigal Consulting / Julie Norvaisas

We frequently encourage clients to make their language accessible, get out of their own heads, talk to people in/on/around products and services using words their customers can actually understand, ...

Curbside Classic: 1972 BMW 2002 Tii – The Second Most Influential Modern Car In America

September 2, 2010

The Truth About Cars / Paul Niedermeyer

There’s a wise old saying that warns not to propose marriage to a woman until you’ve met her mother.

GERMANY/US: BMW switches X3 to Spartanburg

September 2, 2010

Dave's automotive industry blog - from just-auto.com

BMW ended production of the old X3 at Magna Steyr in Graz and began output of the redesigned model at its own Spartanburg plant in South Carolina the next day.

The moment drunk BMW driver careers down road as friend desperately clings to the bonnet

September 2, 2010

CCTV images show a friend on the bonnet of Peter James's car in Coleford, Gloucestershire. James faces jail after admitting drink-driving and dangerous driving.

Navigation Systems Put to the Test: The Results

September 2, 2010

KickingTires / Kelsey Mays

On Wednesday, we laid out plans to take several navigation systems — the pricey factory systems in an Acura TSX, a BMW 3 Series and an Infiniti G37, plus a $180 handheld Garmin Nuvi 255W — and see how ...

BMW Group Middle East continues to spread the message of road safety during Ramadan

September 2, 2010

Arab News latest RSS headlines - Arab Herald.com

Following a successful Road Safety Awareness drive earlier this year which saw over 3,000 child safety booster cushions distributed to families in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, BMW Group Middle East has announ.

BMW maxes out the Mini to lure family market

September 2, 2010

detnews.com - Autos Insider / Cornelius Rahn Bloomberg News

BMW's Mini, known for its retro-chic appeal, is targeting an unhip crowd with its Countryman crossover: families. The not-so-mini Mini will have four doors and be the brand's biggest ever model.

Andrew Bynum's Pimped Out BMW M6

September 2, 2010

motorpulse | Top Stories

Being a professional basketball player definitely has its perks, and here we have Andrew Bynum of the Los Angeles Lakers showing off his pimped out BMW M6.

AG's BMW Shark spotted in the wild, makes the Maybach look like a chump

September 2, 2010

CARSCOOP / noreply@blogger.com (John @ Carscoop)

This is the AG Shark, not the Mercedes CL-based AG Excalibur (although both are big, red, and kind of freaky-deaky), and it was snagged in Latvia by a reader of the Autogespot forums.

BMW Sales in U.S. Top Toyota’s Lexus for Third Straight Month

September 1, 2010

BusinessWeek: Daily & Breaking News, Top Stories from BusinessWeek News

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG’s namesake brand increased U.S. sales 1.6 percent in August and beat Toyota Motor Corp.’s Lexus nameplate as the top U.S. luxury brand for the third straight month.