BMW will not be at next year's Birmingham motor show, believing it can use the £1.5m-plus cost more effectively as it sets a 100,000 sales target, combined with Mini.
BMW GB expects to reach a record 80,000 this year and managing director Jim O'Donnell has set a target for 2002 of more than 100,000 with Mini included.
MG Rover has acquired Rover Financial Services from BMW through a newly-formed venture between HBOS and the Phoenix Partnership, called MGR Capital. It has bought the contract portfolio of some 58,000 customers of vehicles leased while under BMW ownership, for a total consideration of £340m.
I remember when the actress Jennifer Aniston had a nose job. I thought, 'what's the point of that?', but looking back at old episodes of Friends, it has made a definite improvement. The thought came into my mind because BMW has applied the same 'if it ain't broke, make a few adjustments anyway' attitude to the 3-series.
BMW premiered the 163bhp Mini Cooper S at the Tokyo show to capitalise on the Japanese public's enthusiasm for the marque. The model goes on UK sale next June, priced around £15,000.
BMW Financial Services Group and Alphabet, its mu;lti-marque leasing company, united for an invitation-only sale at BCA Nottingham which saw 330 cars offered to 213 registered buyers. 305 cars were sold, equivalent to a 92.5% conversion rate.
BMW says the economic impact of the September 11 terrorist attacks in the US is 'manageable' and it will meet its financial targets for the 2001 financial year.
BMW has improved the warranty cover for all Minis registered from November 1. The 60,000 mileage limit on the three year warranty has been upgraded to unlimited mileage over the same period.
BMW has improved its warranty terms for all new cars registered in the UK from today. The mileage limit of 60,000 miles over the three year cover of the warranty has now been dropped to allow unlimited mileage over the same period.
BMW is aiming to put Britain's most exclusive fleet of test cars on the road next year in a bid to tempt key fleet and corporate drivers to switch to tomorrow's world motoring.
BMW will expand its Direct fleet service after two successful pilots. The carmaker expects to sell around 500 cars next year through BMW Direct.
No car we've driven during the past six months has provoked more “ooh, look at that” reaction than the Mini One – the not-the-replacement for the legendary Morris/Austin/BMC/BL/Rover Mini developed by Rover under BMW's brief and costly stewardship.
Volvo at last has a car to compete in the aspirational premium upper-medium sector against the likes of BMW and Audi, leaving the worthy-but-dull S40 and V40 to tackle offerings from the volume manufacturers.
BMW is introducing a new dealer bonus scheme to ensure it protects its residual values in the UK as new product arrives.
John Clark Motor Group has invested £2.5m in a new BMW dealership in Aberdeen. The 2.6-acre site will be BMW's largest in Scotland and replaces the existing dealership, occupied since 1982.
After years of dominance as the most desirable car in its sector, the BMW 3-series has been facing a tougher challenge than ever this year.
BMW's new 2-litre engine for the 3 Series owes a small part of its development to Rover's K-series engine.
BMW global sales continue their upward surge, putting the company on track to break its record of 2000, a success put down to a marketing "offensive" which will see the product range double in the next six years.
BMW has revised the 3 Series, Britain's best-selling junior executive car. Prices are up by around 1.5%, but it has new sportier suspension and faster steering, and a new grille and headlights for saloon and Touring models. Aircon is standard and all six-cylinder cars have dynamic stability control. The 318i has a new engine and power is boosted by 25bhp to 143bhp. It costs £19,930, compared with Audi's £18,640 A4 2.0 and the Mercedes C180 Classic (£21,140). The entry level 316i costs £18,070.
BMW's new 2-litre engine for the 3 Series owes a small part of its development to Rover's K-series engine. The revised 318i's 1,995cc engine (replacing the 1,895cc) and a 1.8-litre version in the Compact 316ti are built at Hams Hall, BMW's engine plant in the West Midlands.
