BMW UK has said that it is embarking on a technical campaign to examine its diesel vehicles' exhaust gas recirculation modules after the brand made the decision to recall 324,000 cars due to a risk of engine fires.
The BMW i8 facelift is priced from £124,735 and is on sale now.
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) will give manufacturers a 10-day deadline before it legally forces them to recall vehicles or face prosecution
Vehicle manufacturers are beginning to move away from pure vehicle sales towards offering more subscription based services to meet the growing needs of today’s customer.
Stephan Freismuth, BMW’s customer manager, has said the pressure from Brexit on the company’s supply chain in Europe could threaten UK production.
BMW Group’s Alphera Financial Services has launched IMI-backed Quality Assured Programmes (QAPs) to ensure high standards in the sale of F&I products.
A coroner has highlighted the DVSA’s lack of demands for BMW to recall cars prone to sudden power failure in concluding an inquest into the death of a former Gurkha who died in a collision involving a stricken 3 Series saloon.
BMW has issued a recall for over 300,000 cars in the UK following a DVSA investigation which concluded that certain models could stall without warning.
BMW has been criticised for not making DVSA safety officials aware of a fault which led to one of its cars being involved in a fatal collision.
BMW has teamed up with mobility provider Drover to offer vehicles on a pay-as-you-go basis from £131-per-week.
A Mini plant worker who tried to sue BMW for £1million in damages has been caught “faking it” and now faces more than £100,000 in court costs.
A raid on BMW’s Munich headquarters by emissions investigators came after the brand reported the “incorrect installation of software” to the relevant authorities, according to the brands chief executive Harald Krueger.
Vee24’s online customer service has been extended to cater to late night car browsers on Halliwell Jones' website.
Bowker BMW, has been crowned as the ‘BMW Sales Retailer of the Year’.
The 2018 BMW X4 will be priced from £42,900 and is available to order from February 15.
BMW and Daimler have now suspended senior staff in light of allegations surrounding the testing of diesel emissions on monkeys in the US.
Volkswagen’s head of group external relations and sustainability Dr Thomas Steg has been suspended following allegations that monkeys were used in an emissions testing regime carried out on behalf of the brand.
Volkswagen, Daimler and BMW face a new diesel emissions-related backlash following claims that monkeys were exposed to diesel fumes as part of scientific test carried out on the German premium brands' behalf.
