Carmaker strategy to protect its premium position
Listers Group is thought to have its sights set on Taylors BMW and Mini in Boston.
BMW will roll out its fast-lane service programme across the network by July 2009.
The BMW UK dealer network is to stage a BMW EfficientDynamics open weekend where drivers of all makes and models of car will be able to take advantage of a free multi-point car check to highlight potential cost savings.
High performance meets practicality
BMW has revealed the first details for its new X6 crossover which will go on sale in the UK on May 31.
BMW is cutting its UK network by 17 according to German executives at the company.
BMW are still looking to post higher pre-tax profits than it did last year despite a drop in pre-tax profits by 24.8% to €641m (£506m) in the first quarter of this year.
American-based Group 1 Automotive, owner of Chandlers BMW/Mini, has posted an earnings loss of 6.1% in Q1 due to a drop in vehicle sales.
Former BMW UK executives Nigel Payne and Steve Mills are redeveloping their Benham BMW and Mini dealerships in Wolverhampton
BMW and Mini are offering a range of insured warranty products in conjunction with Mondial Assistance.
BMW GB has confirmed its attendance at the 2008 Canary Wharf Motorexpo in June. It will promote its new launches at the London event, six weeks ahead of the British International Motor Show, which it is not attending.
It drives like a BMW should, with excellent poise and handling and, with a six-cylinder engine under the bonnet, it feels quite sporty.
BMW could launch an all-new environmental brand within the next seven years.
In a real coup for the motor industry Chris Humphries, chief executive of the new UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES), made the BMW Academy at Wokefield Park the venue for his first employer visit.
The exec wars are hotting up. BMW took its new (and heavily disguised) 5 Series onto the streets of Munich just after Christmas.
Britain’s revitalised national motor show has lost a major supporter with a surprise decision by BMW not to back this summer’s event.
BMW UK is expected to write to network owners of between 10 and 20 dealerships at the end of the month to say they must be sold or closed.
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars chairman Ian Robertson has been appointed as sales and marketing director on BMW’s advisory board following the departure of Stephen Krause.
BMW will set the cat among the pigeons (again) next year when it slides the covers off a radical new crossover.
