Franchised dealers will have a future in the accident repair sector, says Dave Harvey, national bodyshop development manager at BMW (UK).
The BMW Group surpassed its own records for both quarterly and half-year car sales volumes, in the last accounting period of outgoing chairman Helmut Panke.
Bernard Bradley, former general manager, sales, at BMW, is joining Honda this month as head of sales operations – cars.
BMW is planning to use cameras in a bid to help motorists avoid speeding fines.
BMW has appointed Dr Norbert Reithofer as its new chairman.
Bernard Bradley, BMW UK’s general manager of corporate sales, quit the role last week ready to join Honda UK next month.
A new shelving installation, provided by Link 51, has now been completed for the Lind Automotive Group BMW dealership in Colchester.
BMW UK’s new sales director will be Sytner senior executive Tim Abbott.
Space is the biggest benefit identified by dealer principal Richard Berry six weeks after relocating Sytner’s Solihull BMW and Mini business to a £10m new dealership.
The 5-series had a tough job when it was launched in 2003. It had to replace one of the best-engineered and most respected cars in the world: the old one. But it’s done it.
BMW has announced engine details of the revised X3, featuring the most powerful diesel engine ever to power a production BMW in the UK. It is due on sale in September with five engines, two petrol and three diesel.
This is the BMW X5 MkII – although this model’s all-new chassis, dimensions and sheet metal aren’t immediately obvious, despite the minimal disguise.
BMW’s fastest ever soft-top, the M6 Convertible, will make its debut at the British International Motor Show (July 18 – 30).
Arnold Clark Automobiles has purchased two BMW/Mini dealerships in Scotland as the platform for growth in prestige car sales.
The 630i looks superb, with sweeping lines and great panel fit. The interior is opulent, and has a high quality feel to it (no longer a given with the BMW badge).
BMW has announced it will mark the return of London’s British International Motor Show with its first-ever world debut at a British motor show.
BMW is launching own brand and MINI credit cards and other financial products in conjunction with American Express, the Newcastle Building Society, and the Royal Bank of Scotland subsidiary UK Insurance.
Inchcape Retail may adopt its Cooper brand name for the five Lind Automotive Group BMW/Mini dealerships it is buying as it has done with previous acquisitions.
A £17m training facility for the UK’s BMW and Mini retail networks was opened this month near Reading.
BMW is gearing up for a big expansion of the 1-series family, after two years on the market.
