BMW has confirmed that a production version of the show-stopping Z4 coupe concept, first unveiled at this year’s Frankfurt Motor Show, will go on sale in the UK in summer 2006.
Sorensons BMW in King’s Lynn, Norfolk, has scooped the BMW Bodyshop of the Year Award for 2005.
Forty years after Radford coachbuilders made the original Mini de Ville, Harold Radford Coachbuilders is applying its coach building skills to the BMW Mini.
BMW has announced details of a limited edition version of its 2006 world touring car, the new 320i saloon.
The BMW Group has launched its first UK environmental report today.
Rewind five years to spring 2000. BMW has just disposed of Rover for its much touted ‘symbolic’ £10 (although the cost to the carmaker in written off liabilities and loans ran into the millions).
The drip, drip of news about the new Mini MkII has become a torrent, with BMW unveiling the concept at Frankfurt – a barely disguised Mini Traveller.
A senior BMW executive has accused Audi of producing ‘a good copy’ of its vehicles.
Suzuki GB and BMW UK have both signed an agreement with network service providers Autogreen which will enable the companies to comply with European Union regulations regarding the disposal of old vehicles.
Accident management operator Accident Exchange has launched a six-month marketing initiative underpinning a drive to push more business back into the BMW GB approved repairer network.
BMW and Mini franchised dealer group Blue Bell in Wilmslow, Cheshire, has launched an accident management service.
Lexus tops the polls again. Maintaining its stranglehold over both the Sewells and RMI dealer attitude surveys, the premium carmaker has moved clear of the pack by recording a 9.7 out of 10 rating in the RMI survey, ahead of second place BMW on 8.6, down from 9.2 six months earlier.
Since the Mini brand was re-launched by BMW in 2001, there has been much speculation about how its iconic design will be retained in future models.
BMW Group has announced that BMW and Mini will be exhibiting at the 2006 British International Motor Show, which will take the motoring showcase back to London after a 30-year absence.
Blue Bell BMW and Mini in Wilmslow has introduced Blue Bell Accident Management as an additional service for its customers.
It’s unfortunate that Lexus is still dogged by an image problem. Many motorists still don’t see it in quite the same light as BMW and Mercedes-Benz. That is, not until they get into one.
By its own admission, BMW is heading into uncharted territory with the new 130i. Firmly aimed at the younger buyer, only 200-300 of the latest edition to the 1-series range will initially be produced a year.
BMW has united with General Motors and DaimlerChrysler to develop a dual-mode hybrid powertrain system for cars.
Touring targets growth
BMW has announced that particulate filters are now available in every diesel-powered model across its model line-up.
