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Ford has exercised its right to acquire the Rover brand name from BMW. When the American automaker purchased Land Rover from BMW, it obtained the right to buy the related Rover name if BMW ever elected to sell it. When BMW announced it had come to an agreement to sell Rover to Chinese automaker Shanghai [...]
BMW’s new 335i coupe is not class leading, It’s in a class of it’s own. WISER heads than mine sagely say that a car ought not -indeed cannot -be judged by the cossetted drive that is typical of media launches. No, they continue – usually unbidden and often at considerable length – you must take [...]
Is Jaguar getting a bum wrap in the surveys? Autospies has uncovered yet another survey in which Jaguar out places even the highly respected brand such as Mercedes and BMW. German motoring magazine Auto Zeitung has published its 2006 Quality Report and Jaguar has come out on top over strong competition from European and
Seventeen years ago, the automaker unveiled its first LS flagship. It was a surprisingly well-equipped four-door, boasting trendsetting quality. But the big selling point was price. The LS400 cost thousands less than European competitors, like the Mercedes S-Class and BMW 7-Series. And that was enough to win over legions of fans.
Automotive tuning firm Racing Dynamics has published an illustration of what it calls the RS55 Coupe — a tuned version of BMW’s yet-to-be-announced next-gen super coupe. Racing Dynamics reckons the “BMW M10″ — the basis for its tuner car — will be on the market in 2009.
The prying lens of Mrs. Priddy and her minions captured the newest 7-series during a test run, naturally dawning its prerequisite outerwear. The LLN crew gathered from the photos that the new seven will be ‘toned down a bit,’ compared to its Bangled elderly siblings, with a more subtle rear end and a revised fascia.
A Detroit automotive magazine has reported BMW is considering building a smaller version of its roadster to be called the Z2 — probably to be built in Spartanburg as soon as 2010. The car is likely to be limited to a four-cylinder engine and designed to compete with the Mazda Miata, according to AutoWeek.
Closely following a sighting of a Hydrogen-powered 7 series during testing, BMW officially announced the Hydrogen 7 today. The car is touted as the first hydrogen-drive luxury performance automobile for everyday use. The BMW Hydrogen 7 will be built in a limited series, and sold to select customers in the U.S. and overseas in 2007.
German automaker BMW AG said Tuesday it will introduce the world’s first hydrogen-powered luxury performance car.Know as the Hydrogen 7, the car will be built in a limited edition in Europe and will be sold to the U.S. market, the company said in a statement. It’s equipped with an internal combustion engine capable of running [...]
The 2006 BMW 330i has some interior design flaws as noted by the Road Test editors at Edmunds.com. The editors poined out a number of interior features they disliked but the top 5 were the audio system, cupholders, gauge visibility, interior storage space and the engine start button.