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Grand Opening of new BMW Brand Store in Paris

Grand Opening of new BMW Brand Store in Paris

The BMW Group celebrated the grand opening of its first new BMW Brand Store in the most luxurious area of metropolitan Paris in the Avenue George V tonight. The store was designed by the well-known,…

Karim Habib is the new Head of BMW Design

Karim Habib is the new Head of BMW Design

Karim Habib will take over as Head of BMW Design on 01.06.2012. The 42-year-old Lebanon-born Canadian has been in charge of Exterior Design BMW Automobiles since March 2011. He joined the BMW Group design team…

New Option for BMW 5 Series: Multifunction Instrument Display

New Option for BMW 5 Series: Multifunction Instrument Display

An optional feature that will enhance operation of the automobile in all BMW 5 Series models (except BMW 520d EfficientDynamics Edition and BMW ActiveHybrid 5): the multifunction instrument display. This is a freely programmable cockpit…

BMW recalling 7,600 new 3 Series models over faulty head restraints

BMW Group posts record sales for April

The BMW Group continued on its successful course as the world’s leading premium car company once again in April with an increase of 6.1% in sales. A total of 145,505 (prev. yr. 137,195) BMW, MINI…

BMW will recall 24,000 vehicle to fix emission glitch

BMW will recall over 24,000 vehicles sold in the United States. The 24,340 vehicles built from 2009-2011 may fail to meet U.S. and California emission regulations. Roughly 2,740 are X5 xDrive50i and X6 xDrive50i manufactured…

BMW Group reports record figures for first quarter

The BMW Group has had a successful start in the new financial year. “We have recorded the best first-quarter figures ever — for sales volume, revenues and earnings — in the BMW Group’s corporate history”,…

Project Visio.M: Electric mass mobility for urban environments

Electric vehicles powered by electricity from renewable energy sources are an attractive option for mobility within the urban area and beyond. However, previous approaches lead to vehicles that either are too heavy and too expensive…

Mercedes Leads BMW in U.S. Sales

In April, U.S. sales of Mercedes vehicles rose to 22,336 (24%) giving the Stuttgart-based automaker a lead for the year over BMW which sold 21,062 vehicles in the same month. In the first quarter of the…

BMW at RETTmobil 2012

BMW at RETTmobil 2012

From May 9th to 11th, over 400 companies will be coming together in Fulda for RETTmobil, the leading European trade fair for rescue and mobility. Being held for the twelfth time, this trade fair is…