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BMW offers new interface for extended iPhone connectivity

BMW offers new interface for extended iPhone connectivity

Press Release: For the first time following the launch of MINI Connected, the BMW Group is now also offering select iPhone applications for integrated use in a BMW. This capability sees the already extensive range…

BMW of North America Announces Best Dealership Awards

Press Release: BMW of North America, LLC today announced its annual Center of Excellence honors, awarded to the top performing dealerships in the U.S. Thirty-two of the 338 BMW dealers nationwide achieved “2011 Center of…

BMW to launch new “i” sub-brand on Monday, February 21

BMW MegaCity to receive optional Range Extender

BMW MegaCity to receive optional Range Extender

BMW Financial Officer Frederick Eichiner told german website Focus.de that the BMW Vehicle Mega City will receive an optional range extender that can be ordered with the electric vehicle. The range extender refers to a…

BMW Designworks USA designs Intermarine 55 Luxury Yacht

BMW Designworks USA designs Intermarine 55 Luxury Yacht

BMW Group DesignworksUSA has collaborated with Intermarine, Brazil’s leading shipyard for luxury yachts, to create the elegant, powerful and refined Intermarine 55. Setting sail in July 2011, the Intermarine 55 is the first in a…

Wind River teams with BMW and Magneti Marelli on infotainment system

Wind River and automotive component manufacturer Magneti Marelli announced they’re collaborating on the first in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) solution based on the open source Genivi Alliance spec. Based on Linux (and MeeGo, most likely), the system…

Four-cylinder engines power 65.4% of cars built in 2010

Four-cylinder engines power 65.4% of cars built in 2010

Wards Auto, quoted by Autoblog, states that in 2010, approximately 65 percent of vehicles built for the U.S. market were powered by four-cylinder engines. As a direct consequence to the soaring gas prices in 2008,…