On January 29th, the 5,000,000th BMW 5-Series rolled off the production line at its factory in Dingolfing. The 5 millionth model is a 530d Sedan dressed in a Carbon Black Metallic color. The first 5-Series, code named E12,  was launched … Continue reading

Well, that was my first thought, but after seeing the official photos and reading the technical specs, I am not sure that Mercedes-Benz was actually trying to be in a direct competition with the BMW's best seller: the 3-series. The … Continue reading

Apparently, these are the rumors going around. Some of the US 335i sedan production will be shifted to South Africa beginning in February. SA Model Code = 0880, Germany = 0842. One of the reasons could be the 1-Series Coupe … Continue reading

Living large, that's for sure. Everybody knows Shaquille O’Neal, Miami Heat’s superstar and we all know he’s a big guy (7 ft 1 in and 325 lb). He probably needs big cars to get around and, according to his financial … Continue reading

Last week, we reported that over 300 BMWs have been damaged during shipping. Most of the cars were the upcoming BMW 1-series and the new M3, and to twist the knife even harder, lots of the damaged cars belonged to … Continue reading

BMW has placed Gerhard Richter in charge of development of its new Gran Turismo model, which is based on the popular CS concept car. Richter has worked on BMW's high-performance "M" cars since 1982. His mission — to make the … Continue reading

We have our five winners. Last week, we started our little sweepstakes in which we were giving away five hats, one of them an original Porsche hat and all the others, edBMW brand hats.  So, our Porsche hat winner is: … Continue reading

New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission is looking to replace their current fleet with a newer model. Most of the cabs in NYC are the old fashion Ford Crown Vic and the city will like to replace them with … Continue reading

What's happening at Mercedes? First, their initial diesel engines didn't pass the emission standards in all the 50 states  and now, they have just issued a major recall for 9004 cars. The problem: apparently it lies in a crankshaft sensor … Continue reading