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Spartanburg BMW Plant Expansion

Thanks to our contributor and friend, PalBay in Upstate SC. , we're able to show you some photos of BMW's plans to expand its U.S factory in the next years. Early last year, we learned that BMW is going to move the X3 production to the States and therefore, a larger plant was […]

I have always said that the BMW fans are quite different and 100% passionate about their cars and the whole BMW culture. They seem to be impulsive at time and absolutely defending the german brand against anyone that dares to try to put down their lovely bimmers. 
This time, a man in Germany went all the […]

I am very pleased to announce that Griot's Garage, the most respectable car care company, has become a sponsor of our blog. With a long history in the car care industry, Griot's Garage identify themselves as being the "Car Care For The Perfectionist" and the die hard bimmer fans are among their most loyal customers.
They […]

BMWBlog has reached another milestone

Today, we have officially reached over 1000 RSS subscribers, more exactly 1,038 people that are registered for our RSS feed or by email updates. That is impressive number and it shows how loyal the BMW fans really are.
Since our recent name change that took place back in February, the internet traffic has tripled and […]

Ferrari Sweeps the French GP

Despite the momentum BMW Sauber might have gained with its victory two weeks ago in Canada, Ferrari was back to business as usual when the checkered flag fell on the French Grand Prix.
It was Kimi Raikkonen’s race to lose, and that’s just what happened, through no fault of his own. His Ferrari blew […]

 
In a surprising move, BMW has decided to get rid of the navigation disks in their iDrive system in all the 2009 models. The maps will be preloaded into the navigation systems and for the people picking up their car in Europe through the European Delivery program, they will have both European and U.S maps […]

The BMW 5-series won the "Costumer-Satisfaction-Index" in it's class for the second time in a row, the BMW X3 won the SUV-segment. BMW also leads the quality- and the attractiveness-ranking for brands and gets second in the overall brand-ranking. The 1-series got the third place in the compact-car-segment.
The independent study about the customer-satisfaction in […]

BMW Museum re-opens

Update: Video added at the bottom
Yesterday, the BMW Museum has been opened in an official ceremony hosted by the BMW CEO Norbert Reithofer. During the opening ceremony, BMW chairman Dr. Norbert Reithofer welcomed special guest Eberhard von Kuenheim who served as the former chairman of BMW in 1973 when the first museum was […]

Back in January, a rumor was launched stating that BMW is looking into launching a new brand, named Project i, that will be associated with a zero-emission vehicle.
In an interview for Automotive News Europe, BMW's Executive  Herbert Höltschl confirmed that initial rumor and that BMW is set on manufacturing a zero-emission vehicle. In the […]

Interesting press release from BMW. A few days ago, Josh wrote a similar article on the BMW expansion in the U.S market
Woodcliff Lake, NJ – June 16, 2008: The BMW Group will be investing over a billion US dollars in the USA by the year 2012. The company is thus underlining its long-term commitment […]

BMW said today that it was going to be spending more money to increase its size in the U.S. market. Understandable, since the Dollar has been doing so poorly lately. 

BMW's plan of action calls for an extra $1,000,000,000 (yes, that is what a billion looks like) to be spent on increasing the sizes of the […]

BMW Blog Video News Delayed

 
I apologize for the delay on the video news. Unfortunately the other day a friend of mine ran into the front of my car pretty bad with his Land Rover. No damage to his car, only mine. So yesterday and today I have had to deal with insurance stuff. That is why it's taking so […]

BMW Blog Shop Now Open!

BMW Blog. It is the place for all things BMW. I think we all know that this website is one of the most enjoyable ones, not just for the readers, but for the writers too. 
Well, now you can show your official support for BMW Blog with our official BMWBlog Shop.
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BMW Sales Down 7.4% in May, but…

Mini USA reported an all-time record in May. The brand sold 6,312 cars, a 52.8 percent increase compared to 4,130 cars sold in the same period a year ago. MINI USA also reported sales of 21,189 cars for the first five months of 2008, an increase of 36 percent over the 15,585 vehicles sold in […]

Our friends at Bimmerfile are reporting that the next generation iDrive system will be getting an internal 40GB hard drive. According to them and Jonnathan Spira, a journalist for BMWCAA, the new and improved navigation system will include a 40-gigabyte hard disk drive.
The interesting fact lays in the way BMW has decided to partition the […]

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