A new year and new engine awards for BMW. This time, BMW North America received two awards from the Ward’s Automotive Group, once again, the twin-turbo 6 cylinder engine has won an award. The recently diesel engine launched in the … Continue reading

BMW has released today their sale numbers for December 2008 and as expected, they are not pretty. While the Mini brand’s sales accounted for 3,566 automobiles, up 0.1 percent from the 3,562 cars sold in December 2007, the BMW brand took … Continue reading

Just a few days later after our article on “How to retrofit a Night Vision Camera in your BMW”, we learned that FLIR, the company behind the Night Vision camera found in some BMW models, will showcase their PathFindIR thermal … Continue reading

While many manufacturers are closing down plants to stop piling up inventory, BMW has defied the downturn, at least  in India. BMW’s specialist ‘M’ or the ‘Motorsport’ division has improved on sales internationally and the BMW brand as a whole … Continue reading

Well, this is not something new. We have known for a while that BMW along with the other major european automakers companies have suffered severe financial losses along with a major decrease in sales. But what’s interesting in the article … Continue reading

Sad news my dear readers, on late Thursday, early Friday here in the US, I learned that former CFO Michael Ganal died at age 54. I wanted to hold off until BMW issued an official statement in respect for his … Continue reading

Ward’s Automotive Group announced its 2009 10 Best Engines list and BMW takes two of the top ten spots. The already double award-winning 3.0 liter twin-turbo engine takes one of the spots and the newly US launched, the 3.0 liter … Continue reading

Despite the economic downturn and recent drop in sales, BMW AG seems to have had a decent year overall. They sold 1,323,572 from January to November, only 1.8 percent down from last year (1,347,957).  BMW also reported selling approximately 100, … Continue reading

Munich. Dr. Friedrich Eichiner (53) will assume responsibility for the Finance Division with immediate effect. Dr. Michael Ganal (54) occupied this position from October 2007 and will remain a member of the Board of Management of BMW AG. Dr. Norbert Reithofer, Chairman … Continue reading