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BMW adds to its R6bn South Africa Rosslyn plant investment

BMW adds to its R6bn South Africa Rosslyn plant investment

BMW Group South Africa today announced an additional R160 million to be pumped into the Rosslyn manufacturing facility to enhance production linespeed. The enhancement raises the maximum production capacity by almost 10%, from 71 000…

BMW USA sales increased 0.7 percent in September

Sales of BMW brand vehicles increased 0.7 percent in September for a total of 25,571 compared to 25,389 vehicles sold in September 2016. Year-to-date, the BMW brand is down 4.3 percent in the U.S. on…

Mercedes doesn’t want mega-plant like BMW’s

BMW Plant Spartanburg overtook Dingolfing, Germany as the largest BMW plant in the world with more than 450,000 vehicles produced annually. But its rival in Stuttgart has no intention to follow BMW’s steps, arguing mega-plants are too…

BMW-FCA autonomous alliance wants third major partner

Video: Here’s How Alexa Will Work Inside BMW Models

Last week BMW announced that starting next year customers will get the chance to use Amazon’s personal assistant, Alexa, onboard their cars, just like they do at home. And while the announcement sounded just like…

Carmakers face billions in European CO2 fines from 2021

Carmakers face billions in European CO2 fines from 2021

European Union nations agreed in 2014 that carmakers should limit CO2 emissions to 95 grammes per kilometer across their entire model range within seven years. The figure for 2015 stood at some 130 grammes per kilometer…

1999 Techno Violet E36 BMW M3 'Vert for sale

1999 Techno Violet E36 BMW M3 ‘Vert for sale

Yesterday, we spoke about a brand-new BMW M3 Competition Package that was painted in an ultra rare Byzanz Metallic color. It’s a sort of bronze that really looked good and quite interesting. What was most…

Build Your Perfect All-Era BMW

Build Your Perfect All-Era BMW

You see it all the time in sports, where analysts and broadcasters will talk about an all-era team, a team built from all of a certain franchise’s best players, regardless of era. So we thought…