History of the BMW 5 Series
Sales of the BMW 5 Series already amount to more than 5.5 million units in five model generations – and now a new chapter is starting in the highly successful story of the BMW 5…
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Modified race-spec MINI E completes a lap of the legendary 20.8 km “Green Hell
Taking on the infamous Nürburgring-Nordschleife circuit at race speed with an electrically powered car is an ambitious project, but the BMW Group has just become the first car manufacturer to make it happen. Today the…
2010 Leipzig Auto Show: BMW Z4 sDrive35is
Back in December of 2009, BMW introduced a new model in the Z4 family: sDrive35is. The new upgraded, more powerful Z4is went public at the Detroit Auto Show when the 2011 roadster opened the doors…
World Premiere: 2010 BMW X5 xDrive40d
Another world premiere took place yesterday at the 2010 Leipzig Auto Show. The European-only model, BMW X5 xDrive40d was shown for the first time to media journalists. The facelifted BMW X5 xDrive40d comes with BMW…
World Premiere: The BMW 5 Series Gran Turismo with xDrive
NYIAS 2010: Alpina Interview – BMWBLOG Sits Down with Kris Odwarka, Alpina Sales Director
Alpina is a storied automotive manufacturer with rich history attached to its name. We had the opportunity to sit down with Alpina’s sales director, Kris Odwarka while in New York to talk about the company’s…
New Photos: BMW Art Car M3 GT2
BMW announced today that the 17th Art Car created by Jeff Koons will race where the first BMW Art Cars raced – at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France, June 12-13, 2010. Koons…
Art Cars: Jeff Koons Reveals Preliminary Designs for the BMW M3 GT2
BMW ANNOUNCES JEFF KOONS’ ART CAR WILL RACE AT 24 HOURS OF LE MANS / WORLD PREMIERE AT PARIS’ CENTRE POMPIDOU In the spirit of Calder, Stella, Lichtenstein, Warhol, and Holzer, BMW announced today that…
Editorial: A Brief History of Front Wheel Drive
Start. In the beginning was the Cugnot artillery tractor. More than one version of the three-wheeled front-wheel-drive (FWD) steamer came off the drawing boards in the second half of the eighteenth century. The apocryphal story…
NY Auto Show 2010: A Walk Around with Martin Birkmann and Jack Pitney
One of our favorite parts of the auto show is the “walk around” given to a select group of journalists. Here we enjoy insights into several new cars and technologies as we walk around the…
History: BMW Z1 Coupe
BMW Technik GmbH was launched in 1985 with the mission to develop innovative solutions for a large number of aspects associated with individual mobility. The specialists working in the newly established department were able to…
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