News
AUDI AG, BMW Group and Daimler AG successfully concluded the acquisition of Nokia’s digital mapping and location business HERE. The three partners each hold an equal stake in HERE. All competent antitrust authorities approved the…
Horatiu Boeriu / December 4, 2015
Racing
BMW Motorsport used its traditional season review in the BMW Museum in Munich (DE) to present its programme for the 2016 season. As well as the commitment in the DTM, next year’s other big story…
Horatiu Boeriu / December 4, 2015
Interesting
Polestar started as a company that tuned Volvos for the Swedish Touring Car Championship, and it made some pretty incredible racing cars. Volvo was very impressed with how its cars turned out that, after years…
Nico DeMattia / December 4, 2015
3 Series
There’s no denying the fact that the once beloved BMW 3 Series has taken a serious fall from grace in the past few years. Since the F30 3 Series’ inception in 2012, it’s been met…
Nico DeMattia / December 4, 2015
News
BMW ahead of Mercedes, Lexus in luxury sales in the U.S.
by Horatiu Boeriu / Date: December 4, 2015
MINI
After its debut in Tokyo and LA, the new MINI F57 Cabrio lands in the BMW Welt in Munich glowing in a new exterior color – Caribbean Aqua – which will initially be available exclusively…
Horatiu Boeriu / December 4, 2015
BMW i
In 2012, BMW debuted the i8 Spyder Concept, an open-top progressive hybrid sportscar based on the two-door i8. While BMW has been toying with the idea of a production i8 Spyder, the final approval has…
Horatiu Boeriu / December 4, 2015
BMW M2
Although the new BMW M2 Coupe will celebrate its world premiere only at the 2016 Detroit Auto Show next January, test cars continue to be spotted around Garching fully undisguised. This time, the M2 was…
Horatiu Boeriu / December 4, 2015
BMW i
Over the years, the BMW i8 has been at the center of many automotive tuning projects, but none of them truly created an exciting build. Most of them focused on visual upgrades, rather than performance,…
Horatiu Boeriu / December 4, 2015
3 Series
The IIHS (Insurance Institute for Highway Safety) recently implemented a new test, called the Small Overlap Front test, a few years ago. It has become one of the more important crash tests since its implementation, as it…
Nico DeMattia / December 3, 2015
5 Series
Volvo’s recently released XC90 SUV has put Volvo back in the conversation with the German heavy-hitters, like BMW and Mercedes-Benz. Now with the S80 sedan, Volvo will compete with the likes of the BMW 5…
Horatiu Boeriu / December 3, 2015