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Available Now: BMW Roadside Assistance Smartphone Application

BMW of North America today introduced a personalized smartphone application for its Roadside Assistance service in the United States. BMW Roadside Assistance is included as part of BMW Ultimate Service® with every new and Certified…

BMW Group Classic sets up Motorsport division

BMW Group Classic is expanding its mission: from the beginning of this year the newly established Motorsport division is offering assistance in everything to do with classic competition vehicles that carry the BMW and Mini…

Inspiring an Artist with the Joy of Driving: A Behind the Scenes Look at Jeff Koons and the Art Car Experience

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…

History and Chronological list of BMW Art Cars

History and Chronological list of BMW Art Cars

The car is now more than one hundred years old and during that time has fascinated all artists: from impressionism and surrealism to pop art and beyond. Abstract or true-to-life, critical or glorifying – time…

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…

History: BMW E1 – Pioneer for electro-mobility

We are continuing today our series of articles on BMW’s past concepts and prototypes, some interesting vehicles that set course for many models to come. Next in line, it’s the BMW E1, an electric vehicle…