Sixth gen’s a charm
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
When attempting to replace a successful and popular car, there can be a myriad of challenges. When that car has been in existence for five model generations and close to 40 years, those challenges can be all but insurmountable.
So when it came time to create the all-new 2011 BMW 5 [...] - Tags:
BMW 5 Series,
BMW Reviews
With the all-new sixth-generation BMW 5 Series just months away from its mid-year Australian launch, the Bavarians have used a press event in Portugal to release official videos of the car.
Aesthetically there are few surprises given that BMW unveiled the executive saloon more than two months ago.
On the whole the new 5 Series appears more [...] - Tags:
BMW 5 Series,
BMW 520d,
BMW 550i
Rolls-Royce has today announced that Mr Torsten Mueller will join the company as its new Chief Executive Officer.
During his more than 20 years with the Group, Mr Mueller has held a number of management positions in the Sales and Marketing Division and was instrumental in brand and product management for MINI between 2000 and 2003. [...] - Tags:
UK motoring magazine What Car? has named the Peugeot 3008 1.6 THP 15 Sport its 2010 Car of the Year, ranking the small SUV ahead of more than 4200 models on sale in the UK.
The judges were impressed by the 3008’s all-round ability as a compact yet spacious, rugged yet refined, and driveable yet efficient [...] - Tags:
Audi TT,
Peugeot 3008
BMW plans to raise the benchmark in dynamic sporting luxury coupes and convertibles with the release of the new 3 Series.
The pictures released show changes to the front, side and rear giving the car a more dynamic and athletic look.
As well as changes to the appearance BMW have also revised the engines. Power has increased [...] - Tags:
BMW 3 Series
UK automotive website WhatGreenCar has revealed its Top 10 green cars to watch in 2010, with the top six all emitting less than 100g/km CO2.
Three sets of “Double Cs” have made energy-efficient, low-emissions cars more important in the UK than ever before: climate change, credit crunch and congestion charge.
The list includes two fully-electric vehicles, two [...] - Tags:
Audi A1,
BMW 5 Series,
Citroen DS3 HDi,
Ford C-MAX,
Honda CR-Z hybrid,
Nissan Leaf,
Peugeot iOn,
Toyota Auris,
Toyota Plug-in Prius hybrid,
Volvo S60
Following spy pics late last year of BMW’s new 3 Series Coupe, come these pics today of a disguised sedan variant undergoing testing in Europe.
The new 3 Series, codenamed F30, is penciled in for an appearance at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show, and though its very hard to tell beneath the psychedelic camouflage, our spy [...] - Tags:
BMW 3 Series
Australia’s best selling luxury brand has once again eclipsed the luxury automotive market, according to official 2009 industry figures released yesterday.
BMW again surpassed 17,000 passenger/SUV registrations, a feat never achieved before by another premium manufacturer and firmly claimed line honours as Australia’s best selling luxury brand for the sixth consecutive year.
“To record sales in excess [...] - Tags:
Speaking with French newspaper Les Echos this weekend, German’s VDA President, Mr Matthias Wissmann, said German car manufacturers will gain market share by producing more smaller vehicles, even as competition in the global car industry intensifies.
“If BAIC buys GM’s unit Saab, and another Chinese company buys Ford’s Volvo, then that is a sign that the [...] - Tags:
It’s a well known fact that batteries of any kind don’t perform as well in cold conditions, a fact some Mini E drivers in the US are now experiencing first hand.
In the cold north-west winter Mini E’s claimed range of 160 kilometres has been reduced by between 20 and 50 per cent, with one driver [...] - Tags:
Mini E
Just a day after BMW announced its move away from hydrogen technology comes new of a new green-based project dubbed ActiveE.
Based on the BMW 1-Series the ActiveE is an electric vehicle using similar technology to that found in its Mini cousin, the MiniE, and will be part of a US trial where the vehicle will [...] - Tags:
BMW 1 Series
BMW is abandoning its work on hydrogen-powered internal combustion engines, admitting that the technology has run its course.
Despite rumours that the Bavarians were getting out of new fuel altogether, the company has confirmed that its future efforts with hydrogen will be focused on fuel cells and improving storage systems like cryogenic reservoirs.
BMW and Mazda have [...] - Tags:
With thanks to a diligent BMW forum reader this morning, CarAdvice can bring you this video of the upcoming BMW 3 Series replacement (chassis code: F30) winter testing in Europe.
Likely to debut in late 2011 as a 2012 model, the new 3 Series was heavily disguised in body cladding and BMW’s nowwell-known psychedelic camouflage.
Rumour points [...] - Tags:
BMW 3 Series
Few will complain about the performance or driving experience behind the wheel of BMW’s impressive rear-wheel drive Z4 Roadster, regardless of which powertrain you go for.
That’s especially true of the high performance Z4 sDrive35i, but more is always better, particularly if that means 250 kW and 450 Newton-metres plus, of rear wheel drive torque, [...] - Tags:
BMW Z4,
BMW Z4 sDrive35is
The world’s fastest diesel powered production car is a BMW 335d, recording a world speed record on the famous 13 kilometre Nardo Ring in Southern Italy.
In what looks decidedly like a stock standard BMW 335d, the car, built by the premier German tuning company AC Schnitzer and known as a the ACS3 3.5d Coupe, [...] - Tags:
BMW 335d
Location: Phillip Island Circuit, Victoria
High-end watch company Hublot is all about the Big Bang, one of the world’s hottest selling watches, and yes, its very big and very impressive.
So to is BMW’s latest M car, the monster powered Sports Activity Vehicle (SAV) the X6 M, the Big Bang of the SUV world, if [...] - Tags:
BMW X6,
BMW X6 M
With the next generation BMW 1-Series due to arrive in 2011, prototype mules wearing the current body have been spotted in the early stages of testing.
Following a mid-life facelift performed in 2007, the new 1-Series spied in BMW’s typical psychedelic camouflage will sport an all-new look along with a rumoured new body style.
Talking with AutoBild, [...] - Tags:
BMW 1 Series
As revealed by CarAdvice in September, BMW Australia has enhanced its high-performance range with the arrival of the X6 M.
To be joined by the X5 M in January 2010, the head of BMW Group Australia, Stavros Yallouridis, said the new power couple would set new standards in the high-powered SUV market.
“We are particularly pleased to [...] - Tags:
BMW X5,
BMW X5 M,
BMW X6,
BMW X6 M
The 2010 Ward’s 10 Best Engines winners have been announced with efficiency and downsizing the winning themes.
In North America’s only award program honouring engine excellence, the list of 10 symbolises the automotive industry’s swift movement towards smaller engines and greater technological advancements.
Among the winners were two hybrid systems, two diesels, six four-cylinder units, and just [...] - Tags:
Lamborghini is forecasting tough times until 2011 with an expected global sales reduction of 35 per cent in 2009.
Lambo CEO, Stephan Winkelmann, confirmed that 2009 had been a horror year for the Italian supercar company.
“It was tough, it’s still tough. Everything you see has been much worse than forecast.
“2011 will be a recovery, but we [...] - Tags:
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