Whether familiarity is setting in or the post-Bangle styling has been toned down isn't clear, but the next generation BMW 3-series, due to be launched in the UK in May 2005, looks almost mainstream; BMW has played safe with its volume seller.
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After more than 15 years away, a legend has returned. This is the all-new BMW M6, and with a storming V10 under the bonnet, it promises to create an even bigger splash than its M635 predecessor did back in 1985.
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The Q at Audi's 4x4 design centre just got shorter... With smaller dimensions, a more car-like appearance and less extreme off-road ability, this is the model that Audi bosses think will be a fitting understudy to the new Q7 off-roader.
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Soon after the Z4 M Roadster goes on sale, it will be joined by a hot coupé version... or at least that's the plan.
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BMW 3-Series was named Scottish Car of the Year by Association of Scottish Motoring Writers (ASMW). The prize was given for its "spaciousness and class-leading mix of petrol and diesel engines".
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We've already seen the CC-style car with its clever folding metal roof, but the exclusive ice-spy shots in this week's issue show how BMW's 3-Series Coupé fixed-head model will look.
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Chrysler on Thursday afternoon (BST) said it had asked the US bankruptcy court for clearance to axe 798 US dealers and had also filed a list of US dealers whose agreements would "be assigned to the buyer of its business assets".
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This car is definitely one in a million! BMW has hit a production milestone - a Z4 M Roadster (image) is the millionth motor to roll off its US factory line.
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In a subtle indicator that some parts of the vehicle market are slowly beginning to recover, auction prices rose in April for trucks and minivans over 2008, though cars remain behind last years pace.
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GAZ Group has struck a deal over its debt restructuring with some of its lenders, according to local reports.
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BMW reveals new M3 power output
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First we showed you spy shots, then the concept - now feast your eyes on the real deal.
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Auto suppliers will need cash infusions of $17 billion to $33.5 billion over the next two to four years to avoid a wave of bankruptcies, according to an A.T. Kearney Inc. study released today.
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Staff at Fiat's Termini Imerese plant in Sicily stopped work and blocked a road on Thursday in protest at reports the factory would close if the automaker merged with Chrysler and General Motors Europe to create the world's second-biggest carmaker.
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Kia's new car sales in western Europe increased "significantly" in April, with major improvements in eight countries, the company has said.
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The German government wants more detailed concepts in the next week from the two rival groups interested in investing in Opel, economy minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg was cited as saying today (14 May).
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Toyota Motor Europe (TME) is to lease around 150 units of its plug-in hybrid vehicle (PHV) to selected fleet customers across Europe in the next step towards commercialisation of the project.
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What a difference a year makes. For much of last year Russia's economy was riding very high on the back of a boom in energy prices. But that boom waned and hopes for immunity from the international financial crisis were dashed, too. Russia's stock market collapsed by more than 70% in 2008. From late last year, the car market fell away sharply also.
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What a difference a year makes. For much of last year Russia's economy was riding very high on the back of a boom in energy prices. But that boom waned and hopes for immunity from the international financial crisis were dashed, too. Russia's stock market collapsed by more than 70% in 2008. From late last year, the car market fell away sharply also.
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