Things have been going well for Rolls-Royce since the British cult brand was snapped up by the BMW Group. Putting the brand's rich and nearly infinite tradition to good use, the engineers are gearing up to present yet another new concept at the Geneva Show, the 200EX sedan.
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German driver Nick Heidfeld of the BMW-Sauber team suspects the sweeping new aerodynamic regulations for 2009 have succeeded in making formula one cars easier to pass.
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German driver Nick Heidfeld of the BMW-Sauber team suspects the sweeping new aerodynamic regulations for 2009 have succeeded in making formula one cars easier to pass.
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Reader expected bargains at BMW auction – but was amazed at the amounts bid.
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Tony Woodley, joint general secretary of the UK's biggest auto union, Unite, has written to the chairman of BMW's board of management to protest his union's "outrage" at the manner in which 330 BMW agency workers were summarily sacked from the Oxford Mini plant earlier this week - and has warned the automaker there would be no further repeats of last Monday's "disgraceful sackings".
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Tesla gives us a sneaky-peak at its BMW 5-series rival.
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BMW is studying whether to use wind energy to help power its Spartanburg, S.C., factory.
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First ride in new Focus RS, BMW's clever new 5-Series concept, best of British group test special, baby McLaren revealed, FREE 16-page RS magazine
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BMW enters a new niche with a stunning hatchback version of the 5-Series!
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BMW and Daimler have agreed to develop some parts together, but do not expect cross shareholdings, a German media report said on Monday.
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Shares in BMW rose 2 percent early today after a report in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung on possible closer cooperation between the Bavarian automaker and Daimler.
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Best spy shots yet of BMW's upcoming flexible 5-Series!
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BMW early on Monday confirmed weekend newspaper reports it would axe weekend working at its Mini Plant Oxford here in the UK, with the loss of 850 temporary workers. The plant union said the way the cuts had been announced was "disgraceful".
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BMW has launched a 'concept' 5 series Gran Turismo, a five-door vehicle with four seats, which, it said, combines features of a prestigious sedan, a sports activity vehicle and a classic GT, or grand tourer. The concept will be at Geneva, the production car at Frankfurt in September.
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BMW said today that it would shed 850 workers at its plant in Oxford, England, where it makes the Mini. The carmaker said the global economic slowdown had hit demand for the Mini, which celebrates its 50th anniversary in August.
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Rather than slashing the price or pouring on incentives, BMW is limiting the supply of its European-built X3 compact crossover to maintain profits until it shifts production to South Carolina.
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Think about water-slides, toboggans and snowboarding, and it's apparent that in the early years of everyone's life, a loss of traction was something to be looked forward to. Eventually, slipping and sliding is outgrown-- or even feared in one's adult life as a motorist. The same principle that amuses us as kids can be downright scary to grown-ups behind the wheel.
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The BMW Group is promising us "detailed information" next week on the fifth-generation 7-series and the Mini convertible.
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BMW plans to sell "less than 100,000" units a year of its "Progressive Activity Sedan," group sales and marketing chief Ian Robertson said.
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