Post Tagged with: "BMW"
BMW 5-Series: All Turbo
Earlier in the year, BMW announced that the future of their 5-Series would be all turbo. No longer in production is a naturally aspirated middle child as the 3.0 liter straight six has officially been replaced. Now under the hood of all base 5-Series is the company’s all-new turbocharged four cylinder. To accompany the gas [...]
BMW Turns The 5-Series Into A Hybrid
The premium, hot-rod hybrids such as the Infiniti M35h and upcoming Lexus GS450h will soon have one more competitor. For the 2012 model year, BMW will be releasing their version of a high-powered and fast gasoline-electric hybrid: the ActiveHybrid 5. If things go according to plan, BMW’s famed vault-like build quality and pristine handling dynamics will finally be available [...]
BMW Recalls The XDrive 3-Series
The rare breed of BMW 3-Series cars, the all wheel drive XDrives, are being recalled. Mostly occupying the upstate market, the 328i XDrive and 335i XDrive could potentially have a problem with their front driveshaft assembly. It is believed by BMW that a certain number of vehicle’s front attachment bolts may not have been tightened to specification. Over time, the [...]
BMW Looks to Expand Its Workforce
BMW Group is currently hiring and is looking to fill approximately 3,500 new positions by the end of the 2011 year. In a statement issued by BMW, about half of those potential employees will find work in the company’s home turf: Germany. About 1,800 workers should have jobs in Munich headquarters and development while the [...]
Mini Builds Its Two Millionth Model in Oxford
Ten years ago, BMW opened its Oxford, England assembly plant for the purpose of bring the Mini name back into the world. Some purist initially were skeptical about a German company building a historically British car, but BMW has shown that it knows how to make a proper small car. Proof of this was seen not [...]
BMW Works to Perfect Automated Driving
BMW has a history of fully operational driverless vehicles. Not too long ago, they unleashed the TrackTrainer, a specially designed group of BMW vehicles that uses GPS, loaded guide data and numerous sensors to guide a car around a track without a driver. Used in BMW driver training sessions to show ‘timid’ drivers just how capable [...]
2011 BMW 528i Review
When it comes to premium sports sedans, BMW is and forever will be a benchmark. So many companies, including the other German heavy hitters, have their ‘BMW Beater’ that is aimed to take away the Bavarian company’s loyal customers. This has been the case for years as BMW has managed to blend vault-like build quality into [...]
BMW Invests Into Southeast Workforce
BMW announced recently that an investment into their South Carolina plant will be made in order to create jobs and build a stronger workforce in the southeast. Confirmation that a goal to hire 100 employees to be a part of a manufacturing recruitment program and a family health center was issued by Harald Krueger, BMW Group [...]
Edo Competition Puts Fast and Station Wagon Together
Edo Competition, a German aftermarket outfit that specializes in all types of high-end performance cars, has decided to say goodbye to a legend in a very special way. With the next generation BMW M5 ready to hit showroom floors with its twin-turbocharged V8, the outgoing model might be the last V10 powered factory BMW for a [...]
Add 20 hp to Your 335i For Only $550
BMW’s current generation 3 Series has become a legitimate sporting vehicle with its N50 series turbocharged engine. The turbo 335′s have been on the market for some time now and that means that a new model, if not whole new generation is just around the corner. So in order to make sure that current generation will never be [...]


