BMW Cars
The best ‘real world’ sports car?
One of the UK’s leading motoring websites has awarded the BMW 3 Series Coupé its coveted Car of the Year title. In its annual poll nearly a quarter of readers voted the sleek new coupé MSN Car of the Year 2007, placing it ahead of supercar rivals such as the Ferrari 599 GTB and the Lamborghini Murcielago LP640.
BMW 3 Series Convertible the choice for summer
Sales of BMW’s new 3 Series Convertible are surging ahead, making it the must have open-top car for the summer.
World Touring Car Championship kicks off in Brazil
The new FIA World Touring Car Championship season starts this Sunday with Britain’s back-to-back WTCC champion, Andy Priaulx, looking to rewrite motorsport history.
BMW M3 Concept Car
The name M3 is a symbol of unique performance on the racetrack and in everyday motoring. For more than two decades, the BMW M3 has represented the athletic heart of the brand in its most fundamental and succinct form. Its dominating role in motor sports and the ultimate driving experience it affords the driver on the road are inseparably intertwined. Such qualities have given the BMW M3 the exceptional status it enjoys the world over.
BMW Group wins awards from private and business drivers
BMW and MINI have won the same category awards from What Car? and BusinessCar magazine, proving that MINI, BMW 5 Series and BMW 3 Series models are the right solution for private and business drivers alike.
BMW’s engine plant goes green
BMW’s engine manufacturing plant in Steyr, Austria, has boosted its green credentials by completing a new waste water free production process that saves 30 million litres of water a year.
BMW M Sport 3 Series Coupé and Convertible
The BMW 3 Series Coupé and Convertible ranges both have a new flagship model. The M Sport specification level is now the most dynamic and sporting incarnation currently available for the recently launched Coupé and Convertible ranges.
BMW 1 Series three-door arrives
The new BMW 1 Series goes on sale in spring 2007 and features a model line up that includes the most fuel efficient production vehicle BMW has ever produced. The introduction of a three-door model and a revised five-door come as a raft of new fuel-saving innovations are rolled out across the range.
BMW 320si to make BTCC debut
Following back-to-back FIA World Touring Car Championship Driver and Manufacturer titles in 2005 and 2006, BMW is pleased that the 320si WTCC saloon, which propelled Britain’s Andy Priaulx to double world champion status, is now set to challenge for honours in the 2007 British Touring Car Championship under the banner of Team RAC run by West Surrey Racing (WSR).
The new BMW 5 Series Saloon and Touring
The new BMW 5 Series range features a host of innovative technologies that make the world’s best Executive car even better. Engine innovations such as High Precision Direct Injection and twin-turbocharging improve performance and economy alongside class-leading comfort technologies such as Lane Departure Warning System and Head-up Display.
BMW M5 Touring
Powered by the back-to-back International Engine of the Year-winning engine driving through BMW’s unique seven-speed Sequential Manual Gearbox, the new M5 Touring offers up to 1,650 litres of boot space for owners needing to move sizeable loads…… quickly.
BMW lifts the lid on new convertible models
Detroit in January will not see too many drop-top drive-thru’s, but at next week's North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), BMW Group will be offering a glimpse of sunnier days ahead with the global unveiling of the new MINI Convertible Sidewalk and the all-new BMW 3 Series Convertible. Both cars go on sale in the UK in spring and both are set to hit the number one sales slots in their respective segments.
BMW Touring enjoys cultural and sporting festivals
Hot on the heels of a record year for BMW 3 Series Touring sales, BMW UK has launched ‘Touring Festivals’ – a guide to the UK and Europe’s most evocative and challenging cultural and sporting festivals, compiled, appropriately, behind the wheels of BMW’s Touring models.
BMW 3 Series Convertible makes world debut at Detroit
BMW’s new 3 Series Convertible makes its world debut at the 100th North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit on 7 January 2007. Offering innovations, unique technologies and powerful yet low emission engines, the new 3 Series Convertible is set to offer unparalleled levels of performance and refinement to remain the clear class leader.
BMW…at your service
BMW will provide police cars for Hampshire Police exclusively. While the Constabulary is a long-standing BMW customer the decision to switch exclusively to BMW has only recently been announced. As part of the switch, Hampshire Police ordered 23 cars with a total of 19 BMW 3 Series and 5 Series Touring models and four BMW X5 3.0d’s. Most of the cars have already been prepared and are ready for service.