India – European Union Free Trade Agreements hit a major road block for auto industry earlier today when the largest car manufacturer in India, Maruti Suzuki, said that they do not want EU-FTA in the auto sector. India and EU have been in talks over FTAs since June 2007, but nothing solid has come out of it.
No, we are not saying that Johan Schwartz, the BMW Performance Center instructor has bagged a role in the upcoming Fast & Furious movie. What we meant to say, is that Johan is now the record holder of the longest sustained drift. Johan drifted his BMW M5 for 82.506 kms, this is a new Guinness World Record.
It is a well known fact that BMW is a powerful and highly rated automotive brand in the world. But now, the German company has appeared on Forbes list of most powerful brands in the world. BMW is ranked 9th overall and 1st among auto makers. The other automakers to feature in the list include, Toyota, Mercedes Benz, Honda, Audi, VW and Ford.
BMW Group revealed their global sales figures for April 2013 earlier today, which shows that these are their best ever April sales. Apart from this, BMW announced a variety of upgrades which are ready to be introduced into markets of Europe from summer 2013. One of the important upgrade is the implementation of Euro 6 emission norms across their model range.
The good, bad, and ugly of being BMW India at the moment. BMW India has all along been resolute about not being part of a number race in their quest to be leaders in the market.
Mercedes-Benz 2013 US YTD sales higher than BMW, and Audi trails. The period January to April 2013 has seen Mercedes Benz luxury vehicle sales touch 92,822 units, up 11%.
Audi Q5 has strongest overall value compared to BMW X3 and Mercedes-Benz GLK in US. Year to date sales of the model stood at 11,437 units, up 36%.
BMW 3 Series KW DDC ECU coilovers. The three KW DDC modes offered are Comfort, Sport and Sport+ and drivers are able to select or alternate between driving models to bring out the best performance from the 3 Series Son varying road conditions.












