Citing dangers and risk of neck injury is what has caused BMW to recall over 7,600 units of 2012 3 Series variants. Faulty head rests which could move down in case of collision and cause neck injuries is the reason behind this recall. The BMW 3 Series models affected in this recall are manufactured between October 18, 2011 and March 8, 2012. The company will be notifying customers and BMW service dealers... 

BMW have entered into a new partnership with Real Goods Solar, Louisville, Colorado to permit their customers and owners of BMW ActiveE electric vehicles and buyers of the i3 full production electric powered vehicles which will be launched in the coming year to buy solar panels for their homes at a 35% discount. Real Goods Solar (RGS) will give BMW customers the option of either buying or leasing the... 

BMW Group has posted yet another successful month as far as global vehicle sales are concerned. In the month of April 2012, BMW Group sold a total of 145,505 vehicles which include BMW cars, Rolls Royce cars, MINI cars and BMW motorcycles. Compared to April 2011, BMW Group sales were up by 6.1%. First four months of 2012 are also the most successful first four months in the history of BMW Group. BMW... 

BMW has set apart 240 electric and hybrid cars for the London Olympics to be held this summer. These cars will be part of a fleet of 4000 other vehicles that BMW will be supplying for the events which will be used to transport, officials, guest and athletes to and from the various venues. As official automotive partners, BMW will be supplying 160 1 series ActiveE small family car and 40 MINI Es along... 

Gary Paffett in his THOMAS SABO Mercedes AMG C-Coupé came in second in the second race of the 2012 DTM Season in Lausitzring, the first being at Hockenheim. In first place was Bruno Spengler of BMW. Gary Paffett received 43 points and is top in the drivers' standing ahead of Jamie Green with 30 points. Where team standings are concerned Team Thomas Sabo – Mercedes Benz Bank AMG is in first place... 

Talks are rife between the two auto majors, BMW and Hyundai to come together to develop a new engine and split the cost of development. BMW and Hyundai Motor Group held a series of talks in Munich to come together to develop these new engines which would benefit both companies. BMW is also working on a new engine with they say will improve economies of scale for three, four and six cylinder petrol... 

Demand for more luxurious and sporty SUVs among Chinese buyers have seen increased demand for BMW 7 series and Porsche Cayenne vehicle in the country. Chinese buyers are luxury and efficiency oriented and hence major auto companies are seeing tremendous response from this new emerging market. Both the German auto manufacturers sell more of their limousines in China than anywhere else and the country... 

As official sponsors to the 2012 London Olympic Games BMW will be supplying 240 Electric and Hybrid vehicles besides 4000 other vehicles for the events which will be used to transport officials, guests and participants to and from the various venues. The organizing committee for these prestigious games obviously set very high standards when it came to selection of official fleets and limits of auto... 

Mercedes-Benz sales during the month of April were significantly higher than that of BMW. Thus the former company has regained their position over the latter where luxury vehicle sales are concerned. BMW deliveries increased 24% while Mercedes delivered 22,336 units as against BMWs 21,062 units in April 2012. Both these companies had overthrown Lexus during the previous year to be top selling brands... 

The new BMW X1 Compact Crossover will be available in UK markets from July 2012 and will be priced at £24,660 for the base model i.e. X1 sDrive 18d while the top end model X1xDrive 25d will be priced at £ 31,860. Competing with Audi Q3, this model will see a host of exterior features coupled with a well designed cabin and the diesel model will come with two new trims – Sport and xLine. 25d will...