BMW hopes to avoid gas-guzzler taxes that are added on top of the base prices of some of their vehicles in the U.S. President of BMW NA Jim O’Donnell, says that they are focusing on fuel efficiency researches so that they will not be under gas-guzzler taxes for the refreshed …
Read More »Real Life Photos – BMW Vision EfficientDynamics Concept
BMW surprisingly displayed the BMW Vision Efficient Dynamics Concept at BMW of San Francisco. Sources say that BMW’s Director of Design Adrian Von Hooydonk was there himself. Since its debut at the Los Angeles Auto Show last year, the BMW Vision Efficient Dynamics Concept remains to be exciting. It is …
Read More »Video – Save the Manuals! by Car and Driver
U.S. surveys show that only less than 10% of new cars sold annually have manual transmissions — the rest are automatics. For BMW alone, they are starting to slowly deplete the manuals in their fleet in favor of the new 8-speed automatic transmissions because of its efficiency. These are the …
Read More »2011 BMW X1 xDrive28i Test Drive
The 2011 BMW X1 was taken for a test drive by the German magazine, BimmerToday. The first relevant question to ask was if the 2011 BMW X1 really falls into the Sports Activity Vehicle category. They found out that the vehicle seemed to work best on asphalt, and not on …
Read More »BMW Megacity Vehicle and Project i: Interview with Ulrich Kranz
BimmerToday had an opportunity to interview Ulrich Kranz, the project leader of Project i program — which deals with the future mobility research and the development of the BMW Megacity Vehicle — at the Munich the Innovation Days around mobility of the future. The Megacity vehicle is a very promising …
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