03 June 2008
The new buildings at the BMW Plant Leipzig are taking shape - the right point to celebrate the topping-out ceremony, today, 30 May. The high point of the ceremony for the pressing facility and the production building for doors, bonnets and tailgates is raising the topping-out wreath and delivering the topping-out speech. The new Minister President of Saxony, Stanislaw Tillich, Leipzig's Mayor Burkhard Jung and the President of Leipzig District Administration Walter Christian Steinbach, as well as other representati
03 June 2008
Reflecting the sentiments of automobile consumers, on May 28 BMW was named the top leader of Strategic Vision's Total Quality Index™ in the categories of Best Brand and Luxury Utility for its 2008 X5 Sports Activity Vehicle. The San Diego research firm based its Total Quality Experience™ rankings on the ratings rec
30 May 2008
On May 26 in Brussels, an international jury presented the National Energy Globe Award 2007 to BMW Group designer Stephan Augustin for his invention of the so called Watercone, a device for generating clean drinking water. Guests at the awards ceremony included Mikhail Gorbachev, José Manuel Barroso, and Kofi Annan.
The Watercone is a solar-powered cone-shaped desalinator that generates fresh drinking water from salt or brackish water. With i
28 May 2008
51 70 0110 G
HARTGE front spoiler
incl. wheel arch extensions
(not possible with M Aerodynamic package)
51 70 0120 G
HARTGE rear skirt
incl. wheel arch extensions
(not possible with M Aerodynamic package)
(only in connection with
HARTGE stainless steel tail piece 18 70 0310)
51 70 0130 G
HARTGE left side sill (consisting of 2 parts)
(only possible with standard aluminium running board)
51 70 0140 G
HARTGE right side sill (consisting of 2 parts)
(only possible with standa
20 May 2008
The New BMW 1 Series Convertible is the first premium compact drop-top from BMW in three decades. Blending BMW’s renowned driving dynamics and performance with class-leading economy and efficiency, the BMW 1 Series Convertible delivers driver enjoyment and low running costs in equal measure.
The range spans the smooth and responsive 2.0-litre 115 kW 120i Convertible to the hot-shot 135i twin turbo straight six 135i Convertible, and includes the 3.0-litre straight six-cylinder 125i model, m
14 May 2008
In 1999 BMW broke the four-wheel-drive mould when it launched the X5 Sports Activity Vehicle. With a bias towards excellent on-road performance combined with a dynamic design and a premium interior, the BMW X5 was an instant success. And it’s a winning formula that has, unlike most other models, led to increasing sales during its lifecycle with the biggest annual UK sales coming in its penultimate year. The timing of the BMW X5 was perfect and it reflected buyers’ lifestyles and their desire
14 April 2008
More aggressive, more attractive: With its latest facelift, BMW has made its successful 6-series coupé a little more dynamic.
Everyone who thinks this measure does not go far enough will welcome the newly restyled aerodynamic components from AC Schnitzer. Like its predecessor, the new front skirt of the ACS6 mirrors the famous kidney design of the grille, but its proportions have been clearly sharpened by Head Designer Michele Viandante.
In conjunction with the new- style triangular fog
08 October 2007
BMW raises the performance benchmark once again with the introduction of the 2008 M3 Sedan. Sharing the M3 Coupe’s high-revving 414-horsepower V8 and balanced chassis that is designed to be “faster than its engine”, the motorsports arm of the German auto maker, BMW M GmbH, is pleased to offer the most powerful, highest-performing M3 ever with four doors.
Originally offered in 1986 as a homologation special to allow BMW’s entry into the German Touring Car Championship, the M3’s popul
13 September 2007
HAMANN thought wherever a V8 engine can fit, a V10 can fit in as well and look, voilá it fits! The BMW 3-Series coupe comes with a whole array of series-produced engines. The most powerful series-made of these is the M3. When it rolls off the assembly line, it has a 4-litre engine, 420 hp and 400 Nm torque.
Whoever wants to top these performance characteristics, receives from HAMANN not only the “normal“ V10 out of the BMW M-program, but an advanced performance version with 560 hp /412
11 September 2007
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Ein innovatives Fahrzeugkonzept und eine neuartige Antriebstechnologie vereinen sich in einem einzigartigen Automobil. Beim BMW Concept X6 ActiveHybrid kombiniert der deutsche Premiumhersteller das weltweit erste Sports Activity Coupé mit einer ebenfalls noch nie zuvor realisierten Form des Hybrid-Antriebs. Das Ergebnis ist der erste BMW unter den Hybrid-Fahrzeugen. Das BMW Concept X6 ActiveHybrid ermöglicht Freude am Fahren in Verbindung mit einem erheblichen E
07 September 2007
Driving pleasure has been written large at AC Schnitzer for 20 years. And happily, nothing will change for the 62nd IAA. But this goal can be reached in a totally alternative way, as the launch of the superb AC Schnitzer GP3.10 GAS POWERED shows. This high-performance coupé has LPG (Liquified Petroleum Gas) drive, where power and efficiency, economy and ecology, meet in an exciting study.
As if the extravagant exterior of the project vehicle, based on the current 3-series coupé, were not
07 September 2007
The BMW X5 is a 4x4 hero especially brilliant at urban terrain, and that calls for different accessories from a conventional off-road-vehicle. With its new range, AC Schnitzer has adapted the Sports Activity Vehicle (SAV) perfectly to its natural environment. Like its predecessor, the E70 is an extremely agile vehicle despite its size.
With a special undermount front skirt including spoiler corners, AC Schnitzer has achieved a far more dynamic front face. It still retains the large standar
