There’s something puzzling about Hamann wheels on otherwise stock BMWs. While the rims don’t flow with the car’s design, they still manage to look good. For this week’s “Photo of the Week” we have a lowered F10 5 Series wearing 21-inch Hamanns. We like this car, but we feel like we shouldn’t. It’s perplexing, but […] More »
By: Manuel Carrillo III | October 4, 2013
It’s the beginning of another month, which means it’s time for another BMW sales report. In September 2012, the BMW brand delivered 21,761 units. Last month 23,568 BMWs were sold — an increase of 8.3 percent. For the year, BMW sales are up 14 percent to 212,565 from last year’s 186,397. How’s this for a […] More »
By: Manuel Carrillo III | October 2, 2013
Besides the BMW Concept M4 Coupe unveiling, in other news at this year’s Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, BMW is launching something new — not new a car, but a new way to customize your next BMW. Called the BMW Individual DesignworksUSA Consultation Program, BMW customers looking to buy a new 5 Series Sedan, 6 Series, […] More »
By: Manuel Carrillo III | October 1, 2013
Have you ever wondered how a BMW 2 Series Gran Coupe would look? Neither have we, but now that we’re looking at it, it is interesting to see a possible design direction for the four-door version of the imminent BMW 2 Series. Consider the BMW 2 Series Gran Coupe your rear-wheel-drive alternative to the Mercedes-Benz […] More »
By: Manuel Carrillo III | September 24, 2013
Production has begun on BMW’s first electric car, the i3. €400 million ($541 million) was invested in BMW’s Leipzig plant to pave the way for the i3’s production, which created 800 new jobs in Germany. The BMW i3 worldwide production program was a €600-million ($812-million) investment that created 1,500 new jobs. €100 million ($135 million) of that […] More »
By: Manuel Carrillo III | September 23, 2013
While combing through the 5Series.net forums to see what I could post for photo of the week, the above image splashed into my reality. It is a BMW Concept 4 Series press photo I had seen before, but it so abruptly stopped me in my tracks, it was on the brink of alarming. Perhaps now […] More »
By: Manuel Carrillo III | September 20, 2013
Never before has BMW sold more than one million vehicles worldwide in the first eight months of the year, but last month helped edge out that milestone. In August BMW sold 118,743 vehicles globally; a 15.6-percent increase over August 2012’s 102,742. For 2013, global sales for the BMW brand are up 9.2 percent at 1,051,595 […] More »
By: Manuel Carrillo III | September 19, 2013
