Saturday, March 30, 2013

BMW predicts stable profits this year

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BMW predicts that its profits this year remains unchanged, despite the fall that the European market has revealed.

"The global economic environment is so uncertain and volatile," said the BMW CEO Norbert Reithofer on the usual annual conference, adding that "our performance is too exposed to many risks."

Monday, March 25, 2013

BMW I3 electric car

BMW I3
BMW announced new technical data for the BMW I3, electric car for new Bmw i range, which will be officially presented in September at the Frankfurt Motor Show, Germany.

According to BMW, the future compact electric car will have an autonomy of 220 kilometers on a charge, an amount that could increase to 350 kilometers through an 'extender' that uses a two cylinders gasoline engine

BMW ensures that already received hundreds of orders for the new BMW I3 electric, car that will be sold later this year.

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Friday, March 15, 2013

BMW reported record profits in 2012

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BMW achieved a record profit of 5.1 billion euros in 2012, an increase of 4% over the previous year, announced the company today.

Norbert Reithofer emphasized in the presentation of BMW results that the German group "partially overcame the goals for 2012 in a market environment increasingly challenging." BMW compensated the weak demand in Europe with excellent results in China and the U.S.

Sales in 2012 increased 11% to a record of 1.845 million vehicles, up from 1.7 million planned by BMW, and turnover rose 11.7% to almost 77 billion euros.



Thursday, March 14, 2013

BMW are considering new brand just for China

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BMW is likely to create a low cost brand for the Chinese market only, advances the press in that country.

The new brand will build an alliance with Chinese, Brilliance Auto, which will aim to produce models based on the platform of the penultimate generation of the BMW 3 Series.

The same sources report that the new brand, which will be called Zhi Nou, namely 'The Promise'.

Thursday, March 7, 2013

BMW 3 Series GT

BMW 3 Series GT
BMW will expand the visual concept debuted in 2009 with the Bmw M5 Series GT in the new Bmw 3 Series GT, the brand presented the new model in Geneva.

Regarding Bmw 3 Series Touring, the GT is 20 cm longer, 8 cm taller and 2 cm wider. The internal space is also larger, especially for rear seat passengers. Moreover the driver is placed in a higher position.

At the rear, highlight to the introduction of a spoiler that fires whenever the speed is over 110 km / h and that retracts automatically when it is below 70 km / h.

The Bmw 3 Series GT maintains the same range of engines and transmissions and arrives in June.

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