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Toyota's Chairman wants it to be a hybrid successor to the Supra

BMW and Toyota have taken the next step in their jointly developed sports car project and agreed on an architecture for the platform. They signed the agreement to develop the car as part of their June 2012 deal to research lithium-air batterie...

Toyota side being engineered by GT86 lead engineer

We will likely get to see the jointly developed BMW and Toyota hybrid sports car before the end of the year, likely at the Tokyo Motor Show on November 22. The car is a side project related to BMW and Toyota co-developing lithium-air batteries for...

BMW and Toyota have come to an agreement which concerns a mid-to-long-term collaboration on next-generation environment-friendly technologies. The German and Japanese have already signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU).  On the agreem...

Also developing next generation battery

BMW and Toyota have officially agreed to a four-part deal that will have the two automotive giants co-developing next generation platforms and technology together.  “It is just over a year since we signed our collaborative MoU [Memo...

BMW and Toyota have been very friendly recently, the BMW will be sharing diesels with Toyota in Europe in 2014. Plus, a few months ago, Toyota opened its own lithium mine in Argentina so that it can supply its own raw materials for batteries - 16....

It is investing to make sure there is a large enough infrastructure for the i3

BMW has signed a five-year contract with Chargemaster, a UK company that specializes in EV charging, to create the necessary infrastructure for the BMW i3 electric car when it is released. Chargemaster will also help BMW market the i3. It is the l...

BMW has officially announced its new Brazilian factory that will build 30,000 cars a year. The factory will be built in Joinville, Brazil, in the state of Santa Catarina. BMW says that it will invest €200 million a year in Brazil over the...

Looks like the world will not be getting a smaller Mini. BMW says that the 3.4m long, baby Mini, the Rocketman, would probably sell, but it would cost too much to engineer it to handle, perform and be safe enough to qualify for its standards. ...

BMW is putting its collection of art cars on display throughout the UK starting in London on July 21 to August 4. The exhibition will include 16 cars on six floors of the NCP Car Park on Great Eastern Street in Shoreditch. Admission is free.&...

One of the company's rarest models

BMW built 464 328s between 1936 and 1940. The cars were one of the best German sports cars of their generation with class wins at the Nürburgring, Le Mans and Mille Miglia. The 1940 328 Mille Miglia Touring Coupe scored an overall win in the ...