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The family gave Merkel's party €690,000 shortly before the vote

The family that controls BMW is being criticized for making large donations to German Prime Minister Angela Merkel’s CDU party prior to her being instrumental in blocking the EU lowering average CO2 emissions.  Financial filings to ...

More four-wheel drive options, transmission options and driving modes

BMW will roll out comprehensive technology upgrades to its cars this summer that will improve emissions and offer new technologies. As part of the upgrades, all of BMW's TwinPower Turbo models and M models will meet EU6 emissions. Sev...

M6 GT3 will be the successor of the Z4 GT3

BMW is already preparing a new chapter for the racing GT3 category. Currently competing with the Z4 GT3, the German brand is already developing a successor and revealed the first image of the M6 GT3. The new BMW M6 GT3 will only reach the cir...

BMW has recently granted a look into how it designs BMW and Mini cars, the elements it feels has to be in every car and the people who actually put pen to paper.  All design at BMW starts and ends with Head of Design for BMW Group Adrian ...

Since the beginning of 2010 BMW Group Classic has expanded its mission to Motorsports. It has created a new division that will be offering assistance classic competition vehicles that carry the BMW and Mini badges. Besides  the advice on servici...

Sales Even Up in Europe

BMW Group had a strong November on top of a strong year so far. Global sales were up 23% for November to 170,932 cars and up 10.1% to 1,664,088 cars for the year.  BMW Group is performing well in all three of its major markets. ...

Sales are down slightly in Europe but up elsewhere

BMW Group has record sales in November with 174,996 cars sold, 2.7% higher than November 2012. From January to November, BMW Group has sold 1,777,017 cars, up 6.8%. “Strong global demand for our products once again drove sales to a new a...

In 2010 the BMW Group is aiming to improve the group earnings. After a difficult year for the automotive industry, the German group is “heading into the new business year with cautious optimism and are targeting group earnings well above the le...

All brands post sales increases

BMW Group has posted its best year of sales ever in 2012 with 1,845,186 BMW, Mini and Rolls-Royce cars sold, which is 10.6% better than in 2011.  “2012 was a very successful year for us. The BMW Group achieved its best ever sal...

Europe is still its largest market

BMW Group sold a total of 1,963,798 vehicles in 2013, an increase of 6.4% over 2012. All three of the group’s brands – BMW, Mini and Rolls-Royce – reported record sales. “The BMW Group posted record sales once again in ...