Tag: bmw
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Badges And Stripes: James May ‘Unpimps’ A BMW 420i Pretending To Be An M4
James May’s ‘Unpimp My Ride’ series Drive Tribe goes back with its latest episode, now focusing on a BMW 420i. The 420i is rather a very nice superior coupe, offering decent performance with a plush interior and striking good looks. However, this particular Estoril Blue 420i has a shameful M4 badge stuck on the tailgate.…
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J.D. Power’s 2019 UK Dependability Study Brings Peugeot On Top, BMW Dead Last
JD Power released the results of its annual 2019 UK Vehicle Dependability study, which measures the number of problems experienced per 100 vehicles in the UK, based on the responses from 11,530 owners of new vehicles registered from November 2015 through January 2018 in the UK. The stars of this year’s study were mainstream brands,…
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BMW Introduces One-Off M2 Police Car For M Town
We’ve seen our fair share of underwhelming police cars, but M Town is a different story. Unlike Los Angeles, M Town is all about functionality. As a result, they’ve eschewed the eco-friendly BMW i3 for an M2 Coupe. While it’s not the most sensible option, that doesn’t matter much in a fictional city where detectives…
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As Depreciation Hits BMW 4-Series Gran Coupe, Is It Time To Look At Used Ones?
If you’ve been after the used car market these past couple of years, while also keeping an eye on the BMW 4-Series Gran Coupe, then you probably know how resilient the Bavarian four-door fastback has turned out to be in keeping its worth. This ’s how it goes for more technical automobiles or bodystyles that…
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Transportation Weekly: Polestar CEO speaks, Tesla terminology, and a tribute
Welcome back to Transportation Weekly; I’m your host Kirsten Korosec, senior Transport reporter at TechCrunch . This is the fourth edition of our newsletter, a weekly jaunt to the wonderful world of transport and how we (and our bundles ) move. This week we talk with Polestar CEO Thomas Ingenlath, dig into Lyft’s S-1, be…
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BMW Malaysia unveils charging stations in Bangsar
Electrification has played a huge role in BMW’s brand presence in Malaysia, and last season was no different, with over 7,500 units out of the 14,338 vehicles delivered to new customers last year being plug-in hybrid models. To support this growth, the German marque has introduced six charging stations within the parking facilities at Bangsar…
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A year’s worth of Porsche Taycans are already reserved, mostly by Tesla owners
Porsche’s first all-electric sports car might be the most hotly likely vehicle of 2019. Even Tesla owners are more addicted. In a recent interview with CNET, Porsche North America president and CEO Klaus Zellmer stated if everybody who has put a deposit to pre-order the car really buys it, the Taycan will likely be sold in…
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2019 BMW 3-Series Shows Its New Exterior Styling And High-Tech Interior
BMW 3-Series earnings have fallen almost 40 per cent in the United States in the past few decades and the business is hoping to reverse this trend by introducing an all-new version in the Paris Motor Show. While we’ve already seen a number of teaser photos, BMW has released a revealing new teaser video which…