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BMW tech developments: narrow passage assist and new fuel-cell solutions

Posted: 8th April 2010 by Car Broker in Motoring News
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Intriguing developments from BMW’s usually secretive research and development department.

Most 1 Series owners think their car is front-wheel drive

Posted: 23rd March 2010 by Car Broker in Motoring News
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As many as four in five BMW 1 Series owners incorrectly believe their cars are front-wheel drive, according to the company’s CEO Norbert Reithofer.

Reithofer revealed the statistic in a conference call conversation with journalists when he was discussing the company’s plans to introduce a front-wheel drive car based on the next Mini platform in 2014.

The company has admitted the survey results were “quite a surprise”. BMW currently prides itself on only making rear-wheel or four-wheel drive cars, and the decision to make a front-wheel drive model will be a big departure from the manufacturer’s ethos.

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Mercedes SLS GT3 breaks cover

Posted: 23rd March 2010 by Car Broker in Motoring News
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This is the new Mercedes SLS GT3 race car which is available to customers to buy and race in the FIA GT3 championship.
Details are scarce, but expect the car to be significantly lighter than the road car, with the V8 engine’s power boosted to around 600bhp.
The SLS GT3 gets all the usual aerodynamic muscle, but doesn’t look quite as good in its racing suit as the Z4 GT3 BMW unveiled a couple of weeks ago. Only the particularly well-heeled will have to agonise over which car to choose though. There’s no price tag for the SLS yet, but expect it to at least match the Z4’s £270,000 starting price.

Gallery: Mercedes SLS GT3 + BMW Z4 GT3

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BMW confirms front-wheel drive future

Posted: 18th March 2010 by Car Broker in Motoring News
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BMW has confirmed that it is developing a front-wheel drive platform that will underpin the next Mini as well as a range of new BMW-branded small cars.

The company’s CEO, Norbert Reithofer, confirmed BMW was keen to increase its presence in the premium small car market by introducing a range of models beneath the current 1-series. The announcement follows Audi’s much publicised launch of the new A1, and a market trend towards compact cars.

Nevertheless, the move towards front-wheel drive is a dramatic shift in ethos for the German manufacturer, which has been a vociferous advocate of dynamically-superior rear-wheel drive cars.

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BMW releases 5-series Touring details

Posted: 15th March 2010 by Car Broker in Motoring News
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BMW has confirmed that it will make an estate version of its new 5 Series executive saloon and, in the quest to provide more carrying capacity, promises it will be 60 litres bigger than the outgoing model.

The 5 Series saloon is on its way to dealerships in March, and customers who want a bit more boot for their Beemer will be able to get their hands on the Touring from September. To start off with it will offer two diesel and two petrol engines – a 520d and a 530d, and a 523i and a 535i – although it would be no surprise to see a monster-engined M5 join the line up later on.

A slight price increase over the old version means that the entry-level 520d comes in at £30,380, while the 535i will set you back £39,650. Strangely for BMW, there is no quantum leap in terms of fuel efficiency, and the 520d only improves over the old model by 1mpg to 54.3mpg for the manual gearbox option. This takes emissions down to 137g/km from 140g/km for the old version.

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