Entries for the ‘Awards’ Category

BMW received numerous engine awards

BMW continues the tradition of wins at the “International Engine of the Year Award” competition. BMW imposed on four categories of the eleven of the competition and has four engines in the first eight ranked 2,3,5 and 7. BMW is the most reputable manufacturer of cars and engines in this competition with 50 prizes won [...]

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BMW X5 number 1.000.000 rolled off the production line

BMW’s SUV has just passed an important marker in the life of any car, the “first million” to be produced since the debut the X5 had back in 1999. The “round figure” BMW X5 sold was an anniversary edition xDrive35i, featuring a sapphire black metallic finish with cinnamon brown Nevada leather trim for the interior.

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BMW and MINI awarded by ADAC

The excellent results in all segments: MINI occupies first position in the small car segment, while BMW X3 and BMW X5 ranks first, respectively second in the SUV segment. ADAC, the German Automobile Club, is one of the most requested road assistance service in the world. In the last year the “Yellow Angels” (Gelber Engel) [...]

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BMW wins at 24 Hours of Nurburgring

Just as the title says, the Bavarians have won the fabled race that ended just hours ago with one of their new BMW M3 GT2′s run by Team Schnitzer. The No. 25 BMW Team Schnitzer M3 GT2 of Jorg Müller, Augusto Farfus, Uwe Alzen and Pedro Lamy was the car to finish first at the [...]

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BMW still second place for sales in the U.S.

BMW haven’t managed to overtake Lexus as top seller in the United States over the past ten decade despite a great product lineup. This year however, Lexus have suffered quite a bit due to the company recalls.

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Best Compact Executive Award for BMW 3-Series

For the fifth consecutive year, BMW 3-Series was awarded “Best Compact Executive”, awarded by a prestigious profile British magazine, after it won a serious competition from other models in range. It was a total victory in the classification of the “Executive Compact” class, after the 316d sedan model, 320d and 330d have won in those [...]

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BMW – Leader at Fuel Reduction and CO2 Emissions in Europe

EfficientDynamics is the most effective program to reduce CO2 emissions in car traffic. By achieving a reduction of 10.2 percent in the last year in terms of fuel consumption and CO2 emissions, BMW Group once again achieved most progress in terms of efficiency, of all car manufacturers present on the European market. This is the [...]

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BMW – “Chauffeur Car of the Year” in 2009

The BMW 730Ld got the trophy “Chauffeur Car of the Year” in 2009, as a reward for quality and fuel economy (6.9 l/100 km), running costs and quality manufacturing. The calculation KeeResources’ KwikCarCost evaluated the costs for BMW 730 Ld over three years or 100,000 kilometers, proving that this model has the lowest operating costs [...]

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2009 BMW Z4 – Award: Eyes on Design

BMW won the prize in the category Eyes on Design at Detroit Auto Show. This award was won by the 2009 BMW Z4, but still 3 other cars won it, such as Audi R8, Audi Sportback Concept and Cadillac Converj. The jury was composed of BMW’s design head Chris Bangle, Harley-Davidson, Willie G. Davidson, etc. [...]

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BMW in 2009 10 Best Engines list

In its 15th year of existence, the list of Ward’s 10 Best Engines is home of two BMWs. On 2nd and 3rd place we can see the 3.0 liter turbocharged DOHC I-6 from BMW 135i Coupe and the 3.0 liter DOHC I-6 Turbodiesel from 335d. The only engine which was considered to be better was [...]

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