A CHILD is fighting for their life after a car swerved off a road and smashed into them today before a man and a woman fled on foot. A BMW left the road in the Lawrence Weston area of Bristol and collided with the youngster at around 1.51pm. Cops said that the two occupants of … Read more
The BMW driver caught on video verbally abusing a petrol attendant attempting to clamp his car’s wheel has issued a formal apology for his behaviour. The incident took place at a Shell petrol station in Rondebosch in Cape Town. Apologise in person In addition, the car owner, identified as Renzo Torrente, offered to apologise in … Read more
I put my beloved BMW F800GS up for sale last week. I bought it nearly a year and a half ago for the same reason anyone buys an adventure bike: That dream of one day getting out there, away from everything, just you and your steel horse against the lush, green world. – Amber DaSilva … Read more
I like fast cars. I like sporty cars. I like cars that are engaging to drive, but I don’t need every single car to be like that. Sometimes I want a car to be a big couch that just happens to be fast. This is where companies like BMW and Mercedes-Benz have lost their way … Read more
If you believe BMW development director Frank Weber, the car is on the verge of yet another revolution. In addition to digitalisation and electrification, he says, circularity will become an increasingly important feature of vehicles. That means reusing materials that go into making cars. Motor manufacturers are slowly running out of the raw materials needed … Read more
Long-wheelbase or stretch luxury sedans of Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Audi among others are gaining traction among senior company executives and high net worth individuals, pushing automakers to increasingly roll out such vehicles. This reflects a rare bright spot in the Indian auto market where surging SUV sales have been eclipsing sedans for the past few … Read more
“The future should look like the future”, CEO Elon Musk said at the Tesla “We Robot” special event held in Burbank, California, earlier this week. Sure enough, Tesla’s much-anticipated autonomous robotaxi, the Cybercab, and its large-van counterpart, the Cybervan, seemed straight out of celebrated sci-fi movies. But as the name of the event hinted … Read more
Photo: Kevin McCauley We’re up to ten Luftgekühlts now. Ten years of gathering air-cooled Porsches into interesting venues and seeing the social media posts fly. I can already sense the question you might be asking: why should I care? Whether or not you have any interest in vintage Porsches built between 1948 and 1998, Luft … Read more
Mumbai: Levying a ‘green GST (goods and services tax)’ on cars-where the tax rate goes up or down based on the vehicle’s emission levels-will be the ideal path towards achieving carbon neutrality, said Vikram Pawah, president of BMW Group India. The gradient will incline consumers towards buying greener cars, he told ET. “Ideally there should … Read more
German luxury carmaker BMW Group on Friday said its BMW and MINI brands recorded a 10 per cent year-on-year increase in sales, at 10,556 units in India during the January-September period of 2024. The number of cars (BMW and MINI) sold in the nine months of 2023 was 9,580 units. Besides, the group also sold … Read more
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