Category Archives: BMW
Car tech briefs: Toyota, Volvo, Bosch, BMW
The Toyota Prius plug-in hybrid will cost less than £31,000 when it goes on sale in the first half of 2012, before the government’s £5,000 electric car grant is deducted. Continue reading
Billboard wars: BMW vs Audi
It seems the advertising battle between arch-rivals Audi and BMW is well and truly back on. BMW has placed a huge advert for its new 5 Series on a billboard directly above the largest Audi dealership in Hong Kong.
BMW wants voters to show their colours
With the election just weeks away, BMW has decided to offer buyers the option of changing the colour of the roundel badge to match their political allegiance. BMW says the “Political Roundel Attachment Tag (PRAT) is a highly stylised limited … Continue reading
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Light fantastic: the coolest model cars ever
If anyone has been watching James May‘s Toy Stories on the Beeb, you’ll know what a sucker he is for model cars. But I bet not even the big-haired Top Gear presenter has seen anything quite like this. Modell-Lichtsystem has … Continue reading
Dream Drives
Yesterday we ran a piece on rendered supercars. Penned by up-and-coming designers fed up of waiting for manufacturers to produce the kinds of cars we want to see, they’ve put mouse to screen and created their own. And some of … Continue reading
BMW 5 Series design splits opinion
A new BMW 5 Series has been unveiled, leading to a predictable argument among the Auto Trader editorial staff today about whether its conservative new design is an improvement over its divisive predecessor. The sixth-generation 5 Series harks back to … Continue reading
BMW 5 Series GT: Another new niche
What to make of the BMW 5 Series GT? The latest big car in BMW’s range is pitched somewhere between the 5 Series and X5, yet is based on the 7 Series. Would you buy one – or is this … Continue reading
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This just in: BMW 123d M Sport Convertible
A jet black BMW 123d M Sport Convertible has just turned up at the office for a week’s loan. Wimbledon and Glastonbury have just finished so it was bound to be good weather after those two traditionally rain-soaked events. Except … Continue reading
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European Car of the Year 2010 – who will win?
The 2010 European Car of the Year shortlist has been announced. There are 29 cars listed, with models as varied as the Porsche Panamera super-saloon and the hybrid Honda Insight vying to take the accolade won by the Vauxhall Insignia … Continue reading
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