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• BMW says to continue short working hours in H2   [Jul 03, 2009]

  German carmaker BMW will continue its short working hours programme in its German plants in the second half of this year, a company spokesman said on Thursday.Around 17,000 workers are expected to be ...

• BMW recalls sedans in China over gas pipe flaws   [Jun 20, 2009]

  BMW China will recall 1,694 of its 7-series sedans in China to fix faulty gas pipes, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine said Friday. The cars, produced ...

• Government has no plan yet to buy BMW, Benz cars   [Jun 19, 2009]

  Shanghai, June 19 (Gasgoo.com) China's central government departments have no immediate plans to buy BMW or Mercedes-Benz cars for official fleets, the Procurement Center of the Central People's ...

• BMW to become China govt's next 'official car'   [Jun 12, 2009]

  Shanghai, June 12 (Gasgoo.com) German luxury car maker BMW has made the list of Chinese government's car purchase for high-ranking officials and public services, a lucrative market segment formerly ...

• Audi May sales not as bad as Mercedes, BMW   [Jun 09, 2009]

  Volkswagen's Audi emerged as the clear winner among Germany's luxury carmakers in May, posting a far smaller decline in global vehicle sales than either BMW or Mercedes-Benz.Audi posted a 6.1 percent ...

• BMW, Audi, Daimler: sales down but not all bad   [Jun 09, 2009]

  Three of Germany's leading carmakers, BMW AG, Audi AG and Daimler AG said Monday that sales fell in May compared to a year earlier, but noted that the slump in the auto market was not as bad as in ...

• BMW's Mini to expand U.S. dealerships by 20%   [Jun 04, 2009]

  Bayerische Motoren Werke (BMW) AG's Mini brand plans to expand its number of U.S. dealerships by 20 percent during the next 18 months to help increase sales. Mini will add 17 dealer franchises to the ...

• BMW tops Lexus for 3rd month, aims for luxury lead   [Jun 03, 2009]

  Bayerische Motoren Werke AG's BMW brand outsold Toyota Motor Corp.'s Lexus division for a third straight month in May, challenging the Japanese maker's nine- year reign as the top seller of luxury ...

• BMW Brilliance has new president, CEO today   [Jun 01, 2009]

  Shanghai, June 1 (Gasgoo.com) BMW AG and Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Co., Ltd. have jointly appointed Mr. Olaf Kastner as President and CEO of BMW Brilliance Automotive Ltd. The appointment ...

• BMW-Daimler partnership may be coming soon   [May 12, 2009]

  There are talks of a BMW-Daimler partnership are coming out and confirmed today by a pronouncement from Daimler that they would like to see a joining of forces between to equals. This is nothing ...

• BMW opens Asia's largest training center in Shanghai   [May 12, 2009]

  Shanghai, May 12 (Gasgoo.com) BMW AG announced the opening of BMW Shanghai Training Center, the biggest BMW training center in Asia on Monday, reported Xinhua news agency.The BMW Shanghai Training ...

• Man drives Chery into BMW for saving little girl   [May 10, 2009]

  A young man drove his Chery car into a BMW that was sliding down a slope towards a six-year-old girl. The Youth Times reports.On Friday, a businesswoman surnamed Huang was in a rush when she drove ...

• BMW may bring three new models to China soon   [May 07, 2009]

  Shanghai, May 7 (Gasgoo.com) BMW China recently said that in 2009 BMW will launch three new models globally -- the BMW X1, BMW 5-series Gran Turismo and new-generation BMW Z4. The new BMW Z4 is ...

• BMW posts 2nd straight loss as deliveries drop   [May 06, 2009]

  Bayerische Motoren Werke (BMW) AG, the world's biggest maker of luxury vehicles, posted its second consecutive quarterly loss as the global recession trampled demand for upscale sedans and ...

• New BMW X5 M has world debut in Shanghai   [Apr 23, 2009]

  Shanghai, April 23 (Gasgoo.com) The all-new 171mph BMW X5 M has made its world premiere at the 2009 Shanghai auto show this week, sina.com said. The new BMW X5 M and the forthcoming X6 M will be the ...

• BMW building 2nd China plant with local partner   [Apr 21, 2009]

  BMW and its partner Brilliance Auto are building their second manufacturing plant in China, where demand for luxury sedans remains solid despite a steep downturn in mature markets, a senior official ...

• Daimler expects to outsell BMW in China in 3 years   [Apr 21, 2009]

  Daimler AG CEO Dieter Zetsche said on Monday that he expects Mercedes-Benz to outsell premium auto brand rival BMW in China by about two to three years from now. In March, Mercedes-Benz sales in ...

• BMW debuts 760 Li sedan at Shanghai show   [Apr 20, 2009]

  Shanghai, April 20 (Gasgoo.com) BMW, the world's largest premium car maker, unveiled a new model in its 7 Series at the Shanghai auto show Monday. The BMW 760 Li sedan has a 6-liter, 12 cylinder ...

• BMW moves the Z2 roadster into production   [Apr 16, 2009]

  A short while back, BMW began releasing some teaser photos of a small roadster called the Z2. At the time, production seemed like a long shot at best and many people just wrote the lightweight ...

• BMW Q1 China sales up 13.8% to 16,580 units   [Apr 11, 2009]

  BMW, the world's largest premium car maker, said on Friday it sold 13.8 percent more cars in mainland China in the first quarter from a year earlier.Sales came to 16,580 units for January to March, ...