FRANKFURT, GERMANY - Betting that diesel power will become an alternative to the hybrids popularized by Toyota and other Japanese carmakers, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and Volkswagen all plan to sell new diesel automobiles in the U.S. in the coming year.
Read More →IRVINE, CA — Former Aston Martin head designer Henrik Fisker, who formed a company in 2005 to build rebodied Mercedes-Benz and BMW cars, now plans to produce a line of plug-in hybrid vehicles.
Read More →WASHINGTON – Toyota Motor Corp. and BMW AG show that automakers can reduce their impact on global warming without sacrificing sales or competitiveness, an environmental group said.
Read More →CHANDLER, AZ - A groundbreaking this week for Chapman BMW, which is moving from Scottsdale to Chandler in 2008 — is the next step in creating a concentrated cluster of luxury-car dealers at Ray Road and Interstate 10.
Read More →LOS ANGELES --- At the Los Angeles Auto Show BMW unveiled its Hydrogen 7, a luxury vehicle equipped with an internal combustion engine capable of running either on hydrogen or on gasoline.
Read More →TRAVERSE CITY, MI – General Motors, DaimlerChrysler AG, and BMW will invest more than $1 billion in a research alliance for the development of a new hybrid transmission and related systems.
Read More →WOODCLIFF LAKE, NJ – BMW says it will provide four years of connection to its BMW Assist emergency service on all vehicles sold in North America beginning with 2007 models, according to Automotive News.
Read More →WOODCLIFF LAKE, NJ – BMW says it will provide four years of connection to its BMW Assist emergency service on all vehicles sold in North America beginning with 2007 models, according to Automotive News.
Read More →VIENNA, AUSTRIA – General Motors Corp., DaimlerChrysler, and the BMW Group will begin production next year on their jointly developed, state-of-the-art hybrid system, representing an automotive industry milestone. This will be the first fully integrated combination of electric motors with a fixed-gear transmission, according to the automakers.
Read More →DETROIT - At the North American International Auto Show, GM will unveil two gas-electric sport/utility vehicles: the Saturn Vue Green Line, which will retail for less than $23,000, making it the lowest-priced hybrid SUV on the market, and a Chevrolet Tahoe with a more sophisticated system that GM is developing with DaimlerChrysler AG and BMW AG.
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