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Sunday, Sep 27
Dow Jones Sustainability Index names BMW the ‘most sustainable’ automaker in the world!
The Dow Jones Sustainability Index has named BMW the most sustainable automobile company in the world for the 5th consecutive year. The index was first published in 1999, so it is in its 10th year now. Effectively, this means that right now, BMW is the world’s most ‘greenest’ automaker.
Opinion: BMW Group and Allianz to work closer on insurance and warranty products
New BMWs are potentially full of electronic niggles. Loads of sensors for this and that. Personally I feel the last BMW that’s fairly modern but yet isn’t too full of sensors and electronics is the early batches of the E39 5-Series – the one with the single VANOS M52 engine, I think the product...
Husqvarna gets new R&D facility
The Husqvarna brand will enter a new phase of life under the BMW group as the German automaker’s fourth brand. There’s even a new Husqvarna section in BMW’s Pressclub site alongside the BMW, MINI and Motorrad brands now. We’ll probably see much more from them from now on – the first step is to d...
Friday, Sep 25
More details on the 1Malaysia F1 company
Litespeed’s F3 race car Finally some details from the horses mouth – the 1Malaysia name apparently shares nothing more in common with Najib’s 1Malaysia administration other than the similiar name, as a tribute most likely. The government announced yesterday that it has no equity direc...
Tuesday, Sep 15
Oxford Twins: MINI Coupe and Roadster Concepts
What’s the biggest difference between a MINI Cabriolet and a MINI Roadster Concept? I’ll tell you. It’s simple – boot space. The MINI Cabriolet only has 125 liters of boot space with the roof down, and 170 liters with the roof up. The MINI Roadster Concept? 250 liters whether the roof is up or do...
Satu Malaysia, Satu F1 Team: introducing the new 1Malaysia F1 Team for next year’s grid
Engines will be provided by Cosworth, transmissions by Xtrac and aerodynamics by FondTech. Fondtech is run by former Ferrari aerodynamicist Jean-Claude Migeot. In the future, an R&D, manufacturing and technical facility will be built at the Sepang International Circuit.
Saturday, Sep 12
BMW celebrates 10 years of the BMW “SAV” with the X5 xDrive35d 10-Year Edition
It’s been 10 years since BMW have been making SUVs (they insist that they’re SAVs), so that means they’ve also held off making an “M” SUV for 10 years now. That’s a long time to wait for an itch to be scratched for their finance department – of course massively high powered SUVs will sell, [...]
Birth of the E30 Coupe Owner’s Journal!
And then we noticed something that wasn’t there when we first parked the car – a small puddle of oil had accumulated under the engine! The engine was leaking oil! No wonder there was no oil pressure – there was no oil in the engine! It was confirmed that the oil pressure sensor had failed and to...
Sunday, Apr 12
New Mazdaspeed 3 for the US market unveiled!
Malaysia The new Mazdaspeed 3 (also called the Mazda 3 MPS) comes in the 5-door body, and its engine puts out 263 horses at 5500rpm and 380Nm of torque at 3000rpm, not quite up there with the ultra-quick spooling ability of Volkswagen and BMW turbo engines but ...
Monday, Mar 2
Understanding Formula 1: a series of videos by the BMW Sauber F1 Team
Carbon-fibre components of the BMW Sauber F1 Team car are being cured in the autoclaves between ten and 20 hours at a temperature of around 50 degrees Celsius. In the truck hall, the team members in Hinwil load and unload the equipment required during Formula One races and tests. The fleet at...
Monday, Feb 16
BMW Performance Power Kit for the BMW 335i and 135i’s N54B30 3.0L twin turbo engine
Anyway, there now is a way for 135i and 335i drivers to upgrade their 305hp engines to the new 326hp model now, via BMW Performance’s N54 Performance Power Kit upgrade. This upgrade is available for models with the 6-speed ZF auto as well as the Coupe and Convertible 3-Series models with the...
Wednesday, Jan 21
BMW Sauber F1.09 does her maiden lap at Valencia
The new car will also have the KERS system, which was developed in Munich under the watch of Markus Duesmann, Head of Powertrain. It isn’t quite ready yet but is expected to be ready by the Melbourne race. Chassis development was the responsibility of Walter Riedl along with his technical te...
Sunday, Jan 18
Is the new 510hp Jaguar XF-R an M5-killer?
This story originally appeared on Paul Tan's Automotive News on Mon, 19 Jan 09 11:35:54 +0800. The new Jaguar XF-R is powered by the new AJ-V8 Gen III engine that supercharges 5.0 liters of displacement in V8 configuration to produce 510 PS and 625Nm of torque.
New F02 BMW 7-Series 740Li and 750Li long wheelbase launched in Malaysia!
Two models are available at launch time, the 740Li and the 750Li. These models use 2 of the 3 engine variants that were unveiled during the global launch, with the third being the single turbo diesel 730d. The 7-Series was launched with a 100% turbocharged engine line-up, which is a stark con...
Friday, Dec 5
BMW Premium Selection: approved used cars with 1-year warranty for Malaysia
The first BMW showroom in Malaysia to offer the BMW Premium Selection is the Auto Bavaria Glenmarie showroom. The BMW Premium Selection showroom is a 2-floor, 28,000 square feet building built next to the existing Auto Bavaria Glenmarie 4S center.
