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Tuesday, Nov 3
US: BMW chief sees slower recovery
BMW expects a slower recovery in 2010 US car sales than anticipated just a few months ago with consumer debt remaining a drag on the developing rebound, the automaker's president for North America has said.
Monday, Nov 2
RESULTS PREVIEW: BMW expected to show some Q3 improvement
Although BMW has barely benefited from Europe's scrappage incentives which have mainly boosted small car sales, the firm is expected by some analysts to post improved third quarter financial results tomorrow (November 3rd).
Monday, Oct 5
UK: BMW may make Mini models in Germany - paper
BMW may add German production of the expanding Mini range when the next generation is launched, supplementing its Oxford plant here in the UK, a British newspaper reported.
Friday, Sep 18
GERMANY: PSA and BMW want to deepen engine ties
The CEOs of BMW and PSA Peugeot Citroen have said that they are hoping to expand their powertrain cooperation.
THE WEEK THAT WAS: Frankfurt lite
Given the current auto industry state of play, a slimmed down, eye-on-the-budget, Frankfurt motor show was expected, and so it proved. But, while visitor numbers were estimated off 25% to 750,000, several well-known Japanese brands (not including Mazda, which has long been popular in...
Friday, Sep 11
For the British masochists out there
If you're in Britain you have probably been hearing in the news about the government's report into the demise of MG Rover - the last British-owned volume car maker in Britain. The headlines are predictable - 'directors made off with millions' etc.
Thursday, Sep 3
Mini fills out on variants
How many body-style variants can you squeeze out of the Mini brand and how many would it make economic sense to do? That's a question it would be interesting to hear the BMW/Mini product planners answer. The coupe concept that will be shown in Frankfurt does look pretty good and I guess th...
Tuesday, Sep 1
BMW pushes green envelope
But it is interesting to note how engineers are also refining the incumbent and prevalent automotive powertrain technology. Yes, the fossil-fuel burning internal combustion engine and its associated power delivery systems are becoming more efficient at a rate that looks, to me, rath...
Monday, Aug 17
Bentley Mulsanne
The firm defined a new market segment with the Bentley Continental GT, but it has suffered more than most in a recession which has decimated sales in that particular class. Figures for first half-year production at Crewe show a total of just 1,400 Bentley cars made - a drop of almost 70% on th...
Thursday, Jul 30
Renault Laguna hard lesson
But selling large Renaults is a big ask outside of France. The executive segment everywhere is very, very competitive. And the premium brands have muscled in to take more and more D/E-segment customers, who used to go with the volume makers, away. Remember the Ford Scorpio? Ford saw the writ...
Sunday, Jun 28
Is small the new big?
BMW handled it well with Mini, but that success based on a modern take for a retro-brand is something of a special case and perhaps serves as a lesson on how difficult it is to hit the premium small car sweet spot. Things can get even more interesting when considering 'sub-brands', which is a p...
Monday, May 11
A Lexus RX that is green?
Whichever way you look at it, that's some achievement and makes the RX appear to be something of a rolling oxymoron. It's a premium SUV that is not killing the planet, at least not as much as say a BMW X5 30d SE with 214g/km. Of course, you could always have the BMW and use it less, opting to ride a bi...
Friday, Mar 20
French strike
Yesterday was a curious day - I was in Pau, France, with BMW/Mini (Mini Convertible UK press launch). We got the chance to take the John Cooper Works performance version of the car around the Pau race circuit, which was - as you'd expect - a lot of fun. And the weather played ball, too.
Thursday, Feb 5
BMW's challenges
BMW has already had to cut production on the 3- and 5- Series models in Germany and the US market (and Europe for that matter) is looking very tough for BMW. BMW's share price has headed south over the last couple of years. It looks niched out on its BMW product range and expecting much more growt...
Friday, Nov 7
BMW and Daimler under pressure
What do you do if you're a bit typecast with product that isn't all that fashionable in credit crunched and energy cost conscious times? In Munich and Stuttgart they have long known that they need to have a strategy in case the market moves away from large, high-margin premium cars. Mak...
Tuesday, Nov 4
Hug a service technician?
But at least the Canadian market was up last month. It's a positive but local industry man Dennis DesRosiers warns that it might not continue. This is from his newsletter, which is well worth knowing about if you follow developments in Canada (or indeed North America generally):
Friday, May 11
BMW and Volvo?
That's an interesting report about BMW considering the acquisition of Volvo Cars earlier this year. How serious were they? It's true that there might be a degree of complimentarity in the brand positioning even though the brands are both high-end: BMW = sports, dynamic, driving pleasur...
Thursday, May 3
BMW and Mondeo Man
I see the new Ford Mondeo is enjoying very good reviews in the British press. Sounds like Ford has produced a very good car once again. Product placement with James Bond might help the image a bit, but there's a fundamental problem: it's a Ford and people don't aspire to own a Ford. I enjoyed this...
Tuesday, Mar 13
BMW's Sure Thing
I am back from a brief sojourn to Spain to try out the new BMW 3 Series Convertible and, well, you probably won't be surprised to learn that the car checks all the usual BMW boxes. Back of the net, as that chap with a penchant for Lexi would say. Will BMW traditional 3 coupe customers be tempted to g...
Monday, Mar 12
BMW 3 Series Convertible
Spring seems to have come early (sunny and 17 degrees Celsius here yesterday - strange weather continues...) and thoughts of the delights of open top motoring are with us once again. I'm flying from Farnborough this morning for a quick blast this afternoon around Valencia in BMW's new 3 Serie...
