Newswheel staff :: 14 November 2006 :: Filed under Saloon, BMW, BMW 5 Series, Europe & UK
Last week, we reported BMW’s official announcement of the widely anticipated and long overdue manual gearbox option for the M5 saloon. Yesterday, BMW confirmed to Newswheel that the company has “no plans” to bring manual versions of either the M5 or the M6 to the UK. In the words of the great Kevin Kline, disappointed!
Newswheel staff :: 26 January 2006 :: Filed under BMW, BMW 5 Series, Europe & UK, Safety, US
Do you have trouble seeing in the dark. Those high-power Xenons not doing it for you? Then you need BMW’s Night Vision technology. Probably. And it’s going into production BMW’s from March.
Newswheel staff :: 06 December 2005 :: Filed under BMW, BMW 3 Series, BMW 5 Series, Renault, Renault Espace, Renault Megane, Europe & UK, Safety, US
Car manufacturers wear their Euro NCAP crash test scores with pride. But does a perfect five star rating mean anything in a real crash? Maybe not, according to safety specialists at VW. They reckon some manufacturers are engineering their cars to deliver good NCAP results at the cost of real-world safety.
Newswheel staff :: 26 October 2005 :: Filed under Saloon, BMW, BMW 5 Series, Europe & UK, US
Just to prove we’re not entirely behoven to BMW’s barges, here’s a less than complimentary story about the current 5 Series. The car has failed the famous Swedish Elk test. Oops. Bung in the fact that the 5 is the proud owner of just four NCAP crash test stars (and rumours BMW needed more than one go at it to avoid a disastrous three-star rating) and the you have a rather worrying all-round safety record.
Newswheel staff :: 30 May 2005 :: Filed under Saloon, BMW, BMW 5 Series, Europe & UK
It’s a sign of our times: BMW’s get-away-car option for the M5 uber-saloon is doing roaring business in the UK.
Newswheel staff :: 15 May 2005 :: Filed under Cabriolet, Coupe, Saloon, BMW, BMW 3 Series, BMW 5 Series, BMW 7 Series, Europe & UK, US
Or at least, they will in 2006. After reports of a twin-turbo 3 Series comes news of a fleet of new turbo-charged BMWs. We’ve also got the skinny on the firm’s new double-clutch gearbox.
Newswheel staff :: 12 May 2005 :: Filed under Saloon, BMW, BMW 5 Series, BMW M5, Europe & UK, US,
If you thought Americans were a load of slush-box fancying philistines, think again. BMW is going to make a fully-manual M5, after all. And it will only be available in the US of A.
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