Buys
July 12, 2018
Lean burn Beemer for dreamers
A BMW 6 Series GT is a seriously pleasant bit of kit, and the latest one to land in Australia has the added appeal of using fuel at the super eco rate…
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Buys
July 12, 2018
Riley
June 18, 2018
Sleek 8 Series back on deck
BMW’s 8 Series Coupe is back on deck after a 20-year hiatus in the United States. Initially available as the BMW M850i xDrive variant, the coupe is set to write a new…
Riley
May 21, 2018
Video: Cops ‘Beeming’ over replacements
It’s official. The police will be getting BMWs and high performance Chrysler 300 SRT8s to replace the Falcons and Commodores that have for so long been the face of the law. The…
Riley
May 19, 2018
Holy BMW, it’s the Batmobile!
BMW’s CSL coupe dominated the European Touring Car Championship back in the 70s. Formula One stars like Niki Lauda, Chris Amon, James Hunt and Jacky Ickx battled it out with arch rival…
Riley
April 11, 2018
Seriously Siri, that’s a bit steep!
Maybe it’s because I’m not part of the Apple universe. But BMW’s plan to charge for on-going access to Siri and the in-car Apple CarPlay system seems a bit steep. If it’s…
Buys
April 7, 2018
BMW plays musical Beemers in Nashville
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, popularly known as Music City and home of the weekly Grand Ole Opry, is about to become the guinea pig of a new subscription program by BMW. Its Access by…
Riley
February 15, 2018
BMW ‘trumps’ locals as biggest US exporter of cars
Believe it or not the USA’s largest exporter of cars is not GM, Ford or even Chrysler — it’s the German brand BMW. BMW Manufacturing has announced it exported 272,346 BMW X…
Riley
January 2, 2018
Poms have expensive tastes
The Poms have expensive tastes. Five of the top 10 most searched for cars in the UK are either BMWs or Mercedes. That’s the word from the UK’s Autotrader site that lists…
Riley
December 22, 2017
Spengler nails it in the new M5
BMW works driver Bruno Spengler has set a new lap record for a four-door production sedan at the Shanghai International Circuit. Spengler clocked 2:22.828 minutes at the Formula 1 circuit on the outskirts…
Buys
December 21, 2017
Cut price X3 heads our way
BMW is boosting its X3 SUV range with a new rear-wheel drive sDrive20i variant which will arrive in Australia in March 2018, priced at $65,900. It will be the first new-generation X3…