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Schumacher must trigger 2012 contract option
(Inautonews.com/GMM) Michael Schumacher can decide if he stays at Mercedes or hangs up his formula one comeback at the end of this season.
Upcoming Mercedes B Class to be unveiled at IAA this year
Mercedes Benz said today that in September at the IAA auto show, the new B Class will be unveiled. The first units of the new B-Class will be delivered to customers in Western Europe later this year
Benz sets the pricing pace
The battle between BMW and Mercedes-Benz in the all-important volume-selling “C” segment intensified this week, with the latter revealing pricing on its new C-Class coupe that will go on sale in late August.
24 Hr of Nurburgring: BMW takes second place
After an intensive race with many incidents and spectacular crashes, Mantley Racing Porsche wins the 24 hr of Nurburgring, followed on the second place by BMW’s No.1 GT car. Manthey Racing and its drivers Marc Lieb, Lucas Luhr, Timo Bernhard and Romain Dumas won the race aboard a Porsche 911 GT3 RSR.
Mercedes GLS will complete with BMW X6 from 2014
After the success of the BMW X6, Mercedes Benz is also thinking of extending its SUV line-up with a product that will take on the BMW X6. According to a report from Autocar magazine, the new Mercedes will be called the GLS, and (as the name suggests) it will take the lines of the CLS 4-door > Read complete article inside…
BMW 7 Series nip/tuck spotted
Filed under: Spy Photos , Sedan , BMW , Luxury Spy Shots: BMW 7 Series – Click above for high-res image gallery The current-generation BMW 7 Series , or F01 to you Bimmerphiles, was launched in 2009. After the German luxobarge hit the streets, Audi and Jaguar decided to launch their own redesigned flagship sedans. Mercedes-Benz will soon step out with an updated S-Class , and that means BMW will need to give its 7 Series a touch-up
What If You Could Not Drive a BMW?
Thankfully, we live in a world where there are literally dozens and dozens of BMW’s to choose from, new and old. You can go out and buy a E12 5er or a brand new X6, a F01 740i or an E38 740i, a 2002tii or, if you can find one, a 1 M Coupe
5 Series GT sales are. . . um. . . "disappointing"
The good news: Hope for the sport wagon’s revival Tall, funny-looking hatchbacks may have had their day. Quite apart from those of us who can’t see the appeal at all, let alone banging our heads every time we try to get into the back, there turns out to be another problem: Automotive News says that the 5 Series GT has backfired in a big way.
BMW beats Audi, Mercedes-Benz in May
Blue-and-white sales driven by new X3, 5 Series BMW Group topped Audi and Mercedes-Benz in May, selling 121,168 cars worldwide, a rise of 19% over 2010 figures. Audi continues its ascent with 19.5% increase (113,400 cars), ahead of Mercedes-Benz, whose May sales grew 7.3% to 108,766 units
AC Schnitzer Eagle based on MINI John Cooper Works
German tuner AC Schnitzer claims to have built the fastest MINI around.
