The Lexus LF-NX Turbo arrived at the Tokyo motor show as a renewal of the premium medium SUV concept that lobbed at September’s Frankfurt motor show, with only mild bodywork changes hiding the brand’s first-ever turbocharged ...
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ChargePoint’s charging network, which is the world’s largest and most open, has been fully integrated into BMW’s visionary electric vehicle, the BMW i3, which is the automaker’s first all-electric production vehicle. ...
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Plastic automotive components that received prizes at the 2013 SPE European Automotive Division Award ceremony for the Body Interior category included an innovative center console to which BASF had made a key contribution with its materials ...
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The new MINI has made its worldwide debut today (18 November) at MINI’s UK production plant in Oxford and features all-new vehicle architecture , an evolutionary design and a range of new fuel-efficient engines to give owners even ...
The all-new Mini Cooper hatch has made simultaneous world debuts at the Los Angeles and Tokyo motor shows, combining evolutionary styling with brand-new engines, transmissions, suspension technology, interior layout and driver assist ...
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Since my earliest days as a driver, it was drummed into my head by my dad and auto mechanics everywhere: Take care of your car and it will take care of you. And one of the most effective maintenance steps I could take, they told me, was ...
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Chief engineer of the Lexus LFA program Haruhiko Tanahashi has told of his sadness about the demise of high-revving naturally-aspirated supercar engines, admitting that future supercars will either be turbocharged or hybrids. “I ...
The Obama administration said it isn’t “walking away” from a goal of 1 million EVs on the country’s roads by 2015. Heather Zichal, deputy assistant for energy and climate change at the White House, praised the soon ...
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The next-generation BMW 5 Series has been spied in prototype form in both sedan and Touring body styles close to three years out from its anticipated debut. Spotted on the back of a flatbed truck in Germany by CarAdvice’s spy ...
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Hatches don’t come any hotter than the BMW M135i and the Mercedes-Benz A45 AMG. Nor do rivalries come any fiercer. BMW has been building fast hatchbacks since the 130i of a decade ago, and its M division is esteemed in building ...
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The interior of the next-generation Mercedes-Benz GLK has been uncovered in a revealing set of spy shots. The images, captured by CarAdvice’s spy photographers in Germany, confirm the cabin of the mid-sized luxury SUV will be almost ...
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With BMW public relations staff wearing t-shirts imprinted BMW X5 – The Boss, the third-generation premium large SUV is getting more than a humble introduction to the local market. The outgoing six-year-old BMW X5 continues to ...
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Four-cylinder BMW X5 entry models will join the third-generation Australian line-up for the first time, in $82,900 rear-wheel-drive sDrive25d and $87,900 all-wheel-drive xDrive25d specification. Although three all-new BMW X5 models go on ...
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Worldwide demand for BMW Group vehicles continues to develop positively. The company reported record monthly sales once again in October. With 165,851 (prev. yr.: 157,621) BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce vehicles delivered worldwide, sales were ...
Italian auto parts maker Sogefi Group plans to invest $20m to expand its plant in Prichard, West Virginia, a move which is expected to create 250 new jobs. Following the expansion, the plant will produce engine intake manifolds for ...
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