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BMW 1- and 3-series coupes to become 2- and 4-series

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Georg Kacher, 14 June 2011 09:17

BMW is shaking up its badging strategy and will turn the next-gen 1-series and 3-series sporting derivatives into the 2-series and 4-series. Two-door Ones and Threes - the coupes and convertibles - will in future be rebadged as the BMW 2-series and BMW 4-series. Why exactly are they rebadging BMWs as 2-series and 4-series? Audi and Mercedes went ahead and ...

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BMW 1- and 3-series coupes to become 2- and 4-series

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Georg Kacher, 14 June 2011 09:17

BMW-Mercedes alliance: the latest news

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Georg Kacher, 06 October 2008 17:13

BMW and Mercedes are continuing to work on joint projects, CAR can reveal. The two premium brands reckon working together might just stave off the threat of the credit crunch, collapsing car sales in key markets and the uncertainty wobbling the very foundations of the motor industry. But the BMW-Merc collaboration is proving difficult, according to executives in Germany contacted ...

BMW tii models are go

Georg Kacher, 02 April 2008 17:06

BMW chief Norbert Reithofer has confirmed to CAR Online that a range of tii performance options will be launched soon on the company's smaller models. He has finally ruled out a rumoured M1 version of the 1-series and said the tii spec would be the most performance-oriented model, claiming the the twin-turbo 135i was quite fast enough (it does 0-62mph ...

BMW and Merc to join forces

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Georg Kacher, 08 February 2008 13:03

CAR Online today reveals the extent to which BMW and Mercedes are plotting to cooperate on future models. In a wide-ranging plan, the two German premium marques could join forces to take on the might of Audi, with its backing and economies of scale of the whole Volkswagen group and, increasingly, Porsche. BMW chairman Norbert Reithofer and his counterpart at ...

BMW axes B-class rival

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Georg Kacher, 07 August 2006 09:26

BMW has put on ice plans for a mini-MPV based on the 3-series, to rival the Mercedes B-class. Instead, it will focus on a bigger, Mercedes R-class challenger, due in 2009. 'Originally, we looked at two different space-functional concepts: one was based on the 3-series, the other one on the 5-series,' said a source. 'The bigger car worked out well, ...