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22 Jan 14Our Fleet Test Drive: BMW 330d Touring Luxury Auto - Final Report
A 0-62mph time that matches a Porsche Boxster but combined with sensible estate car practicality and figures of 135g/km and 55.4mpg - our BMW 330d Tou... -
22 Jan 14BMW 320d ED Touring: Test Drive Review
The estate version of our current Business Car of the Year - the 320d Efficient Dynamics saloon - is now on BMW's order books, bringing with it a CO2 ... -
17 Jan 14BMW appoints new fleet boss
Matt Bristow has been appointed as BMW's new fleet boss following previous incumbent Steve Chater's promotion to become general manager of product and... -
16 Jan 14Our Fleet Test Drive: BMW 330d Touring Luxury Auto - 11th Report
I've been on a few longer trips in the weeks before the 330d Touring returns to BMW's Bracknell HQ at the end of its half-year loan period, and its co... -
7 Jan 14Our Fleet Test Drive: BMW 330d Touring - 10th Report
The 330d is fitted with BMW's excellent eight-speed auto gearbox. Almost impossible to fluster, its smooth and well-timed shifts mean you forget it's ... -
2 Jan 14Our Fleet Test Drive: BMW 330d Touring Luxury Auto - 9th Report
I hadn't been able to play music through the 330d's USB port since upgrading to the new iPhone, until one day when I plugged my phone in to charge it ... -
19 Dec 13Our Fleet Test Drive: BMW 330d Touring Luxury Auto - 8th Report
This is something that I've mentioned before, but I'm blown away at the BMW 330d's performance, given that we're consistently averaging fuel economy o... -
13 Dec 13BMW i3 Range Extender: Test Drive Review
BusinessCar got behind the wheel of the all-electric version of BMW's i3 last month and now it's the turn of the Range Extender. If you've yet to hea... -
10 Dec 13Our Fleet Test Drive: BMW 330d Touring Luxury Auto - 7th Report
It's a horrendously expensive extra at £800 but my 330d's head-up display is a great option in terms of safety and convenience. It projects speed and ... -
6 Dec 13Our Fleet Test Drive: BMW 330d Touring Luxury Auto - 6th Report
When it first arrived our 330d Touring impressed us immediately with its performance. Soon after it was the turn of the fuel economy as the 258hp 3.0-... -
5 Dec 13Our Fleet Test Drive: BMW 330d Touring Luxury Auto - 5th Report
Here's a brief follow-up to my positive dealership experience that I reported on last time out. BMW obviously takes this customer service feedback thi... -
4 Dec 13Our Fleet Test Drive: BMW 330d Touring Luxury Auto - 4th Report
BMW has taken the brave decision to publish Trip Advisor-style customer comments on all its dealers' websites. Our local dealer, Stephen James Ruxley,... -
4 Dec 13BMW X5: Test Drive Review
Among the changes for the all-new BMW X5 are a front-wheel drive version, known as the sDrive 25d, due early next year and sporting the lowest emissio... -
2 Dec 13Our Fleet Test Drive: BMW 330d Touring Luxury Auto - 3rd Report
The issue with increasingly tech-laden cars is that more can potentially go wrong. And so it's proven with my 330d, where a dashboard warning light re... -
28 Nov 13ICFM CONFERENCE 2013: Jaguar launches new trim to rival BMW's M-sport
Jaguar is about to launch a new R-sport trim level designed to capitalise on the popularity of styling-led top-spec models such as the BMW M-sport and... -
26 Nov 13BUSINESSCAR AWARDS WINNER: Customer retention key to BMW's plans for 2013
BMW, the UK corporate marketplace's biggest-selling premium brand, picked up five prizes in the reader-voted 2013 BusinessCar Awards, retaining two of... -
8 Nov 13BMW i3: Test Drive Review
The i3 represents the launch of BMW's new i brand and is also the premium manufacturer's first production electric car. As well as the electric versi... -
6 Nov 13BMW 520d M-sport saloon: One Minute Test Drive Review
What's new: BusinessCar first tested the mildly revised BMW 5-series back in July in 530d guise, and now it's the turn of the 520d, the cleanest model... -
28 Oct 13BMW reveals 4-series Convertible
BMW has revealed the first official images of the 4-series Convertible. Based on the 4-series Coupe and a replacement for the outgoing 3-series Conver... -
25 Sep 13BMW 420d SE: Test Drive Review
Two years after the arrival of the latest 3-series BMW is launching the coupe version. However, unlike its predecessor it won't be called the 3-series... -
9 Sep 13BMW 740L Active Hybrid M-sport: Test Drive Review
BMW's hybrid programme has reached the dizzy heights of the 7-series, following the appearance of the technology on the 3- and 5-series. The 320hp 3.... -
3 Sep 13Our Fleet Test Drive: BMW 330d Touring Luxury auto - 2nd Report
It's far from unusual to hear a chorus of mocking about the plight of large rear-wheel drive cars struggling in the snow, generally from people with 4... -
27 Aug 13Our Fleet Test Drive: BMW 330d Touring Luxury auto - 1st Report
We have gone from one end of the latest BMW 3-series range to the other. Coinciding beautifully with the 3-series being named as BusinessCar's Car of ... -
22 Aug 13BMW EV: 'Game-changing' i3 arrives
The launch of a new BMW sub-brand is always going to be big news - 'one of the most important days in the company's history' was how the manufacturer ... -
9 Aug 13Paul Barker's blog: 9 August 2013 - Is electric BMW a game changer?
BMW wasn't shy about proclaiming its new i3 model, the first in the irritatingly-named-for-journalist-because-it-looks-like-an-error new i brand, as a... -
25 Jul 13BMW keeps green i on the future
With a host of electric vehicles already on sale in the UK, BMW is late to the game with regard to offering pure-electric solutions to its fleet and r... -
18 Jul 13Our Fleet Test Drive: BMW 320d Efficient Dynamics - Final report
We passed the 12,000-mile point in our 320d Efficient Dynamics just before it returned to its maker in late December, and it's fair to say those miles... -
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9 Jul 13BMW 5-series: Test Drive Review
The differences are subtle, but BMW's executive 5-series has undergone a series of updates. The Touring estate and luxury Gran Turismo model have both... -
24 Jun 13BMW reveals 4-series coupe
BMW's new 4-series will go on sale at the start of October priced from £31,575 for the 420d SE. The replacement for the 3-series coupe will be offere... -
14 Jun 13New BMW X5 adds low-CO2 fleet appeal
BMW has revealed details of its new X5 due on sale in the UK in November this year, including CO2 figures that show the car will be a segment leader f... -
12 Jun 13Our Fleet Test Drive: BMW 320d Efficient Dynamics - 13th report
A colleague recently arrived at the office in my BMW 320d about 90 minutes before I did, and when I parked next to it I noticed the engine was running... -
11 Jun 13BMW launches new fleet-focused models
BMW has announced new fleet-specific versions of the 1-series, X1 and 3-series Efficient Dynamics models. The Business version adds leather interior ... -
10 Jun 13Our Fleet Test Drive: BMW 320d Efficient Dynamics - 12th report
We're in the late stages of our time with the excellent 320d Efficient Dynamics model and it's still impressing. It basically sums up the advances ma... -
30 May 13BMW revises 5-series
BMW has officially unveiled its revised executive sector 5-series range, as reported by BusinessCar earlier this year. The changes include cutting ... -
30 May 13BMW 320i Xdrive SE: Test Drive Review
BMW has introduced all-wheel drive to its 3-series saloon range, initially with the 320i petrol model. The all-wheel drive Xdrive 320i costs £1500 mo... -
14 May 13BMW 320d Touring SE: Test Drive Review
The 320d is the central point of the 3-series range as far as the business car market is concerned, and the new Touring offers both more boot space th... -
3 May 13BMW electric i cars target business buyers
BMW will offer a range of business leasing options for its new electric i3 when it arrives in the UK at the end of the year. Two variants of the i3 w... -
29 Apr 13Arval adds electric BMW Active-e to its fleet
Top five leasing company Arval has added a BMW Active-e prototype to its fleet. Based on the lower medium 1-series, the all-electric model is one of ... -
10 Apr 13BMW 3-series GT: Test Drive Review
The 3-series Gran Turismo, or GT, is BMW's attempt to stretch its hugely successful 3-series range, which until now comprised saloon and Touring itera...