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8 Jun 10Our Fleet Test Drive Review: BMW 520d Touring - 14th report
Anyone who, in a sweeping generalisation, dismisses BMW's current iDrive system as rubbish has clearly only ever experienced the mark one iDrive and n... -
27 May 10Our Fleet Test Drive Review: BMW 520d Touring - 13th report
The 520d has travelled nearly 2000 miles since the front brake pads were replaced and the sensor reset.That meant, according to the car's computer, th... -
18 May 10Our Fleet Test Drive Review: BMW 520d Touring - 12th report
After the shock of paying for new front brake pads, the 520d Touring has returned to normal and has been doing what it was designed to.Over Easter it ... -
10 May 10BMW 740d M Sport: Test Drive Review
BMW's most powerful diesel engine has been slotted into the 7-series with the addition of the 740d to the luxury model's range. The 306hp unit costs a... -
26 Apr 10BMW confirms new brand and first EV for 2011
BMW has confirmed its first electric vehicle with the launch of a new sub-brand coming in 2013.The Megacity Vehicle will be a rear-engined car around ... -
26 Apr 10Our Fleet Test Drive Review: BMW 520d Touring - 11th report
Our 520d Touring has now had its front brakes serviced and the results are astounding.It turns out the brake pads had worn out in 7000 miles. If you t... -
14 Apr 10Our Fleet Test Drive Review: BMW 520d Touring - 10th report
I wasn't expecting to visit a dealer while running the BMW 520d Business Edition, especially not for a service, but a few miles back a service warning... -
30 Mar 10Our Fleet Test Drive Review: BMW 520d Touring - 9th report
We've gone on at length about how good the M-sport styling kit - larger wheels, deeper bumpers, side skirts - looks on our long-term BMW 5-series, but... -
25 Mar 10BMW 320d Touring: Test Drive Review
BMW's 3-series Touring is a largely bread and butter car for the fleet market, with corporate buyers making up almost 60% of its 320d sales.The revamp... -
19 Mar 10BMW 5-series: Test Drive Review
It's never easy replacing one of the giants of the corporate market, but the new, sixth-generation BMW 5-series has just that task. Clearly the market... -
16 Mar 10BMW reveals new 5-series Touring
BMW has revealed the estate version of the new 5-series that goes on sale on 18 September, six months after the saloon, priced from £30,380.Good news ... -
15 Mar 10BMW: No plans for more sub 110g/km models
BMW has no plans to introduce its sub-110g/km Efficient Dynamics engine to any more models but said the next logical step would be the 1-series."The f... -
25 Feb 10Our Fleet Test Drive Review: BMW 520d Touring - 8th report
I've found the 520d Touring's size particularly useful in the early part of 2010. Clearing out the garden before the snow arrived meant a run to the l... -
11 Feb 10Our Fleet Test Drive Review: BMW 520d Touring - 7th report
When we ordered our 520d we weren't sure about the optional auto gearbox because we thought is might rob performance over the manual and also harm the... -
9 Feb 10FIRST PICTURES: Revised BMW X5
BMW's revised X5 line-up will include the range's first sub-200g/km models.The entry-level xDrive30d emits 195g/km - a 10% improvement, yet produces 2... -
1 Feb 10New BMW small fleet scheme
Fleet operators with fifty vehicles or fewer can sign up to a free-to-join business partnership scheme for BMW and Mini models.The scheme, intended to... -
29 Jan 10Car club adds BMW as it looks to double in size
Pay-as-you-go car club Streetcar is adding BMW 1- and 3-series models to its offering of VW Polo, Golf, Touran and Transporter as the rental firm almo... -
28 Jan 10New BMW 5-series: Test drive review
BMW calls its new 5-Series "the perfect business saloon" and it's hard to disagree. A cool 5.6-million sales under its belt since it first arrived in ... -
26 Jan 10Awards 2010 - Manufacturer of the Year: BMW
In what was an extremely difficult year for businesses across the UK, BMW's performance in the 2010 BusinessCar Awards is impressive.If you flick thro... -
26 Jan 10Awards 2010 - Environment Award: BMW Efficient Dynamics
The 2010 BusinessCar Environment Award is not only BMW's second headline award this year, but it's also the second year running it's taken this prize,... -
26 Jan 10Awards 2010 - Lower Medium: BMW 1-series
Despite BMW's domination of the BusinessCar Awards in recent years this is the first time the 1-series has scooped the lower medium sector win. The ra... -
26 Jan 10Awards 2010 - Upper Medium: BMW 3-series
Back on top of its class after a two-year break, the BMW 3-series is so much part of the company car scene it's almost a currency.The 3-series is one ... -
26 Jan 10Awards 2010 - Executive: BMW 5-series
This is an astonishing 10th time the BMW 5-series has taken the Executive class crown, although the 10 victories haven't been consecutive, which shows... -
26 Jan 10Awards 2010 - Large 4x4: BMW X5
BMW is back on top in this category, which it has taken twice before with the previous version of the mighty X5.Now in its third year, the current X5 ... -
21 Jan 10Our Fleet Test Drive Review: BMW 520d Touring - 6th report
Now we've a few miles under the tyres of our BMW 520d Touring we're in a far better position to report on its fuel economy.The official fuel figure is... -
19 Jan 10BMW 318d dips below 120g/km
BMW's 2010 upgrades to the 3-series range will see the 318d saloon and estate dip below 121g/km for CO2, putting it in the lowest diesel company car t... -
18 Jan 10BMW facelifts 3-series coupe, convertible
BMW has given its 3-series coupe and convertible models a facelift.The revisions include new front and rear lights as well as tweaked front grille and... -
8 Jan 10Our Fleet Test Drive Review: BMW 520d Touring - 5th report
When BMW first introduced its iDrive system to reduce the number of buttons in a car, it did not go down well because it wasn't intuitive. But BMW is ... -
7 Jan 10BMW 316d ES: Test Drive Review
BMW and Audi are slugging it out to have the lowest CO2 car in the prestige upper medium sector. Last month Audi was out in front with its 120g/km A4,... -
17 Dec 09BMW reveals electric 1-series concept
BMW has revealed a concept version of an all-electric car based on the 1-series coupe called Active-E.The BMW Active-E concept has a range of between ... -
14 Dec 09BMW X3 18d xDrive SE: Test Drive Review
This is the new price entry point of BMW's X3 small 4x4 range.The 143PS 2.0-litre diesel engine is the best part of £2000 cheaper than the next model ... -
9 Dec 09Our Fleet Test Drive Review: BMW 520d Touring - 4th report
It's time to be picky. The digital radio in the 520d Business Edition isn't as good as rival systems' DAB radios.Now admittedly I've only limited expe... -
7 Dec 09Our Fleet Test Drive Review: BMW 520d Touring - 3rd report
Now the 520d's passed 3000 miles, we've had our first go at an economy fuel consumption figure.The 520d Touring is an automatic and, like many autos i... -
26 Nov 09BMW emphasises broker ban
BMW has reaffirmed its determination to keep brokers out of selling its cars.Tim Abbott, BMW UK managing director, addressing the firm's annual press ... -
23 Nov 09New BMW 5-series picture gallery
Click on any of the pictures to see a full gallery of images of the new BMW 5-series, due in the UK in March 2010.BACK TO THE BMW NEWS STORYFOLLOW BUS... -
23 Nov 09New BMW 5-series pictures and prices revealed
BMW will leap ahead of the competition on CO2 with the next generation 5-series, officially revealed this week.Going on sale in the UK in March 2010, ... -
18 Nov 09BMW secures 2012 London Olympics fleet deal
BMW has won the contract to provide the fleet requirements of the London 2012 Olympics thanks to its Efficient Dynamics technology.The contract will s... -
10 Nov 09Our Fleet Test Drive Review: BMW 520d Touring - 2nd report
We're now a couple of thousand miles into our 5-series Touring's life and we're starting to discover all those details that can make you fall in (or o... -
22 Oct 09BMW X1: Test Drive Review
BMW's plan with the all-new X1 is split the small-4x4 market into two, with the new X3 due next year becoming larger and more of a rival for the Land ... -
16 Oct 09Mini's Buddy to BMW's Connected Drive
Mini has revealed a system called Connected Buddy, the small car's version of BMW's Connected Drive system, and is set to launch within 12 to 18 month...