German premium carmaker BMW on Thursday rolled out its first '3 series' sedan from its plant near Chennai, with a price tag of Rs 26.7 lakh.
Initial deliveries of the all-new BMW X5 in India will commence by June as an overwhelming demand for the vehicle in the market has pushed the waiting period to three months.
With the release of the Audi A8L 4.2 TDi, all three auto manufacturers having brought their champions to the Indian roads and it is time to see how these fearsome gladiators will fare against each other.
Come 19th September and get ready to be swoon at the Frankfurt Auto Show with the series of line-up planned by BMW.
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BMW Group India is announcing a price increase of up to 5 per cent across the BMW and Mini product range effective August 15, 2013, according to a company statement.
World renowned car manufacturer BMW is planning to set up a plant in Gurgaon in Haryana.
This is the new 2009 BMW 3 which will be officially saying hello at the Paris Motor Show in October. So the Indian launch should fall into place between March and June 2009.
Except for March, when BMW recorded unusually high sales, Mercedes sales were ahead in the other months.
There will be two petrol engine options offered with a standard eight-speed automatic gearbox in the 640i and 650i.
When Barack Obama lands in Delhi for the Republic Day celebrations, he will be taken along the city's prime esplanade in a vehicle fitted with a special night-vision system, tear gas cannons, steel wheels, a blood bank holding the president's blood type and its own oxygen supply. Obama's Cadillac limousine, or the 'Beast', as the US Secret Service likes to call it, will be used to ferry him during the course of his visit to India. Obama's, however, is not the only fortress on wheels that will trundle down Rajpath. Prime Minister Narendra Modi travels in a BMW 7-Series 760Li Security Edition Here is a comparison between Obama's Cadillac and Modi's BMW
The update to the 7 Series is fairly thorough, touching on everything from the looks, interiors and chassis right down to the powertrain options as well.
After being crowned the second best car company in the luxury segment in India, Audi is ambitious to rule the Indian luxury car segment by the year 2015.
Billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Jio is India's strongest telecom brand in India, ahead of Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea Ltd, according to brand intelligence and data insights company TRA. TRA, formerly Trust Research Advisory, in its 'India's Most Desired Brands 2022' ranked companies according to their brand strength. Reliance Jio topped the telecom category, followed by Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea Ltd and BSNL.
German luxury car manufacturers, Mercedes Benz and BMW, will soon venture into the used car business in the country. While Mercedes, which has been in India for more than a decade, is announcing its plans for used cars today, BMW is expected to follow suit in a couple of months.
If Tesla comes in, India's position as a manufacturing hub will rise many notches, as it will become only the second country, after China, to have both Apple as well as Tesla.
It can go from 0 to 60 kmph in just 6.2 second.
Bimmer loses out when it comes to ride quality.
It instantly puts a wide grin on the driver's face.
The BMW 5-Series is the ultimate executive luxury sedan which blends excellent driving pleasure with uber luxury that too in a timeless design.The 5-Series F10 model, introduced in India in 2010 updated in 2013, is now available in the 530d M-Sport variant which is a slight departure from the normal 5-Series - as explored by Indian automobile website MotorBeam.com.
The BMW X5 is the largest SUV one can buy with the famous blue and white logo from Bavaria.
Once an undisputed leader of luxury brands, BMW has moved to the third position in India, and is now seriously looking forward to dethrone its prime rivals.
There are six models of the Mini out of which three models have been launched in India.
An Indian consortium has applied to buy BMW-Sauber, which is seeking new backers after German carmaker BMW said it was pulling out of Formula One at the end of the season, domestic media reported on Saturday. Reports said the deal is based around a 50 million euro investment and involved Swiss driver Neel Jani, who currently features in the A1 GP series and whose father is Indian.
German-based luxury carmaker, BMW will roll out its first three-series models from its Indian facility at Chennai on March 29, while the 5 Series will be rolled out in June.
German carmakers Audi, BMW and Skoda launched their dazzling new models at the Auto expo, in New Delhi, on Tuesday.
The new 3 still has a fight on its hands.
BMW began its innings earlier with this year with the 3 Series executive sedan and the 7 Series luxury sedan. Beginning this month, BMW will start assembly of its fabled 5 Series premium executive sedans and retail operations as well.
The company is betting on the country's long-term growth potential.
Developed on the same platform as the 3 Series, the new 1 series has been codenamed as F20.
A former model who was one of the accused in a gangster's murder in an alleged fake police encounter in Mumbai was shot dead in a hotel in Gurugram months after she was granted bail, the police said on Wednesday.
The BMW 3-Series has always been a driver's car and the current generation (F30) car was launched in India in the 320d and 328i guises. The 328i was later discontinued but the 320d continues to remain on sale. While we sampled the 320d M-Sport last year, this time around, Indian automobile website MotorBeam.com reviews the 320d in the Sport Line trim.
While 89 per cent of executives in India said innovation was key to economic growth, in the US, only 72 per cent said innovation was important.
Safety features include an on-board fire-fighting system, an emergency exit and an emergency fresh-air system.
Mercedes-Benz India has been on a roll.
The BMW X5 is the largest SUV one can buy with the famous blue and white logo from Bavaria. The car is the quintessential European luxury SUV with all the creature comforts one finds in the executive sedans of the company. Indian automobile website MotorBeam.comtests the mettle of the big-brawny SUV from BMW.
The Delhi police have arrested Utsav Bhasin, a businessman living in the Punjabi Bagh area of North Delhi for causing injury to two people on a motorcycle.
The rising Indian star went down fighting to Germany No 3 Jens Roch in the pre-quarter-finals of the tournament.
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