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China and the U.S. might not be in th eir best relationship nowadays, but that doesn’t mean BMW will give up its sales goals. BMW will export its first full-electric SUV, called the iX3, to global markets after it goes into production in 2020 at its joint-venture plant in China. The iX3 project makes BMW the first major luxury-car maker to ship high-tech vehicles from China, in a sign consumers no longer equate the country with cheap products. It positions the Shenyang site to supply SUVs to the U.S., the second-biggest market for BMW, even with the question of higher Ame...
The German police have arrested the head of powertrain development at Volkswagen's Porsche business, Joerg Kerner. The arrest was related to ongoing inquiries into emissions manipulation, a person familiar with the matter said. Police are holding him on remand. The police are holding him on remand because he is considered a flight risk. The arrest of Joerg Kerner was related to ongoing inquiries into emissions manipulation at Volkswagen, more than two years after the German carmaker admitted cheating on U.S. exhaust tests. Kerner was one of three current or former emplo...
Volkswagen will launch a new compact SUV internally called the "Volks-SUV" or People's SUV. It will be produced for the US, China and other markets outside of Europe. VW plans to sell 400,000 of these small utility vehicles every year. The new compact crossover will start in China. It will be built in a joint-venture factory. The new model is slightly more compact than the Volkswagen Tiguan. It will sit on the MQB architecture for cars with front transverse engines. VW approved the design last week. Europe won't be receiving the "Volks-SUV" because it al...
BMW has just discovered that it has installed the wrong programming on its luxury 5 and 7-series models. Due to this issue, all the models with the unsuitable software would be recalled. The automaker did inform the relevant authorities immediately after the problem has been discovered.BMW issued the statement after a report in news suggested it had installed software that manipulated emissions of harmful gases such as nitrogen oxide, something its management has always denied. Competitor Volkswagen reached a multi-billion-dollar U.S. settlement after admitting installing so-called "defea...
In Tunis a local BMW dealer poked fun at his competitor by placing a billboard saying "It's never too late to change your mind." The billboard was placed just a few meters from the dealer center selling various VAG products, including Audis, Porsches and VWs. As the footnote shows, the billboard was commissioned by Ben Jemâa Motors, an official BMW and Mini dealer in Tunisia. Just a few days later Audi issued a prompt response to BMW’s passive-aggressive message. The new billboard starting with a big “LOOOL” at the...
