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BMW order is biggest ever for press manufacturer
Schuler will sell more than €100 million of automated press shop machinery to Leipzig plant alone, and then there are deals for Regensburg and Munich
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BMW to invest $750 million in US factory
Bringing the X3, X5 and X6 to Spartanburg means a capacity increase of 50 per cent to 240,000 vehicles a year
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BMW confirms that "thousands" of jobs will go
An analysts' briefing is told that job cuts are needed to boost profitability to levels enjoyed by other German carmakers
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Record volumes and revenues for BMW in 2007
Sales went up by 9.2 per cent and revenues even more as the German carmaker reports a record year
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BMW claims innovation in both car and engines
Its X6 is a new class of vehicle, it says, and the way it distributes power and the positioning of the turbocharger are both new
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BMW reported to be "on the verge" of mass job cuts
The Financial Times reports that up to 8,000 jobs could go, many of them in Germany, as the carmaker compares its profitability with that of Daimler
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Mini sports vehicle will be built in Austria
BMW is putting the new sports activity vehicle based on the Mini into Magna Steyr in Austria, the first time Mini work has outside the UK under BMW
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BMW brings X3 assembly work back in house
BMW is to take production of the next X3 model in-house at its US plant and away from Magna Steyr in Austria
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BMW works to eradicate IC engine's inefficiencies
The carmaker is focusing on the unnecessary consumption of electrical energy and more efficient conversion of energy into electrical power
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BMW at the 2006 Detroit Show

BMW Z4M
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BMW sketches Indian business plan
BMW has said that it is positive about sourcing components from India for its global operations as the German carmaker finally presses the button to establish a car assembly operation there.
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BMW unveils the Z4 Coupé concept at IAA
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BMW to join DC and GM in hybrid development
BMW has announced that it is to join the partnership formed between General Motors and Daimler Chryslers to develop a two-mode hybrid system.
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The new 7 Series
BMW’s 7 Series has not always enjoyed a charmed life – in fact, it aroused considerable rage in some quarters when the latest version was introduced in 2002.
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The new BMW 3-Series on test
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The Ulrich Bruhnke interview
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Brave new world, an overview of BMW
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BMW invests in Swindon
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The all-new X3
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New drive strategy for the future
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Chris Bangle talks
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A hydrogen-powered 7 Series?
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The re-launched 6 Series
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The revised X5
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