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German car maker BMW has agreed to sell its Formula One team to previous owner Peter Sauber, provided the team gets a place on the grid next season.
BMW is the latest top-tier domestic sponsor of the 2012 London Olympics, and organizers remain in talks with additional potential investors.
German carmaker BMW AG said Tuesday its net income fell 74 percent in the third quarter as it continued to be affected by the global economic downturn.
BMW Manufacturing Co. will add 700 temporary workers to its South Carolina work force.
The sharp decline in luxury auto sales in this recession has many observers wondering if there’s a radical reshaping of the market for brands such as Porsche, BMWs and Mercedes-Benz.
John Senden secured the 30th and final spot for the Tour Championship, giving him at least a mathematical chance of the $10 million prize and a spot in three of the majors next year.
Luxury automaker BMW AG said Tuesday that its second-quarter profit skidded 76 percent lower as consumers put off buying its pricey vehicles. It said a "lasting" economic recovery was not yet in sight.
BMW Group, which includes both the BMW and Mini brands, on Monday reported a double-digit sale decline for July, saying that it didn't get as much of a boost from the government's cash for clunkers program as other automakers.
Formula One's governing body said BMW Sauber would not have quit the sport if the leading teams had supported its proposed financial restraints for next season.
BMW is pulling out of Formula One at the end of this season, the second car maker to leave the series within a year.
German automaker BMW Group said Tuesday that June U.S. sales declined 20.3 percent because of soft demand for its various models.
Darren Clarke, who lost his wife to breast cancer in 2006, reached out to Phil Mickelson after the player's wife was diagnosed with the same condition.
Henrik Stenson is focusing on winning his first major title rather than worrying about becoming the top-ranked player in the world.
German carmaker BMW AG reported Wednesday a small net loss for the first quarter as the global recession cut deeper into car sales, and said the future of the market remained uncertain for the rest of the year.
German carmaker BMW AG said Wednesday it was facing a "transitional year" and that it expected sales volumes to decrease 10 to 20 percent in 2009 because of the economic crisis.
German carmaker BMW AG said Thursday its net profit fell 90 percent in 2008 as the global economic crisis cut into demand for its sports and luxury cars.
Carmaker BMW AG said Tuesday it would reduce the working hours for some 26,000 German employees as part of efforts to slow production amid a deepening economic downturn.
Germany's BMW AG reported Friday a 4.3 percent decrease in sales for 2008, attributing the fall to the global economic crisis and increased reluctance among consumers to make big purchases.
Automaker BMW AG said Friday that its global sales last month slid 25 percent as the global financial crisis caused consumers to hold back from buying new cars.
Automaker BMW AG said Friday that it no longer expects to report record sales for 2008 because of consumers' growing reluctance to spend on new cars amid fears of a recession.
Carmaker BMW AG said Tuesday net profit for the third quarter dropped 63 percent as the global economic turmoil made consumers more reluctant to shell out for its sports and luxury cars and credit costs made it difficult for consumers and the company to borrow.
More than 500 temporary workers at BMW's South Carolina plant will likely lose their jobs at the end of the year because the ailing economy in the United States has hurt sales for the German automaker.
BMW AG said Wednesday it was recalling 200,000 vehicles over concerns that the front passenger air bag may not deploy in a crash.
Cheating husband left dog to die in hot car as he visited mistress A cheating husband left his pet dog to 'cook to death' in a boiling hot car while he visited his mistress, a court was told. James MacDonald, 42, parked his BMW in direct sunshine and left rottweiler Sasha inside the car for more than two hours.
Ted-talk: Let My Dataset Change Your Mindset In the talk at the US State Department in the summer of 2009, Hans Rosling showed the overall global trends in health and income over the last 200 years, the development of the HIV/AIDS-epidemic and how China is catching up on the richest countries.
BMW unveils SIMPLE leaning three-wheel conceptIf you saw the video we posted last week of the Nissan Land Glider concept that leaned and though to yourself if it had one less wheel and looked like the cockpit of a Viper from Battlestar Galactica you would totally buy one, get your checkbook out.
Frankfurt Preview: BMW Vision EfficientDynamics Concept, turbodiesel plug-in hybrid [w/VIDEO]After several months of speculation and official teases for the past week, we now finally have all the details on the Vision EfficientDynamics Concept that BMW will show in Frankfurt in a couple of weeks.
Rev. Jesse Jackson Wants BMW to Stop Racist Ad MovesOnce again Jessie and the gang are fighting for some non worthy cause while our Black President is being eaten alive by White Racist.
BMW's hybrid vision: Sleek, cool, green and cook as fark Not only is it green but BMW's new concept hybrid offering smacks of cool.
Mini Coupé Concept car (2009): showroom bound in 2011Revealed 50 years to the day since the launch of the classic original Mini, this is the stunning Mini Coupé Concept, which CAR expects to enter production in 2011.
BMW unveiling two big hybrid models at FrankfurtThe BMW ActiveHybrid X6's power train starts with a 400 hp twin-turbocharged V8 gasoline engine and adds two electric synchronous motors delivering 91 hp/192 lb-ft and 86 hp/206 lb-ft, respectively. Maximum system output is 480 hp, and peak torque reaches 575 lb-ft.
Stoat survives 72mph journey on BMW A stoat survived a collision with a BMW Z4 and a subsequent 30 mile journey at 72 miles per hour.
German radicals turn to arsonTHEY occur at a rate of nearly one a night, without warning or fanfare. By the time the police arrive, all that remains are smoking wrecks. Even the identifying badges — Porsche, BMW, Mercedes, VW — are often obliterated by fire.
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F1 : BMW Confirm Shock Formula One Exit End of the road for BMW Sauber in Formula One
BMW heiress blackmailed for third time over sex videos Munich police confirmed on Friday that they are investigating a third case of sexual blackmail against BMW heiress Susanne Klatten after three men tried to filch some 800,000 from the 46-year-old for a sex tape.
Speeding attorney blames his Beemer; judge says 'slow down and pay the fine!'"I am a victim of the handling characteristics of the car," explained prominent Portland attorney Akin C. Blitz, whose firm does work for North Coast governments.
This thing we call Love, which is often misunderstood, is most likely to emerge from a common connection between two strangers. It then blossoms out of mutual interest, mutual respect, mutual aims and a close friendship.
Jesse James' Record-Breaking Hydrogen Racer"The guy behind West Coast Choppers blazed across El Mirage Dry Lake Bed at 199.7 mph in a car he claims he spent "a couple million bucks" building.
Woman driver 'parks' her car in a California swimming pool and walks away uninjuredA woman accidentally drove her car out through a barrier, down a 15-foot embankment, and into an unoccupied swimming pool - but escaped injury.
What's Next? Gigolos for All Women?Don't be surprised at the BMW heiress. Today's empowered women have few qualms about paying for bedroom pleasures
Go See: Bmw Art Car Installations At Lacma, Los Angeles, Through February 24th, 2009 First commissioned by the company and racecar driver Herve Poulain in 1975 and completed by the likes of Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg, Roy Lichtenstein, and Alexander Calder, BMW's art cars have toured the world and featured in exhibitions in the most renowned museums and p …
BMW laid off 850 workers and scaled down production at its British factory which builds the Mini car, an effort to adjust to weaker demand.
BMW Design Boss Chris Bangle Leaves Auto IndustryBMW Group's design head Chris Bangle is quitting "to pursue his own design-related endeavors beyond the auto industry," the German carmaker said Tuesday. Adrian van Hooydonk, head of design for BMW brand, will succeed Bangle.
10 Cool Cars We Want NowLike everyone, we've got a Christmas wish-list of stuff we'd love to find under the tree but don't expect to.
BMW 3-Series Diesel to Get 36 mpg on the HighwayBMW on Tuesday released fuel-economy and pricing details for its upcoming diesel versions of the 3-series and X5. The diesels will be shown at the Los Angeles auto show next week, ahead of their launch in the U.S. market.
BMW Goes Diesel - 2008 Los Angeles Auto ShowRemember the 524td? It was the last diesel-powered car that BMW offered here in the U.S., and it was new about 20 years ago.
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