South Africans affected by Mini recall

BMW South Africa says about 3 350 customers in South Africa will be affected by a worldwide Mini Cooper S and Mini John Cooper Works models recall.

Buyers baulk at cost of 'green' cars

A lot still needs to happen in the alternative fuels vehicle market before sales figures start to rise.

Rolls-Royce ratchets up record sales

UK-based carmakers making a fortune from emerging markets' penchant for luxury vehicles.

The new BMW 1-series: Still a Marmite car?

The BMW 1-series was always a "Marmite car"; you either loved it or hated it. But it still hit a high note with consumers. So what about the new one?

Just start me up

In her long-term test of the BMW 530d, Sukasha Singh finds herself questioning life, the universe and everything.

If it makes you happy …

Sukasha Singh explains why she thinks the BMW 530d deserves its Car of the Year title -- along with the VW Polo 1.6 TDI.

Time to grow up. Or not

The new BMW 5 Series could well be the best of its type. The problem for Steve Smith is the type.

Cars that make you go .... hmm

Why, wonders Steve Smith, would one buy a burger that's also a pizza ... or a BMW 5-Series GT?

So fresh and so clean

The new generation of electric cars is going further than ever before -- or so current thinking goes, writes Martin Love.

Poor return on job investment

Less than 3 000 posts have been spared so far, despite government pumping R2.4‑billion into training layoff scheme.

BMW pumps R2,2bn into SA production plant

At a time when just about every vehicle manufacturer in SA is downsizing its workforce, BMW has announced a R2,2-billion investment.

Who's your daddy?

BMW's new flagship 7-series is as brash as it is brilliant, writes Sukasha Singh.

Hope for Sauber as investor search continues

The BMW-Sauber team hopes to be able to continue in Formula One in some guise despite the the German carmaker's withdrawal from the sport.

BMW to quit Formula One at end of season

German car manufacturer BMW announced on Wednesday that they will pull out of Formula One at the end of this season.

Nobody lives in Rosslyn ...

... but many make their livelihoods there. Faranaaz Parker, Qudsiya Karrim and Percy Mabandu report.

Bank pledges bail-out billions

The European Investment Bank's statutes state that its outstanding loans portfolio cannot exceed 250% of its capital.

The fat cat's whiskers

The new 7-Series -- like any car in this class -- is a barge and there’s only so much you can do to make a barge pretty.

Your motorised personal DJ

Lloyd Gedye takes a tour of BMW’s Munich research and development laboratory.

A battery-powered classic

To a casual observer, it looks no different from a standard modern Mini, the British classic reimagined, to great plaudits, by BMW.

Another Mini adventure, but this time with the sound off

To a casual observer, it looks no different from a modern Mini. But look closer and there's something different about the Mini E.

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