Author: BMW Official News

@BMW: ROLLS-ROYCE CELEBRATES SIXTY YEARS OF GOLDFINGER WITH EXQUISITE ONE-OF-ONE PHANTOM EXTENDED003770

Rolls-Royce Phantom Goldfinger, a one-of-one masterpiece Incorporates some of the most extensively engineered and hand-crafted Bespoke features ever produced Celebrates sixty years of the 1964 James Bond film Goldfinger References Auric Goldfinger’s 1937 Phantom III Sedanca de Ville Solid 18-carat gold bar in the shape of a ‘Speedform’ exhibited in centre console Picnic tables include… Continue reading @BMW: ROLLS-ROYCE CELEBRATES SIXTY YEARS OF GOLDFINGER WITH EXQUISITE ONE-OF-ONE PHANTOM EXTENDED003770

@BMW: ROLLS-ROYCE MOTOR CARS ANNOUNCES NEW PRESIDENT FOR NORTH AMERICA003769

Jon Colbeth to succeed Martin Fritsches as President of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars North America Colbeth, currently Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Global Head of Ownership Services, assumes the role from 1 January 2025 Colbeth brings more than six years’ experience with the Rolls-Royce marque Fritsches moves to new position inside the BMW Group after six years at… Continue reading @BMW: ROLLS-ROYCE MOTOR CARS ANNOUNCES NEW PRESIDENT FOR NORTH AMERICA003769

@BMW: The all-new BMW M5 – Additional Media Assets.003768

On-location photos and footage – International Media Launch in Munich. Energy consumption, weighted, combined: 1,7 – 1,6 l/100 km [166.2 – 176.6 mpg imp] and 25,5 – 25,0 kWh/100 km according to WLTP; CO2 emissions, weighted, combined: 39 – 37 g/km according to WLTP; fuel consumption with discharged battery: 10,3 – 10,2 l/100 km [27.4… Continue reading @BMW: The all-new BMW M5 – Additional Media Assets.003768

@BMW: BMW Group Plant Regensburg wins “Factory of the Year”003767

+++ Prestigious industrial competition recognises BMW Group’s Regensburg vehicle plant in category “excellent large-series assembly” +++ Judges cite high flexibility of entire plant in decision +++ Regensburg. The BMW Group’s vehicle plant in Regensburg is “Factory of the Year” 2024 in the category “excellent large-series assembly”. The award is regarded as one of Germany’s most prestigious… Continue reading @BMW: BMW Group Plant Regensburg wins “Factory of the Year”003767

@BMW: FIA WEC season finale: Double duty for Valentino Rossi in Bahrain – LMGT3 race and Rookie Test in Hypercar.003766

Munich. The 8 Hours of Bahrain on 2nd November marks the end of BMW M Motorsport’s debut season in the Hypercar class of the FIA World Endurance Championship (FIA WEC). The goals for the season finale are to add to the first podium finish recently achieved in Fuji (JPN) with the BMW M Hybrid V8… Continue reading @BMW: FIA WEC season finale: Double duty for Valentino Rossi in Bahrain – LMGT3 race and Rookie Test in Hypercar.003766

@BMW: GRAB THE CORNERS – MINI launches global campaign for John Cooper Works models.003765

Munich. The campaign — Grab the Corners — showcases the uniqueness of the new John Cooper Works models and goes back to John Cooper — a sports car constructor who converted a Mini into a racing car. This mini won the Rally Monte Carlo in 1964. During the conversion, John Cooper focused — in contrast to… Continue reading @BMW: GRAB THE CORNERS – MINI launches global campaign for John Cooper Works models.003765

@BMW: High-performance with motorsport DNA: The new MINI John Cooper Works and the new MINI John Cooper Works Convertible.003764

Munich. With impressive driving characteristics and legendary go-kart feeling, the new top-performance models from MINI continue the legacy of racing legend John Cooper. A four-cylinder TwinPower Turbo petrol engine with two litres of capacity emphasises the powerful sportiness of the new MINI John Cooper Works models. 170 kW/231 hp of power with 380 Nm of… Continue reading @BMW: High-performance with motorsport DNA: The new MINI John Cooper Works and the new MINI John Cooper Works Convertible.003764

@BMW: ROLLS-ROYCE ‘MAKERS OF THE MARQUE’: CLAUDE GOODMAN JOHNSON003762

CLAUDE GOODMAN JOHNSON: 24 OCTOBER 1864 – 11 APRIL 1926 A brief overview of the life and career of Claude Goodman Johnson, born 24 October 1864 The self-styled ‘hyphen in Rolls-Royce’ and the marque’s first Commercial Managing Director A larger-than-life character, Henry Royce once said of him, “He was the captain; we were only the… Continue reading @BMW: ROLLS-ROYCE ‘MAKERS OF THE MARQUE’: CLAUDE GOODMAN JOHNSON003762

@BMW: All 1066 pillars of the high-voltage battery assembly plant are in place003762

Irlbach-Strasskirchen. The 1066th and thus the last pillar of the BMW Group’s new assembly plant for high-voltage batteries is in place. Just 16 weeks, around 100 working days after the official start of construction at the end of June, a mobile construction crane brought the final concrete pillar of the central production building vertically. Overall,… Continue reading @BMW: All 1066 pillars of the high-voltage battery assembly plant are in place003762