BMW Z3: From James Bond to Neiman Marcus to Auto Stardom

The BMW Z3, the German carmaker’s first new car manufactured in the United States, was BMW’s original mass-market roadster. BMW launched the Z3 – built in Spartanburg, South Carolina – as a 1996 model year automobile after featuring it in the James Bond movie, “GoldenEye.” Marketing the BMW Z3 as the ideal gift in its…

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BMW Z4: A Raucous Roadster

The BMW Z4 is a rear-wheel-drive roadster that was unveiled to its enthusiastic world audience in 2003. The Z4 received Automobile Magazine’s “Design of the Year Award” in its first year and won the Red Dot Design Award in 2009. BMW offers the Z4 in two varieties: the Z4 Roadster 2.5i and the Z4 Roadster…

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BMW M5: The Ultimate Sports Sedan

The BMW M5, widely considered the ultimate sports sedan in the world, is a high-performance edition of the BMW 5 Series executive car. When BMW first launched it in 1984, the M5 came on a BMW 535i chassis with a modified BMW M1 engine, making it the world’s fastest production sedan. The next-generation M5, to…

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BMW M3 Merges Performance, Technology

The BMW M3, developed by BMW’s M branch, is an ultra-high-performance edition of the BMW 3 Series. Besides being emblazoned with the iconic tri-color “M” – for motorsport – symbol, the M3 comes with many special exterior and interior features, hard line aerodynamics, additionally reactive and potent engines and enhanced suspensions that improve handling. BMW…

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Mini Cooper Has Large Following

The Mini Cooper is an automobile inspired by the original Mini designed by Frank Stephenson and manufactured by the British Motor Corporation between 1959 and 2000. Its well-known short wheelbase, wheels-in-the-corners, sportiness and fun-to-drive individuality remained when BMW started building it in 2001. The Mini Cooper’s patented low center of gravity eliminates leaning, making it…

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