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BMW tried with all their might to keep the details of the 1-Series under wraps until the International Frankfurt Motor Show in the fall, but after several photos leaked on to the internet, their has been a change of plan and they have decided to tell all. Lucky us!

Based on the same platform as the 3 Series, the all-new 2012 1 Series offers greater passenger and cargo space than the outgoing E81. And, more…

Like to crank up the volume and cruise the open highway, listening to your favorite tunes? Well, you're in for a treat. BMW has revamped their media interface, BMW Connected Drive, to support Pandora Radio music streaming, as well as streaming audio via integrated iPhone or iPod Touch devices.

The seamless integration of a highly desired service like Pandora demonstrates the enormous potential of the new BMW Apps,"¹ said Stephen Durach, Director of…

For those of you who haven't already heard of it, the ActiveE is BMW's first-ever pure electric vehicle. Based on the 1 Series Coupe, it sprints from 0-60 mph in under nine seconds!

Needless to say, Markel BMW and many of our customers, are chomping at the bit for the 700 ActiveE EVs to arrive in metropolitan markets across the country (e.g., New York), starting this fall. How nice it will be…

The two gasoline-electric hybrids BMW is introducing to their 7-Series lineup are not your average hybrids. Called the 750i ActiveHybrid and 750Li ActiveHybrid (with a longer wheelbase), they're a breed all their own.

Not only do they come with the federal government's lowest fuel economy rating of all regular-production hybrids. In sports-car-like fashion, they're also the fastest hybrid luxury sedans in showrooms, jumping from 0-62 mpg in a mere 4.7 seconds…

First unveiled at the Amsterdam Motor show back in 1984, the BMW M5 is a high-performance version of the BMW 5-Series executive car built by the luxury automaker's Motorsport division. At the time of its introduction, it was the fastest production car in the world. Needless to say, it quickly became a pillar of the BMW brand and subsequent versions have been built from each generation of the 5-Series platform (i.e., the E34?