BMW 3 Series Sports Wagon Set for Hendrick BMW in 2013

Some auto experts out there like to say the sports wagon is a dying breed. Here at Hendrick BMW, serving drivers in the greater Charlotte area, we don't think that's entirely true, as the sport wagon has its appeal to many drivers. While more consumers are turning to compact CUVs and SUVs, there's still plenty of room in the new BMW lineup for wagon, and BMW agrees, confirming that the BMW 3 Series will receive a sports wagon for the 2013 model year.

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2013 BMW 7 Series Aims to Top Already High Standards

Longtime BMW drivers and enthusiasts are well aware that the BMW 7 Series is a standard bearer for innovation, as many of the groundbreaking technology we see on new BMW vehicles here at Hendrick BMW are traditionally introduced in the 7 Series before any others. Now, with the 2013 model year fast approaching, a revamped BMW 7 Series looks to remain at the head of the table.

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BMW ActiveHybrid 3 Debuts Innovative Navigation System

Here at Hendrick BMW we are looking forward to the new BMW ActiveHybrid 3 launching this fall, and soon to be available here in the greater Charlotte area. While hybrid technology certainly has us excited, we feel many people are overlooking some key elements outside the new, efficient engine that make the ActiveHybrid 3 a complete, rounded, luxury driving machine.

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BMW and Toyota charge up electric car battery partnership




First reported back in December of 2011, BMW and Toyota have finalized their partnership to research next-generation batteries for electric cars. The two companies recently inked an agreement confirming the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed at the beginning of December, which will also see BMW supply Toyota's European arm with efficient 1.6 litre and 2.0 litre diesel engines from 2014.

"The research project being undertaken under the agreement is focusing on increasing the performance and capacity of lithium-ion battery cells through the use of new combinations of materials for cathodes, anodes and electrolytes," the two automakers said…
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BMW SA shows off a F30 335i race car

BMW South Africa, in collaboration with ADF Motorsport, has unveiled an F30 BMW 335i racing car, which will compete in the SA Production Car championship in 2012. According to the company, this is the first F30 3 Series racing car in the world and it will debut at Wesbank Super Series race meeting at Killarney in Cape Town on March 31st.

ADF Motorsport was responsible for the development of the car which will have behind the wheel the 2010 Production Car Champion Anthony Taylor and Etienne van der Lindec.

Team principal Donovan van Heerden said it took the team less…

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BMW 3 Series Offers Luxury and Fuel Economy

Striking the perfect balance between performance and fuel economy is important to many drivers in the greater Charlotte area, and BMW certainly proves you can have both. Case in point, the 2012 BMW 328i, which boasts an EPA highway fuel economy rating of 36 miles per gallon.

Its impressive efficiency is thanks to its new four-cylinder engine, while the 240 horsepower and variable sport steering make the BMW 3 series fun to drive, evidenced by…

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BMW’s X5: Worlds first Sports Activity Vehicle

Before 2000, the BMW brand had no presence in sport-ute land. Then BMW introduced their game changing, all new, X5 “Sports Activity Vehicle.” Unlike most other truck based SUV?s at the time, the X5 was based on a 5 series car chassis. The remarkable thing about BMW?s X5 was not only did it provide all the things you expect in a SUV, it added something new – driving feel. The X5 also had the patent Ultimate Driving Machine driving feel right down to the perfectly weighted steering. Plus, the interior looked and felt like a quality BMW sedan, not…

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