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Report: The Next-Gen BMW M3 Will Land with Electric and ICE Powertrains

The Truth About Cars

BMW has aggressive electrification plans, but the automaker isn’t taking its eye off the internal combustion ball. A new report from BMW Blog states that BMW is planning a next-generation M3 between 2027 and 2028 that will land with gas and electric configurations. Image: BMW] Become a& TTAC& insider.

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Premium EV bargain hunting? 2024’s best cut-price prestige electric buys

EV Central

2022 BMW i7 xDrive60 – $205,000 (-$93,000) The BMW i7 – accelerating towards chunky depreciation. Not easy shedding almost $100k in a year, but that’s the case for an ex-demo 4000km-old ’22 BMW i7 limo up for sale in Victoria. A similar-sized BMW X5 M Competition with thumping 4.4-litre

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Where Your Author Owns a Used BMW Convertible for a Year

The Truth About Cars

It seems only a couple of months ago I reported on my experience traveling from Cincinnati to Nashville to purchase the 2010 BMW Z4, thus satisfying a used convertible car search that lasted for a year and a half. In early June I lost the driver’s side BMW logo off the fender because of ancient glue that turned to peanut butter.

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BMW i3 Long-Term Review from Australia

CleanTechnica EVs

So he went to his local Toyota dealer with plans to buy a hybrid Corolla (HEV). Simon Bourne was planning his retirement, and one of his aims was to have a car that would last him as long as he needed it to. While waiting, he spotted a consignment car reseller next door and had […].

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BMW's Toughest Task: Training Car Dealers On i3 Electric Car

Green Car Reports

Early adopters, ecology-minded citizens and, increasingly, drivers who want very low running costs are now buying plug-in electric cars. MORE: Many Car Dealers Don''t Want.' That much we know.

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Pencil-Necked Finance Dweebs Suggest Anyone Making Six-Figures Should Only Buy a $15,000 Car

The Truth About Cars

percent interest with 20 percent down, Investopedia suggests a total purchase price for your shiny new car – including taxes and whatever other fees a dealer feels like charging that day – at just $16,687. In fact, I feel my headline figure of $15,000 is actually generous, since the $16,687 estimate includes dealer fees and taxes.

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Comment on Nio's sub-brand Alps may partner with dealers to sell cars, report says by nov22

CN EV Post

Believe it or not, the older people, less educated people, the old-fashion people, do buy Mercedes, BMW, or Audi. If NIO run a survey of its existing customer, I think NIO is only catching certain block of demographic group.

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