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Study of Sustainable Value in Automobile Manufacturing Finds Mixed Performance for Most OEMs, BMW and Toyota as the Clear Leaders

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BMW and Toyota are consistent leaders in sustainable value. The BMW Group and Toyota are consistent industry leaders, creating extremely positive Sustainable Value over the entire review period—i.e., Findings of the report include: Toyota and the BMW Group are industry leaders. Click to enlarge.

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2024 BMW iX2 review: Is this the EV bargain of the year? How tax incentives make this slick compact SUV a tempting electric car

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BMW is pushing hard into the EV space, in turn crushing its traditional luxury rivals on Aussie sales. BMW iX2 xDrive30. 2024 BMW iX2 price and equipment The iX2 is part of the X2 compact SUV family, which is itself a sportier looking version of the X1. The BMW iX2 xDrive30 gets two electric motors making a combined 230kW/494Nm.

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BMW to Pull Out of Formula One at End of Season; CO2 Champion Concept Car for IAA in September

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BMW is realigning its motor sports activities, and is ending its participation in Formula One at the end of 2009. While it will remain active in motor sports, said Dr. Norbert Reithofer, Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW AG, it will focus on close-to-production motor sports. Tags: Brief. Norbert Reithofer.

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Hurry up MG Cyberster and Tesla Roadster! New Polestar 6 electric drop-top a sell-out success

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Curiously, what hasn’t been disclosed is just how much the first buyers will have paid for the first batch of cars, that required a US$25,000 (A$39,000), although it’s rumoured that the first 500 Polestar 6 LA Concept sold for a price tag of around US$200,000 (A$315,000) before local taxes. READ MORE: Forget Tesla! Tesla Roadster.

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Junkyard Find: 2012 Hyundai Equus

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When the first Hyundai Excels appeared on American streets as 1986 models, bearing shockingly cheap price tags, did anyone imagine that someday there would be a big, ostentatious Hyundai luxury sedan with serious V8 power available here? I drove an $80,000 BMW. That's my name!" Not many were sold, though.

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BMW ditches F1 to be a CO2 champion

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Motor racing fans won’t have missed the news yesterday that BMW is realigning all of its motor sport activities and is ending its participation in Formula 1 at the end of the 2009 season. Reithofer stated that the company is continually reviewing its projects and initiatives to check them for future viability and sustainability.

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2024 Porsche Macan review: First drive of one of the most important new electric cars of the year

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It doesn’t sell in quite the numbers of the Audi Q5, BMW X3 and Mercedes-Benz GLC, but it puts up a solid fight – especially considering it generally sells with price tags higher than all of those. The biggest challenge the Macan will face is the price tag. Porsche Macan 4 and Porsche Macan Turbo. Score: 4.5/5

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