BMW Group Malaysia ended 2022 with 14,466 vehicles delivered, including 1,233 MINI cars and 1,378 BMW Motorrad bikes. Managing Director Hans de Visser said the figures has kept BMW Group Malaysia ahead as Malaysia’s No.1 premium automotive company, for the third time in a row, now with a market share of over 50 percent. For its namesake BMW brand vehicles alone, the company has delivered 11,855 vehicles, up 37.8 percent from the year before, giving it a 45 percent market share. “Of course the re

Why do people aspire to own a Mercedes-Benz, or a BMW? As a kid, I always marvelled when I saw a household with a Mercedes or BMW in the garage. When I asked my dad, why he bought a W201 Mercedes 190E, he told me, Mercedeses represented premium luxury, advanced engineering and peerless build quality. The 190E was, at that time, the entry point for Mercedes ownership. BMW is no stranger to this concept as well, its 3 Series lineage being the entry point for anyone aspiring to get a slice of premi

Just days before its official debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, a photo of the all-new 2021 BMW 2 Series Coupe has been leaked. The front fascia appears to be largely similar to the prototype model seen last year. Unlike the larger BMW 4 Series, the front grilles are of normal size. The new 2 Series Coupe rides on the CLAR platform with a longitudinally-positioned engine and rear-wheel drive layout. The range-topping M240i however, gets the xDrive all-wheel drive system and is powered by

After making its rounds around the city, BMW Group Malaysia has launched the 2020 BMW (F44) 2 Series Gran Coupe at Pavilion Kuala Lumpur today. Only one variant is available, the 218i Gran Coupe M Sport which is assembled locally at the Inokom plant in Kulim. The 218i Gran Coupe starts from RM 211,367 on-the-road, without insurance, and exempt from SST which is valid until 31 December 2020. The F44 shares the same UKL2 modular platform as the F40 1 Series and as such is front-wheel drive. Poweri

At the rate that things are progressing in many parts of the world, where governments are waging wars against high CO2 emissions cars and speeding, it’s inevitable that car buyers will soon trend towards lifestyle cars that are packed with the latest infotainment, powered by the smallest available engine. We have already seen this in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Japan, where 180 series engines are the norm for Mercedes-Benz A-Class and C-Class models. Here in Malaysia, the lowest available engine t

BMW’s answer to the Mercedes-Benz CLA, the 2 Series Gran Coupe, is launched in Thailand. Currently, there is only one variant, the fully imported 218i M Sport priced at 2,399,000 baht (about RM 319k). What propels the BMW 218i Gran Coupe? Power comes from a 1.5-litre 3-cylinder turbocharged engine making 140 PS and 220 Nm of torque. All of it goes to the front wheels through a 7-speed dual-clutch transmission. 0-100 km/h takes 8.7 seconds and onwards to a top speed of 215 km/h. Does the BMW 218i