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...Instead, SUVs such as Nissan Qashqais and BMW X5s are parked outside, filled with child seats and sports kits. What used to be a peculiarly US transport habit has crossed the Atlantic....
...As of Monday BMW will raise the prices of its X5 and X6 SUV models in China by 4 per cent and 7 per cent, respectively, the company said on Sunday, as it passed some of the costs from new tariffs to consumers...
...Mr Stadler was proud that Audi, the third-largest producer of luxury cars following Mercedes and BMW, was coming out with an electric SUV before its German rivals....
...The lines at Spartanburg make a range of SUVs for BMW, ranging from the mid-sized X3 to the larger X6, but can also accommodate cars as small as the 3-series saloon....
...While two-thirds of the 305,685 BMWs sold in the country were imported, the vast majority were worth less than the big SUVs exported....
...BMW already has a production site in the US in Spartanburg, South Carolina, which makes more than 400,000 cars a year including the X5 SUV....
...BMW already has a site in the US in Spartanburg, South Carolina, which makes more than 400,000 cars a year including the X5 SUV....
...The XC90 competes against models such as the Audi Q and the BMW X5....
...The company’s main brand recorded its best third-quarter sales volume at almost 464,000 units, helped by demand for larger models such as the X5 SUV — sales of which are up by almost a 20 per cent so far...
...“Two studies carried out by the ICCT have confirmed that the BMW X5 and 13 other BMW vehicles tested comply with the legal requirements concerning Nox emissions,” the company added....
...Critics have alleged that other companies’ designs imitated BMW’s X5 SUV and Fiat’s Panda....
...Notable lookalikes include Geely’s GE limousine, which features a Rolls-Royce-style figurine atop the grille, and Shuanghuan’s CEO, which bears close similarity to the BMW X5....
...Unveiling a $1bn investment in an SUV plant in Spartanburg, in the US, in March, BMW announced that its already imposing, by European standards, X5 SUV will soon receive an even larger sibling....
...In the first half of the year sales of the BMW X5 SUV rose 30 per cent and sales of the 5 Series saloon increased 8 per cent....
...designed to compete with the BMW X5 and Audi Q7, is being hailed by Volvo executives as part of a rebirth of the company since it was sold by Ford to China’s Geely in 2010....
...According to Paul Ferraiolo, a senior manager for BMW of North America, the company’s mix in North America relies more heavily on SUVs such as its X5 than in Europe, where saloon cars make up a higher proportion...
...BMW focused 10 years ago almost exclusively on its 3, 5 and 7 series sedans – but last year worldwide sold nearly a combined 1m of its x5 SUV and its 1 series compact car, Mr Robertson said....
...(Financial Times) Fed reconsidering banks’ physical commodities activities: the Fed is reviewing a 2003 precedent 2003 precedent that let deposit-taking banks trade physical commodities....
...Aimed at challenging BMW’s global leadership of the international luxury SUV market, the new factory is expected to come on stream in 2016, building 150,000 Q5 SUVs a year....
...Great Wall, the homegrown Chinese sport utility vehicle (SUV) maker, has a higher profit margin than VW and BMW, he claims. Shurely shome shtatishtical mishtake?...
...BMW, which makes its X3, X5 and X6 SUVs at a plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina, noted its models would be hit by a modest 2 per cent duty, compared to a 15 per cent penalty for Chrysler and 22 per cent...
...The Indian edition of the car, which launched in South America in 2003, and has since sold 700,000, will be produced at Ford’s facility in the southern city of Chennai, which has capacity of 200,000 units...
...Just as BMW covers the SUV/ crossover sector with three vehicle sizes – X5, X3 and X1 – so the Q5 sits in the middle of an Audi range spanning the heavyweight Q7 and a yet-to-arrive smaller crossover based...
...So, however, do the Disco, BMW’s X5 and half-a-dozen other big SUVs, including Porsche’s Cayenne, whose entry level V6 model, at £37,000, falls well within the Land Cruiser’s price range....
...The details Land Rover Discovery 4 3.0TDV6 HSE How much £47,695 How fast 0-60mph 9 secs, top speed 112mph How thirsty 30.4mpg on EU urban/rural test cycle How green 244g CO2/km Also consider BMW X5...
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