BMW closer to finishing crucial improvement work (The State)

Mercedes SLK And BMW Z4 Comparison (The Auto Channel)
Posted by www.eMercedesBenz.com on November 2, 2005 at 9:30 AM CST Forbes published a rather brief look at the Mercedes-Benz SLK and BMW Z4 today. If you don't want to know the findings of the article, then don't read any further.

GERMANY: BMW confirms sales and production subsidiary for India (just-auto)
BMW AG on Wednesday (2 November) confirmed it will establish a production and sales subsidiary unit in India. Just-auto reported exclusively last month that the company would establish a CKD assembly facility in the country, subject to final board approval.

BMW Group Reports Year-to-Date 3.5 Percent Sales Increase; October Sales Steady (The Auto Channel)
WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., Nov. 1, 2005 -- The BMW Group in the U.S. (BMW and MINI brands combined) reported October sales of 25,585 vehicles, nearly the same as the 25,807 vehicles sold the same month last year.

BMW Z4 Vs. Mercedes-Benz SLK-Class (Forbes)
We examine two popular, comparatively affordable luxury German roadsters and find there's quite a difference.

Forbes.com First Drive: 2006 BMW M5 (Forbes)
Forbes.com takes the first spin in the car of the year.

BMW's Panke May Report Profit Increase on 3-Series (Update1) (Bloomberg.com)
Nov. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, the world's largest maker of luxury cars, tomorrow may report its first increase in quarterly profit this year as sales of new models such as the 3-Series midsize sedan jumped.

BMW closer to finishing crucial improvement work (The State)
GREER — BMW said Monday it expects to complete a series of improvements next year that will prepare the automaker’s Spartanburg County plant for potential growth.The improvements would cap a $400-million, 400-job expansion announced in 2002. The plant’s employment reached 4,600 the following year and has remained steady since.