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BMW Digital Key Plus Is Now Available On Compatible Android Devices

Digital Key Plus is now also available for smartphones with Android operating systems making it a fully-fledged vehicle key. Customers with compatible devices from Samsung or Google can use it to unlock and lock their BMW and start the engine without even getting their phone out of their pocket.

Since 2021, Digital Key Plus has been available on Apple devices. When approached or receded, the vehicle reacts automatically, just like a traditional vehicle key with comfort entry functionality. Depending on the vehicle equipment, the choreographed light play of the front and rear lights in conjunction with the light carpet acts similarly to the physical key.

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The All-Electric i7 M70 Unveiled

The i7, the BMW’s first fully electric 7 series, has been unveiled with a range of over 483 km and top-of-the-line luxury features such as an incredible 31-inch “theatre screen,” massaging seats, and a panoramic sunroof.

The BMW Group (including MINI) doubled EV sales (+112.4%) again after delivering approximately 65,000 fully electric vehicles in the first three months of 2023, while several EV manufacturers have struggled.

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Sime Darby Motors Adds Indonesian Market To Its List With BMW/MINI Dealership

Sime Darby Motors, a unit of Sime Darby Berhad, is one of the major players in the automotive business in the Asia Pacific region. Its involvement over the past 40 years has covered retail, distribution and assembly in nine markets.

It now adds Indonesia to the list with the establishment of a joint venture between its subsidiary Sime Singapore Ltd. and Galeon Group. The joint venture company, known as PT Performance Motors Indonesia, will handle the BMW Group brands, BMW and MINI.

PT Performance Motors Indonesia is Sime Darby Motors’ first venture in Indonesia. It will start off in Jakarta and Medan with two dealerships representing BMW and MINI. Moving forward, it will expand into other provinces in Java and Sumatra to grow the BMW Group’s network in Indonesia.

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BMW XM Label Red: The Most Powerful M-Car

BMW had recently launched the XM, the first standalone M car since the M1. Whether you love it or hate it, the BMW XM is a crucial model for the performance section of the German manufacturer.

The “regular” XM already seemed impressive to us but for a car that was made to celebrate 50 years of the M division, it was actually slower than the gas-powered X6M.

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BMW iX1 Available For Registration In Malaysia

BMW Malaysia has made its first fully electric SUV, the BMW iX1 available for registration of interest (ROI). This was revealed on BMW Malaysia’s website just yesterday.

The iX1 made its debut in June 2022 and is available in Malaysia in the xDrive30 form.

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BMW Submits More Than 40 New Model Name Trademark Applications

BMW has submitted more than 40 applications to register the names for its upcoming cars, including the names of its i118 to the iX760, and M350 as trademarks.

The 48 trademark applications combine names beginning with I “X,” “iX,” or “M,” followed by a number, into four-letter or number-defined categories. It’s likely that “I” stands for electric vehicles, such as the i7, “X” for crossovers and SAVs, and “iX” for an electric SAV, like the one in the current market.

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Final Testing Of New BMW i5 EV Before Launch Later In 2023

There was a time when carmakers tried very hard to prevent their prototypes from being seen and photographed. Back then, it was mainly professionals who hunted for the prototypes undergoing testing in remote places like the Arctic Circle, Death Valley (in America) and Africa. People like the Hans Lehmann, Brenda Priddy and the late Bob Dunne made a lot of money selling their pictures to magazines.

But with the advent of cameraphones and the possibility of anyone standing by the roadside taking a picture and then putting it on the internet where the whole world would see it, the thinking changed. And rather than let those people make money, the companies decided to exploit the attention by teasing the public with their own ‘spy shots’ of camouflaged cars.

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BMW XM Launched In Malaysia: Priced From RM1.3 Million

BMW has done it again and taken it all a step further with the all-new XM – a perfect combination of BMW M high performance and the innovation of a plug-in hybrid, making it the first ever electrified M high performance drive model.

Visually, there are many questions abound but to us it looks stunning. It looks like a muscular family SUV on steroids whose sleek headlights are overshadowed by the dominant kidney grilles.

Above it, sits two power domes as elements of what BMW calls an expressively sculpted bonnet.

The side view is what BMW calls a ‘coupe style with powerful proportions and styling highlights.’ According to BMW, both the 23′ light alloy wheels and the accent band make the shaping of the XM unique which creates an exclusive effect especially with the Night Gold colour accent.

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BMW X7 xDrive40i Pure Excellence MHEV Updated For 2023

Although volume matters in local assembly to justify the investment in jigs at the plant, the premium manufacturers like BMW have still chosen to assemble their flagship models locally even though the volume may not be large. Local assembly, with the incentives provided by the government, allows them to price their models more competitively than if they were brought in as completely built-up (CBU) models so it is essential to do so in order to grow volumes.

The X7, which is the flagship SAV (Sport Activity Vehicle) of the BMW range, has been assembled since early 2021 (on sale since May of the same year) at the BMW facility in the Inokom plant in Kedah. For 2023, the model – named ‘The President’ by BMW – has received updates which include cosmetic changes as well as more enhanced digitalisation capabilities.

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Panoramic Vision Display Will Be HUD Of The Future For BMW’s NEUE KLASSE Models (w/VIDEO)

Between 1962 and 1977, BMW introduced the Neue Klasse (German for New Class) model range which were a great leap forward for the company. They were innovative new products that not only marked the carmaker’s recovery from its earlier financial crisis but also started the reputation of the ‘Ultimate Driving Machine’.

In 2025, BMW will introduce another range of NEUE KLASSE models and as with the original range 60 years earlier, the models will be pioneering with a technology platform that will set new standards in digitalisation, sustainability and design for electric vehicles (EVs).

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BMW Digital Key Plus Is Now Available On Compatible Android Devices

  • 24/04/2023
  • Uncategorized
  • Timothy Prakash

The All-Electric i7 M70 Unveiled

  • 18/04/2023
  • Archive, English
  • Timothy Prakash

Sime Darby Motors Adds Indonesian Market To Its List With BMW/MINI Dealership

  • 17/04/2023
  • Archive, English
  • Chips Yap

BMW XM Label Red: The Most Powerful M-Car

  • 13/04/2023
  • Uncategorized
  • Timothy Prakash

BMW iX1 Available For Registration In Malaysia

  • 11/04/2023
  • Archive, English
  • Timothy Prakash

BMW Submits More Than 40 New Model Name Trademark Applications

  • 30/03/2023
  • Archive, English
  • Timothy Prakash

Final Testing Of New BMW i5 EV Before Launch Later In 2023

  • 29/03/2023
  • Archive, English
  • Chips Yap

BMW XM Launched In Malaysia: Priced From RM1.3 Million

  • 23/03/2023
  • Archive, English
  • Timothy Prakash

BMW X7 xDrive40i Pure Excellence MHEV Updated For 2023

  • 22/03/2023
  • Archive, English
  • Chips Yap

Panoramic Vision Display Will Be HUD Of The Future For BMW’s NEUE KLASSE Models (w/VIDEO)

  • 17/03/2023
  • Archive, English
  • Chips Yap
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