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BMW's ride-sharing plan will challenge Uber

BMW is said to be exploring offering a ride-sharing service, something that would pit it against the mighty Uber. The automaker's plan doesn't yet seem fully hatched — but it looks like a sensible defensive maneuver to counter the challenge from the …

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BMW shares its vision

MUNICH — BMW AG is celebrating its 100th anniversary with four concept vehicles that will give a glimpse into the future it envisions for all four of its brands — BMW, Mini, Rolls-Royce and Motorrad motorcycles. The first was unveiled here last week …

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Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet nip Carl Edwards by inches for NASCAR win at Phoenix

4 Chevrolet and dived to the inside. Twice their cars collided in the final quarter-mile, with Harvick winning the drag race to the finish. “Well, I knew he was better through (turns) three and four,” Harvick said of Edwards. “That was not the car that …

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2016 Buick Cascada first drive: Convertible shines in Chicago

A sunny March day in Chicago brings out necks and knees, bikes and motorcycles, and a convertible or two. Buick used the weather to show off its all-new convertible, the 2016 Cascada, on Friday at the Chicago Automobile Trade Association headquarters …

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Is General Motors' Cadillac a Relic, or Is the Best Yet to Come?

Critics are raving about the new Cadillac CT6, a big, slick-handling sports sedan that is hundreds of pounds lighter than its German rivals. But with crossover SUV sales booming around the world, is a big sedan really what Cadillac needs? Image source: …

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Cadillac reinvents itself with new XT5 SUV video – Roadshow

[MUSIC] The Cadillac name used to be synonymous with luxury but in recent years that relationship has become strained The model line diminished and even rappers have abandoned the Escalade for Bentleys and Navigators. Now the company is ready to …

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Video Review: The BMW 750i xDrive, Tranquillity With a Touch of Vegas

The new 2016 BMW 750i xDrive folds an entire Best Buy of technology into a sedan and then takes on Boeing for good measure with a carbon-fiber-rich chassis that reduces weight by 190 pounds. If Apple is truly serious about building cars, I'll wager BMW …

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BMW Shares Fall Despite Record Profit on Concerns Over Future Growth

The Munich-based auto maker, which produces the namesake BMW brand sedans and sport-utility vehicles, Rolls-Royce, the MINI luxury compact car, and BMW's iconic motorcycles, forecast another record year in sales in 2016 after selling 2.25 million …

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The Cadillac SRX is dead: Long live the Cadillac XT5!

The XT5 is intended to burnish the reputation of both Cadillac and the late SRX, not serve as a baby Escalade. This XT5 steps in where the popular SRX left off, as a crossover to bridge the gap between the CT-series passenger cars and the all-on-its …

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The wheels on BMW's new concept car are nothing like we've ever seen

BMW unveiled its Vision Next 100 concept car at the Geneva Motor Show. The concept, which can operate autonomously, celebrates BMW's 100th birthday and is meant to show the direction the automaker wants to go in for the next century. And if the Vision …

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BMW celebrates 100th birthday by showing off a wild concept car

This week marks the 100-year anniversary of BMW's founding in 1916. To celebrate, the iconic German car manufacturer this week unveiled a new concept car called the Vision Next 100 that is absolutely wild. While it's very unlikely that we'll see this …

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What BMW's Car of the Future Says About Its Business

The BMW Vision Next 100 concept car has plenty of far-out elements, but more important, the prototype car reveals the company's underlying philosophy and indicates where the business is headed. Cut through all the noise, and BMW's concept car suggests …

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Tesla Model X Attacks BMW CEO

The Model X attacked BMW CEO Harald Kruger on the Tesla stand at the show shortly after Mr. Kruger was caught calling the car “just a prototype” in a video uploaded to the Facebook account of WirtschaftsWoche, a German business magazine, via Electrek.

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Mercedes Trolls BMW Hard On 100th Birthday With Invitation To The Mercedes Museum

Most living, breathing people who have ever encountered a German will tell you that the German does not joke. Leave it to Mercedes-Benz, then, to prove you all delightfully, weirdly wrong. How does Mercedes wish a happy 100th birthday to BMW? With this …

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BMW's Vision Next 100 Is A Wild Shapeshifter From The 22nd Century

I have to hand it to BMW. In celebrating its 100th birthday, the brand could have easily cranked out some retro roadster or sedan concept. As cool as that would have been, I like what it did instead: looking to the far future of cars and driving. Meet …

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BMW marks journey from WW1 aero engines to luxury-car leader

BMW will be celebrating all three in Munich on Monday, 100 years after it was founded as Bayerische Flugzeugwerke to make aero engines in the first world war. Sixteen months later, it would become Bayerische Motoren Werke and by autumn it would …

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Adam Scott rallies at Cadillac for 2nd straight win

Scott won for the second straight week, shooting a final-round 69 to win the Cadillac Championship by one shot over Bubba Watson. It's the second win for Scott in a World Golf Championships event, his 13th career win on the PGA Tour and he now hasn't …

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BMW's radical future in the world of driverless cars

BMW said data gathered from a car's onboard sensors will be combined with remote information, for example about weather and traffic, using next generation mobile networks, also known as 5G. Any autonomous cars will rival the ones being developed by …

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Rory McIlroy pulls into the lead at Cadillac Championship

DORAL, Fla. — The grueling Blue Monster at Trump National Doral already was tough enough to handle. Now the rest of the field heading into Sunday's final round of the World Golf Championships-Cadillac Championship has to tangle with the one-putt beast …

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Adam Scott leads Cadillac Championship; Rory McIlroy 2 back

Otherwise, there wasn't much for Scott to dislike during the second round of the Cadillac Championship. His 6-under round of 66 got him to 10 under for the tournament and put last week's winner of The Honda Classic two shots clear of Rory McIlroy and …

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Mickelson scoring trend keeps him close

Granted, it's early — just 18 rounds for Mickelson in the 2015-16 season heading into the first day of the WGC-Cadillac Championship. His opening score certainly won't hurt. Mickelson shot 5-under-par 67 on Thursday on the Blue Monster course at Trump …

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BMW's i8 looks even prettier in Protonic Red

I've already confessed my fondness for a bright, rich, unapologetically eye-catching rosso color with the Lamborghini Huracán, and this new BMW i8 lands at a very similar spot on the spectrum. It's not demure, and not everyone will feel at ease …

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Adam Scott stays hot at Cadillac Championship

DORAL, Fla. — The Big Three of Jordan Spieth, Jason Day and Rory McIlroy were rolling along quite nicely Thursday in the first round of the World Golf Championships-Cadillac Championship at Trump National Doral before faltering down the stretch.

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Many Dynamisms: This Mega-Hot BMW M2 Is Stuffed with New Performance Parts

We're fans of the BMW M2 for many reasons, not the least of which are its bad-ass looks and near-holistic tactile feel that made the original BMW “M” models so special back in the day. Still, there will always be those owners who yearn to add a …

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Jury awards family more than $120 million in lawsuit against Audi

SAN ANTONIO – A jury on Wednesday awarded a San Antonio family just under $125 million in their civil suit against Audi and a driver. Just over three years ago, Jesse Rivera Jr., who was 7 at the time, was critically injured when the Audi he was riding …

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World's Steepest Street Featured In New Audi Commercial

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The world's steepest public street, which happens to be right here in Pittsburgh, is gaining even more notoriety thanks to a new commercial. Canton Avenue in Beechview boasts a 37 degree gradient and caught the eye of Audi …

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Daily Fantasy Golf: World Golf Championships-Cadillac Championship expert picks

As part of ESPN Fantasy's efforts to give daily gamers intel on whom to target in DFS, our fantasy golf experts are here to share the players they view as building blocks for this weekend's event. The panel for the World Golf Championships-Cadillac …

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2017 Audi S4 Avant is what forbidden fruit looks like

Take a good look at this lemon yellow Audi S4 Avant at the Geneva Motor Show, because you're not going to see one on the road in the US. That's really a shame, too, because for a family that wants to combine performance and utility, this seems like a …

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What Do You Want To Know About The 2017 Cadillac XT5?

Cadillac's future is riding on the success of the XT5, and we'll be driving it over the next two days to tell you whether or not that's a good thing. Get your questions in now so we can poke, prod and ask while we're in the car! The 2017 XT5 will …

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First drive: the BMW M3 'Competition Pack'

Clearly a BMW M3, less clearly a BMW M3 with the new Competition Pack fitted. But you don't have to look too closely to spot the design tweaks: the exhaust tips are black, so are the grille, window surround, mirror caps and side gills, and even the badge.

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Cadillac Shows Off New Vehicles As It Boosts Brand In 2nd Oscars Sponsorship

Cadillac is coming back to The Oscars to evolve its brand, grabbing the official automotive sponsorship of the 88th Academy Awards just as it did for the 87th. But this time General Motors' GM +0.44% luxury marque is backing up its one-year-old …

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Honey, I shrunk the Q3! Audi Q2 teased ahead of Geneva motor show

Another Q2 teaser popped up on Audi's Facebook page in the past few days. This lightshow (below) depicts the car's side profile, suggesting it will have a sportier roofline than the existing SUVs – giving credence to the even-numbered Q cars being more …

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Chevrolet brothers break Europe's hold

When the founders of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway drew up the plans for the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, The Indianapolis Star was there and we've covered every Indianapolis 500 since 1911. For the next 100 days, RetroIndy reviews all 99 …

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