The soon-to-be President of the United States rattled off a new list of complaints about Germany at the weekend, on everything from Chancellor Angela Merkel to Germany's beloved auto industry. This is how the Bundesrepublik fired back.
BMW customers will be able to view the luxury carmaker's hybrid and electric BMWi cars with augmented reality technology in a world first for car dealerships from Thursday, the manufacturer said.
German carmakers BMW, Daimler, Porsche and Audi and US competitor Ford said on Tuesday they would cooperate on a Europe-wide network of electric charging stations.
In a study of the world's most valuable brands, ten German titles placed in the top 100. But without Volkswagen getting itself into hot water over emissions cheating the result could have been even better.
Update: German top-of-the-range carmaker BMW on Thursday denied suggestions in a newspaper report that it might have cheated in pollution tests on its diesel cars, as rival group VW has admitted to doing.
Car enthusiasts and professionals are headed to the IAA auto show in Frankfurt this week as the industry emerges out of long crisis in Europe, but warily eyes slowing demand in China.
Germany's BMW said Tuesday it was checking the "trademark implications" of Google naming its new parent company Alphabet, which is the registered name of one of the carmaker's subsidiaries.
Mercedes-Benz cars are flying off the production line like never before, driving parent company Daimler closer to its goal of overtaking rivals Audi and BMW.
Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn has dodged a broadside from company chairman Ferdinand Piech which many thought would unseat him from the troubled car maker. Instead, the steering committee has offered him an extension to his contract.
The descendants of a committed Nazi, who made his fortune under the Third Reich, have shot to the top of Germany's rich list for the first time, leapfrogging the country's discount store billionaires. Who else made the top ten?
German automaker BMW has said it plans to invest up to $1 billion (€730 million) by 2016 to expand output of its X-series all-wheel drive SUV vehicles at its US factory.
Two German car giants unveiled soaring sales and profits on Thursday. BMW said it achieved record earnings while Volkswagen hopes to sell a record 10 million vehicles this year.
UPDATE: German automakers predict further growth in the US market after achieving record sales in 2013 by capitalizing on expanding demand for luxury vehicles, the head of the VDA automakers association said Monday.
Anti-corruption campaigners called on German President Joachim Gauck on Wednesday to clamp down on donations to political parties from big business after Angela Merkel's CDU accepted nearly €700,000 from BMW.
Electric cars by German builders are just some of the nearly 70 world premieres at the 65th edition of the IAA auto show which opens on Thursday. One million people are expected in Frankfurt to view the latest models.
The company that runs Paris’s electric car sharing scheme has filed an industrial espionage complaint against BMW, after employees alleged the German car giant sent "spies" to check out their electric cars.
A Chinese joint venture of German car maker BMW will recall more than 140,000 cars in the world's largest auto market over power steering defects, China's quality watchdog said Monday.
German top-of-the-range car maker BMW expects demand for new cars in western Europe to shrink by 5.0 percent this year, its chief executive said in a newspaper interview on Tuesday.
German luxury carmaker BMW has issued a recall of 220,000 vehicles because of a defect in Japanese-made airbags installed over a decade ago, a spokesman confirmed Tuesday.
German graduates still hanker after jobs with the country's top car makers, according to the results of a new survey, with the most popular dream employers being Audi, BMW and Volkswagen.
China has now become the focus of the automobile world and the country's car preferences are affecting what models key German carmakers offer, <i>Stern</i> magazine reported on Sunday.
German top-of-the-range carmaker BMW, which also makes high-powered motorbikes, announced an agreement with India's TVS Motor Company on Monday to produce small-engine motorcycles.
German carmakers offered a rare ray of optimism at the International Geneva Motor Show this week, with their heavy footprints outside of Europe allowing them to almost shrug off the Continent's continued crisis.
