Bayerische Motoren Werke AG News

Germany's Bayerische Motoren Werke AG - BMW and its Chinese partner Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Ltd.

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, the biggest luxury-car maker, was fined 156 million Swiss francs by competition authorities for preventing vehicle sales to Swiss customers in other European countries.

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG's expansion, part of competition with Volkswagen AG's Audi for the luxury-car sales lead, could add to reliance on China for growth.

European car deliveries dropped for a seventh consecutive month, with German growth unable to counter sales declines of 18 percent or more in the battered economies of Italy, Spain and Greece.

Angela Merkel, Germany's chancellor, center, reacts after placing the electric charging cable into a VW E-Golf automobile, produced by Volkswagen AG, as Wen Jiabao, China's premier, right, looks on.

Daimler AG is flooding Berlin with Smart cars to claim a greater share of Europe's burgeoning rent- by-the-minute urban auto market.

Daimler AG is flooding Berlin with Smart cars to claim a greater share of Europe's burgeoning rent- by-the-minute urban auto market.

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG , the world's largest maker of luxury vehicles, reported Thursday 19 percent rise in earnings in first quarter compared to the same period last year.

The car and motorcycle manufacturer is expanding to fend off efforts by Volkswagen AG's Audi and Daimler AG's Mercedes-Benz to grab the sales lead in luxury autos by the end of the decade.

Daimler AG's Mercedes-Benz regained the U.S. luxury-vehicle sales lead for the year over Bayerische Motoren Werke AG's BMW brand with April deliveries rising 24 percent, the biggest gain of any premium brand.