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BMW prices 6 Series Gran Coupe, M5 and M6 for U.S.

Filed under: Car Buying, BMW, Luxury

If you've been action your spare modify to pick up digit of these new BMW models after this year, well, now you crapper more accurately estimate how many wheelbarrows full of nickels you'll need to shitting into the Coinstar organisation at your topical mart store. We'll move with the 2013 6 Series Gran Coupe. While we already knew the six-cylinder 640i Gran Coupe would move at $76,895 including destination charges, prices on the V8 models hit now been set. The 650i module sell for $87,395, while the 650i xDrive help module bidding $90,395. Both are supercharged by a twin-turbo, 445-horsepower, 4.4-liter V8, which BMW says crapper displace the all-wheel-drive edition from 0-62 miles per hour in 4.5 seconds. (The rear-wheel-drive help is a stitch slower at 4.6 seconds.) The 640i goes on understanding in New June, with the V8 models reaching towards the modify of summer. The M program cars module bidding substantially more, with the 2012 M6 Convertible commanding all of $113,995 when it goes on understanding in June. The M6 Coupe and M5 module go on understanding in New season as 2013 models, with the M6 carrying a $106,995 MSRP and the M5 listing at $90,695. All threesome models module deal a twin-turbo, 560-horsepower, 4.4-liter V8. The toll of a fourth M vehicle, the revised 2013 BMW X6 M, has also been announced. It module sell for $93,795, a $2,600 process from this year's model. For more details, holograph down to analyse discover the authorised release.

BMW prices 6 Series Gran Coupe, M5 and M6 for U.S. originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 04 Apr 2012 11:10:00 EST. Please wager our cost for ingest of feeds.

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March 2011 - Fool on a Hill Edition

Filed under: Car Buying, By the Numbers

Chrysler Keeps Winning, Hyundai and Kia Set Records Another chapter has been cursive in the comeback news of Chrysler, which reportable a 69.7-percent income increase in March compared to a year earlier. We're starting to wonder, though, what module hap if gas prices move rising. If consumers begin to agitate their tastes back to smaller, more render efficient cars, Chrysler module encounter itself without such to offer. The auspicious Dodge Dart is reaching but not here yet, and Chrysler doesn't substance some traveller vehicles as hybrids or diesels. The Ram HD is of course available with a diesel, but we uncertainty consumers module flock to it for a respite from rising render costs. Hyundai also had a good period of income in March. Actually, it had the prizewinning period of income in its story of commerce cars in the U.S. Nearly all of its high-volume products are commerce well, patch the Veloster is picking up momentum and adding all-new income to the mix. Soon, the completely redesigned Azera module go on sale, which effectuation this new all-time income achievement likely won't terminal long. Its Asiatic counterpart, Kia, also enjoyed its prizewinning period ever. A pair of automakers who seem to be teetering on the bounds of trouble are General Motors and Honda. GM crapper be happy with positive performances terminal period from Chevrolet and GMC, but Buick and Cadillac move to falter and encounter themselves on the rattling bottom of our income interpret trends this month. Honda, meanwhile, hasn't seemed to hit institute its footing as substantially as rival Toyota, despite both companies news that their production lines are completely restored following a year of tumultuous uncolored disasters. Check discover how the rest of the industry did in our monthly income interpret below, and visit our By the Numbers country to see all time months. *Brands and companies are displayed in descending order according to their percentage modify in intensity sales. There were 28 commerce life in March 2012 versus 27 commerce life in March 2011, so there module be a disagreement between monthly income intensity and the cipher regular income evaluate (DSR) for each brand/company. Also, brands are combined and reportable as companies only if their income figures are free jointly.

March 2011 - Fool on a Hill Edition originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 03 Apr 2012 15:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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12-passenger 2012 Nissan NV priced from $31,690*

Filed under: Car Buying, Minivan/Van, Nissan

Nissan module slowly be expanding its commercial container roster here in the United States, and the incoming creation to impact dealerships is this 2012 NV3500 traveller van. Pricing has now officially been set, with the base 12-passenger NV3500 carrying an MSRP of $31,690 (*not including instruction charges). Tick every option incase on the NV configurator and a full decked-out NV3500 SL V8 with leather and navigation module run you just unsure of $40,000. The NV traveller camper is mechanically the aforementioned as its cargo camper kin, meaning power comes from either a 4.0-liter V6 with 261 H.P. and 281 pound-feet of force or a 5.6-liter V8 with 317 hp and 385 lb-ft of twist. Both engines are mated exclusively to a heavy-duty five-speed automatic sending and only beam power to the NV's rear wheels. Inside, the NV3500 boasts every the someone comforts of any traveller vehicle, including a touch-screen infotainment system, lots of storage space and mobile office capability. Following the launch of the NV3500 traveller van, Nissan module bring the small NV200 - the Taxi of Tomorrow, for those of you ownership track - to market. All in, Nissan aims to have a full distinction of commercial vehicles on understanding here in the U.S. within the incoming some years.

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12-passenger 2012 Nissan NV priced from $31,690* originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 29 Mar 2012 16:28:00 EST. Please see our cost for use of feeds.

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Early Subaru BRZ sales running at 4x projections in Japan

Filed under: Car Buying, Coupe, Performance, Japan, Subaru

The Subaru BRZ is soured to an impressive income start in Japan. According to Subaru, the two-door is besting the automaker's income projections by panoramic margins. As of right now, Subaru has oversubscribed 3,551 of the coupes, which is around four times the company's estimates. Fujinoyama Heavy Industries put discover a very conservative number of 450 units per month as a income content for the BRZ before the vehicle hit the market. Perhaps more engrossing is the fact that a whopping 60 proportionality of buyers are low 40 eld old, and two-thirds of all BRZ owners are opting for the six-speed manual gearbox. Those numbers are particularly impressive presented the reports indicating a declining welfare in cars and dynamical in Japan's youth. According to the company, over a quarter of buyers are low 30. BRZ income kick soured in the U.S. on Apr 20, and we wouldn't be surprised to wager kindred obligation levels in our neck of the woods, at least initially. We sure poverty one.

Early Subaru BRZ income running at 4x projections in Nihon originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 28 Mar 2012 16:29:00 EST. Please wager our terms for ingest of feeds.

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These are the 10 new cars with the highest percentage of female ownership

Filed under: Car Buying, Honda, Hyundai, Jeep, Nissan, Toyota, Volkswagen, Volvo

If you center the pejorative "chick car," what comes to mind? Mazda MX-5 Miata? Volvo C70? Would you conceive neither made Inside Line's list of 2011 models with the maximal percentage of someone ownership? No. 1, with 57.9-percent someone control was the Volvo S40. Considering the someone dollar is sought-after, it's belike too intense that Volvo definite to axe the help for 2012. That means No. 2, the Nissan Rogue with 56.9 percent, could take the crowning blot for 2012. Or maybe the VW Eos at No. 3 with 56.4 percent. We're also kind of wondering how the newborn Fiat 500 module fare this year. No. 4 is another VW that shouldn't surprise. The artful New Beetle has been a perennial selection among the ladies. It was No. 1 a assemblage ago, but as we know, the newer, more aggressively styled Beetle is enjoying accumulated welfare among the guys. No. 5? The Toyota Matrix, of all things. Here's how the rest shake out according to Inside Line: Top ten 2011 models with the maximal proportion of someone buyers

Volvo S40 - 57.9% Nissan Rogue - 56.9% Volkswagen Eos - 56.4% Volkswagen New Beetle - 54.6 Toyota Matrix - 54.1% Hyundai metropolis - 54% Honda CR-V - 53.4% Toyota RAV4 - 54% Nissan Juke - 52.7% (tie) Jeep Compass - 52.7% (tie)

These are the 10 newborn cars with the maximal percentage of someone control originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:30:00 EST. Please wager our terms for ingest of feeds.

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