Mini says its program of embedding dealership service techs with race crews is promoting teamwork and building morale.
Hyundai Motor appointed Albert Biermann, a former BMW executive, as its first foreign head of research and development, raising expectations of a smooth transition of power at the family-run business empire.
A $25 million U.S. transportation grant supporting the expansion of an inland port for containers will directly benefit logistics operations at BMW in South Carolina and other manufacturers in the region.
Alejandro Vukotich will replace Elmar Frickenstein, who has been in charge of the department since it was created in May 2016 and who will retire after a three-month handover phase in March.
The Trump administration was expected to push senior executives of German automakers to expand their U.S. investments as the White House considers imposing new tariffs on European-made vehicles.
BMW expects headwinds from U.S. President Donald Trump's trade war with China as well as higher commodity prices and foreign exchange swings to weigh on earnings next year.
Despite an anemic 0.6 percent increase in November U.S. sales, Mercedes-Benz remained No. 1 among luxury brands last month.
Top executives of Volkswagen Group, Daimler AG and BMW AG have a balancing act to pull off when they meet with Trump administration officials Tuesday about potential tariffs on U.S. imports from Germany.
BMW is considering building more crossovers in China as exports from its Spartanburg, S.C., plant are hit by a 40 percent tariff.
BMW can force its plug-in hybrid cars to switch to an electric-only mode in heavily polluted inner-city areas and is currently demonstrating the technology in Germany.
The Trump administration has invited the heads of Volkswagen, BMW and Daimler to a meeting at the White House on Tuesday to discuss trade policy, officials said.
President Donald Trump congratulated BMW for building a “major new plant” in the U.S., but the German carmaker's decision hasn't been finalized.