The German motoring authority has identified illegal defeat devices in some BMW Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs), although the manufacturer says the cars affected were made before 2014. The German Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) has found unauthorized defeat devices for exhaust emissions in some BMW diesel cars, the KBA said on its website. BMW said in Germany, this affects some 33,000 X3 SUV models. Throughout Europe, BMW estimates 100,000 to 150,000 vehicles could be affected, a company
German carmaker BMW has successfully brought a civil case alongside e-commerce giant Amazon to block the sale of counterfeit BMW parts and accessories at the European Union's Trademark Court in the Spanish city of Alicante. The court ruled that four Spanish residents had attempted to sell counterfeit BMW parts and accessories on the online platform throughout Europe, the two companies announced in a joint statement on Thursday. The court ordered the fraudsters to destroy the counterfeit products
German carmaker BMW has reported that it further reduced CO2 emissions from its new car fleet in the European Union last year, falling below targets. According to internal calculations, fleet emissions fell by 3% to 102.1 grams per kilometre, thereby remaining well below the limit value of 128.5 grams, the car manufacturer announced on Tuesday, from the southern city of Munich, where the company is based. The main driver was the increasing proportion of e-cars. The further growth in conventional
Germany's automotive regulator is holding hearings into whether BMW sought to manipulate vehicle emissions for decade-old models of the carmaker's X3 SUV. A spokesman for Germany's Motor Transport Authority (KBA) on Wednesday confirmed the proceedings to dpa, which had first been reported by the Bild newspaper. According to BMW, the vehicles in question are X3 SUV models with a two-litre diesel engine built between 2010 and 2014. The Munich-based carmaker said it is investigating the vehicles' e