Important Innovations Collection

Brand New Take on BMW M4 Series                                                  Source:  Alpina New Car That's Like the BMW M4 With More Power & Upgrades Renowned German luxury automaker Alpina that has built a legacy on upgrading, rebuilding and hand assembling luxury BMWs, recently was acquired by BMW. Alpina vehicles are rarer than a Rolls Royce or Ferrari.  Now under BMW ownership, Alpina's latest offering, the Alpina 2023 B4 Grand Coupe makeover of the BMW M4 series, enhances the vehicle and infuses it with a lot more power and speed.  The 4-door sedan has a 3.00-liter inline-six engine and 8 speed automatic transmission that produces 495 hp, which is 22 hp more than the BMW M4.  It packs a whopping 538 ft. lbs. of torque which is significantly more than the M4 at 406 ft. lbs.  Alpina says the new B4 has "effo...

BMW's New CEO Wants New Innovation Source:  BMW CEO Oliver Zipse Urges Staff to Embrace Innovation, Change & Overtake Mercedes BMW's new CEO Oliver Zipse is urging employees to embrace innovation and change in order to overtake and beat Daimler Mercedes-Benz in sales.  Demand for luxury cars has been slowing down.  BMW has been losing ground to Daimler over the past five years and has watched Tesla pull ahead in electric vehicle sales.  The global automotive industry is being jostled by pressing consumer demands for electric and autonomous vehicles.  That technology is very expensive to research, design and develop.  Mr. Zipse became BMW's CEO on August 16, 2019.  On the job just two days, he's pushing BMW to embrace change and develop new innovation. New Models, New Innovation CEO Zipse says he's preparing to launch new models and his goal is to have BMW far better than competitors in products, services, costs, processes and structure....