Parts Geek, an online automotive parts expert, has recently announced its decision to offer customers dealer alternatives for BMW parts.
The BMW parts are marked up to 80 percent off retail price. Parts Geek currently stocks 144,216 parts and accessories for the luxury car brand, including bug shields, ignition lock assemblies, fuel tanks, headlight switches, seat covers, window vent visors, shock absorbers and cruise control switches.
A version of Ford Motor Co.’s popular F-150 pickup truck can be prepped to run on natural gas as well as gasoline for the 2014 model year, a move the automaker says it’s making in response to customer demand.
BMW’s failure to win government approval to expand a BMW Brilliance Automotive factory in China is fueling concern that global automakers could find it increasingly difficult to win regulatory approval on projects in the country.
China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection said it sent back an application, citing inadequate wastewater analysis and the plan’s failure to meet government anti-pollution targets.
The future has arrived early for car buyers, now that vehicles with such features as automated parking and Wi-Fi hotspots are already a reality.
And according to Edmunds.com,a resource for car shopping and automotive information, these new car technologies are available – and affordable – to most mainstream drivers a lot sooner than they might have expected.
Superchips has launched an ECU remap for the Astra VXR which adds 23PS and an extra 61Nm of torque along with sharper throttle response, while retaining all the Vauxhall factory electronic failsafes.
