SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) — BMW Group Korea said Monday it has signed a memorandum of understanding with South Korea’s state power firm Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) for joint development of a next-generation “plug-and-charge” electric vehicle (EV) charging service. The plug-and-charge service allows for one-stop processing of user identification and payment by simply [...]
SEOUL, March 17 (Korea Bizwire) — BMW Group Korea said Wednesday it has replaced paper copies of its car warranties with a digital warranty system. As South Korea’s first digitalized warranty in the automobile industry, the system is also BMW’s first around the world. Customers will receive a single-page QR code sheet instead of a [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Excluding Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp., foreign car brands emerged as the winners in the South Korean car market last year. According to the Korea Automobile Importers and Distributors Association, BMW Group Korea and Mercedes-Benz Korea sold 69,400 units and 61,436 units in the Korean market during the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — BMW said Tuesday it will strengthen its electric vehicle lineup in South Korea to meet growing demand for environment friendly vehicles. This week, BMW added the all-electric iX flagship SUV and the iX3 midsized SUV to its existing EV lineup composed of the pure electric i3 subcompact car and [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — BMW became this year’s most chosen car by Korean men, while Mercedes-Benz became the most popular choice for Korean women. The Korea Automobile Importers and Distributors Association reported that private consumers in South Korea bought 123,079 imported cars between January and August of this year. Among them, men bought [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — BMW Group Korea said Thursday it will release an upgraded version of BMW Plus and MINI Plus, two apps used for after-sales services. The new apps will serve as BMW’s leading platform for contactless, digital after-sales services based on a new user interface that reflects the information users need [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — MINI, BMW AG’s sub-brand for compact vehicles, has joined hands with Starbucks Korea to come up with a new style of marketing. Almost all of the limited merchandise released by the two companies has been sold out after just three days. Considering that this is a seasonal event open [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — German luxury car brands used to symbolize high social status or economic success in South Korea, but they are not premium any more. The high-end vehicles have become the mainstream in the nation’s imported car market. The three big German automakers are expanding their presence in South Korea on [...]
SEOUL, July 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Hankook Tire & Technology Co., the world’s sixth-largest tiremaker by sales, said Friday it began supplying tires for BMW’s high-performance X3 M and X4 M models this year. Hankook Tire has provided the high-performance Ventus S1 evo Z tires for the performance SUV models since the first half, the [...]
SEOUL, May 10 (Korea Bizwire) — German carmakers BMW and Mercedes-Benz sold more vehicles in South Korea in April compared to local units of three foreign carmakers combined, an industry association said Sunday. The Korea Automobile Importers & Distributors Association reported that 8,430 vehicles made by Mercedes-Benz and 6,113 BMWs were newly registered last month, [...]