Updated 2014 BMW Z4 Gets More Engine Choices - Includes Full BMW Details
Dec 17, 2012
By Henny Hemmes Senior European Editor The Auto Channel THE HAGUE, December 17, 2012. The BMW Z4 Roadster has been updated for the second half of its life cycle. The 2013 Roadster gets a mild face lift and a larger engine line-up. The first generation BMW Z4 hit the market ten years ago and made it through 2008. In 200 ... Continue reading
BMW M6 Gran Coupe To Bow At 2013 NAIAS in Detroit
Dec 12, 2012
By Henny Hemmes Senior European Editor The Auto Channel MUNICH, December 13, 2012. We already know the BMW M6 Convertible and M6 Coupe and this fall it became clear that the third super sporty variant of the 6-Series was well on its way. In October, a barely camouflaged M6 Gran Coupe was spotted testing on the Nürburg ... Continue reading
Henny Hemmes The Auto Channel's Senior European Editor Appointed World Car of the Year Jurist
Dec 10, 2012
Henny Hemmes, the Auto Channelâs senior European editor, has been installed as a juror for the World Car Awards. The WCA is a program initiated by, organized by, and conducted by automotive journalists from all over the world for the election of the World Car of the Year (WCOTY). Henny is part of the 7-member inte ... Continue reading
Hyundai-Kia Public Relations Showcase
Nov 29, 2012
By Henny Hemmes Senior European Editor The Auto Channel LOS ANGELES, November 29, 2012. Early this month, Hyundai-Kia made an announcement about misstating fuel economy ratings. The Korean car manufacturer had been prompted by the US Environmental Protection Agency to lower the fuel economy estimated on a slew of 2011- ... Continue reading
BMW i3 Concept Coupe up for debut at the LA Auto Show
Nov 27, 2012
By Henny Hemmes Senior European Editor LOS ANGELES, November 27, 2012. During a pre show event in Hollywood, BMW unveiled the third model of the new i brand. It is the i3 Concept Coupe that will make its world debut tomorrow, when the LA International Auto Show opens its doors for the media. About the BMW i3, the elect ... Continue reading
2013 Mini Countryman Cooper S John Cooper Works Prototype - First Drive and Review
Nov 9, 2012
First Drive: 2013 Mini Countryman Cooper S John Cooper Works (prototype) By Henny Hemmes Senior European Editor The Auto Channel KÃHTAI, Austria, December 17, 2011. John Cooper Works, the family name of fast Miniâs, gets another model: de Mini Countryman JCW. Last week, I was in Austria for the first glimpse an ... Continue reading
First Drive 2013 Renault Clio TCe 90 By Henny Hemmes +VIDEO
Oct 17, 2012
By Henny Hemmes Senior European Editor The Auto Channel FLORENCE, Italy, October 15, 2012. The fourth generation Clio is undoubtedly the most important new model that Renault introduced during the past years, as it competes in Europeâs the most important market. It is also the first car that has been fully created ... Continue reading
BMW 1-Series Prototype With 3-Cylinder Engine- Henny's First Drive
Oct 16, 2012
Modular concept for new engine family By Henny Hemmes Senior European Editor The Auto Channel MUNICH, October 8, 2012. Innovations have always been important to BMW, that started in the nineties with EfficientDynamics measures. From 1995 until 2008, the BMW Group achieved a 27 per cent decrease in fuel consumption of i ... Continue reading
Audi Dual Mode 3-Cylinder Power - First Drive By Henny Hemmes
Oct 15, 2012
Audi develops 3-cylinder engine and Henny drives the prototype A1-e-tron dual mode hybrid By Henny Hemmes Senior European Editor The Auto Channel ISMANING, Germany, October 15, 2012; Recently, Audi presented its newly developed 3-cylinder TFSI petrol engine during its âInnovation Dayâ. The 1.5-liter engine ma ... Continue reading
2012 Mondial de l'Automobile Paris Part Three: Mercedes - Volvo
Oct 3, 2012
By Henny Hemmes Senior European Editor AMSTERDAM, September 26, 2012. The third and last part of our preview of the Mondial de lâAutomobile, the auto show in Paris that opened its doors for the media Thursday and Friday and for the public from September 28 until October 14. Mercedes-Benz Mercedes goes electric wit ... Continue reading
2012 Mondial de l'Automobile in Paris Report Two: Ford - Mazda
Sep 28, 2012
2012 Paris Auto Show Report â Part Two By Henny Hemmes Senior European Editor The Auto Channel AMSTERDAM, September 24, 2012; The Auto Channel is on its way to Paris, but before the doors of the 2012 Mondial de lâAutomobile opens its doors on Thursday, we bring you the news that can be expected there. Ford â ... Continue reading
2012 Mondial de l'Automobile in Paris Part One- Abarth to Fisker
Sep 24, 2012
2012 Paris Auto Show Report â Part One By Henny Hemmes Senior European Editor The Auto Channel AMSTERDAM, September 24, 2012; Remember the 2012 Geneva Auto Show? We reported a waterfall of new cars presented in the Swiss city at Lac Leman. And that is only half a year ago. Now we are expecting again a slew of new ... Continue reading
2013 Mini John Cooper Works Countryman - Henny's First Drive:
Sep 21, 2012
By Henny Hemmes Senior European Editor The Auto Channel FRANKFURT, September 11, 2012. My first encounter with the Mini John Cooper Works Countryman was last December in Kühtai, a small ski resort in the Tyrolean Alps, Austria. That was a logical place to organize the first drive event with some prototypes, because th ... Continue reading
2013 BMW 328i - Henny's Real Road Test:
Sep 20, 2012
By Henny Hemmes Senior European Editor The Auto Channel MUNICH, Germany, September 19, 2012; By the end of last year, BMWâs latest 3 Series took the media by storm. Not surprisingly so, as the Germans had the nerve to present the sixth generation for driving impressions not only on public roads, but also on a race ... Continue reading
Mini E (Electric) Electrifies Rodeo Drive - VIDEO ENHANCED
Dec 5, 2008
Mini E (Electric) By Henny Hemmes BEVERLY HILLS CA; In November 2008, the Mini E made its world debut at the LA Auto Show. But a day earlier, people who were strolling on Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills, got the real premiere of the electric Mini. BMW offered media a test drive from the former Beverly Wilshire Hotel and obv ... Continue reading
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