There were 522,000 black...
There were 522,000 black cars sold in 2006, which makes it Britain"s second favourite colour - in 2005 it was placed third. Silver is still number one, but the volume of models registered in this colour fell by 55,000 over the previous year to 671,000.
Order a new totally...
Order a new totally customised car on Monday and have it delivered to your home on Friday. That"s the deal that BMW wants to offer.
It"s working on a design for a super-efficient factory that can make bespoke cars in five days, instead of the current wait of up to six weeks. But there"s one hitch - it could be eight years before the "fully flexible" production line is built.