HATS OFF TO KRISTINA HERMAN! 2/17/11
Per customer (Mr. Raymond Campbell) comments during survey: I have heard a story or two about this dealership. I came in and realized that none of those stories are true. Kristina was great! My experience was great and everyone was nice and on point! I will be coming back.
KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK KRISTINA!!
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| Teresa Semmler - Sales Manager |
Mrs. Smith was very pleased with her service visit here. She said Winston was great! Mrs. Smith said that she was traveling from Ft. Lauderdale back to her home in Maryland when her vehicle began to give her some trouble. She said she had her son with her and it was not going good, she was almost in tears. Being far away from home she felt totally lost-but once she was in our care she was just fine. She said she was directed here and we took good care of her and that everyone was kind and very helpful. She said she was even given a rental from Enterprise. Mrs. Smith said she has told people in Maryland about our service to her here at Capitol BMW of Florence. She said we were wonderful and she will never forget it. Mrs. Smith said because of her experience here she will always buy BMW!
KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK WINSTON!!
“All-new, with more space and much better ride quality.”
The BMW X3 is all-new for 2011. BMW's first X3 was a successful model for the company, selling 150,000 copies in the USA and more than 600,000 units worldwide. Now, with its all-new second version of the X3, built in a new assembly hall at BMW's Spartanburg, South Carolina, plant, BMW has taken pains to address the aspects of the first-generation model most commonly criticized: rear-seat space and ride quality. The all-new 2011 BMW X3 boasts significantly better rear leg- and elbow room, and its cargo space is now claimed to be the class leader before the rear seatbacks are folded down, at 27.6 cubic feet. Quoted dimensions for rear legroom indicate an increase of a full inch (to 36.8 inches), while headroom is up two inches over that of the first-generation X3.
The 2011 X3 also features completely redeveloped suspension technology, with a new double-joint spring-strut mechanism at the front and a multi-link system at the rear. The 2011 BMW X3 comes with a choice of engines, a 3.0-liter inline-6 and a turbocharged version of the same engine. They get essentially the same fuel economy, but the turbocharged engine has more power. Otherwise the two models, xDrive28i and xDrive35i are nearly identical, though the turbocharged model comes with slightly larger wheels. Our brief test drive in a 2011 BMW X3 xDrive35i suggested that the X3 now demonstrates some of the best poise and isolation we've ever experienced in an SUV on gravel roads. Combined with a tasteful exterior redesign that holds onto BMW's usual design cues, but makes the previous version look suddenly dowdy and dated, the new X3 has the latest in safety and convenience systems to coddle its owners. Operating efficiency, too, has been given a boost by the fitting of an 8-speed automatic transmission.
BMW's xDrive all-wheel-drive system, standard on all models, retains as much of a rear-drive feel as it can muster, using a multi-plate clutch to vary rear-to-front torque split from fully 100 percent committed to the rear to 40 percent sent forward to assist with traction. An optional electronic damping control system is available to vary shock response according to conditions, with a driver-selectable three-position switch to focus its operation to the driver's intended activity. This so-called Performance Control switch also affects the level of steering assist, and the xDrive all-wheel drive system by selecting a 20/80 front-to-rear torque-split in steady state driving and also providing some so-called torque-vectoring influence in corners by braking an inside wheel. These new technologies may prove decisive to buyers searching for the latest in safety and dynamic systems.
