BMW has announced that it will recall about 3,50,000 luxury cars worldwide because of a problem with brakes. The German firm said the recall was due to a fault with the power-braking system but the cars were not unsafe. The recall affects V8 and V12-powered BMW 5 Series, 6 Series, 7 Series, and Rolls-Royce models produced between July 2001 and November 2009. Of the total, 11,427 cars including 905 Rolls-Royces are in Britain and 198,000 in the United States. Globally, 348,000 BMWs are affected, plus a further 5,800 Rolls-Royces.