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The Z1 is one of the most fascinating cars to ever carry the BMW roundel. With removable body panels and vertically sliding doors, it’s anything but a typical Bimmer. It was the first car developed…
BMW offers multiple layers of performance for the M2. It starts with the 473-horsepower base model with a manual gearbox. Then comes the automatic version, which bumps torque from 550 Nm to 600 Nm. Step…
BMW has issued a new safety recall for early-production E53 X5 models after determining that some vehicles may have received Takata PSDI-4 air bag inflators as replacement parts. The campaign, filed as NHTSA 25V748000, covers…
Today, BMW’s customer racing program is well known and respected — you could fairly call it a touchstone of the brand. But it wasn’t always that way. Since 1972, BMW Motorsport has built customer race…
Back in the 1990s, Mobil 1 organized an unusual endurance test to highlight the importance of regular maintenance. The subject was a BMW 3 Series E30 with an M20 engine. After a break-in period of…
BMW has been in a festive mood all year to celebrate the 3 Series’ 50th anniversary. We’ve seen multiple “50 Jahre” special editions marking half a century since the E21 debuted. Mexico is the next…
Stepping inside BMW’s Designworks studio in California, you immediately sense why this place has shaped so many pivotal BMW products. The studio feels more like a workshop than a corporate design office — clay models…
BMW brought a small group of journalists to Santa Monica to mark the 50th anniversary of Designworks’ presence in the United States, and the highlight of the day was a roundtable with Adrian van Hooydonk,…
The COVID-19 pandemic changed a lot of things. In BMW’s case, it irreversibly impacted how it — and its associated brands — went about selling cars. It wasn’t all on the supply side, either. The…
“BMW reinvents itself” – that’s how the Vision Neue Klasse was described at its reveal. It’s been a little over two years since the concept broke cover at IAA Mobility. We saw the car in…
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Let’s say you’re the average car shopper. You’re looking to buy a compact SUV for about $50,000. That is the most common class of car sold today in America, and the average price of a…
The day before, I’d been behind the wheel of a BMW M3 Touring — wide, fast, and a little out of place in Tokyo’s narrow streets. The next morning felt completely different. I swapped brute…
Tokyo has a way of making you feel small—in the best way possible. The city moves fast but with remarkable grace. Motorbikes slice through traffic with surgical precision, delivery vans thread alleys no wider than…
The 2026 BMW M2 doesn’t try to reinvent itself — and that’s exactly why it’s brilliant. This updated LCI (facelift) version keeps the wild spirit of the original alive, adding a touch more power and…
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Those familiar with BMW are likely aware of some of the wild concepts the brand has brought to life over the years. But MINI’s been with BMW a while now, and occasionally, some of the…
Few concept cars capture the essence of both brands behind them quite like the BMW Zagato Coupe. Revealed in 2012 at the prestigious Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este, this one-off creation merged BMW’s engineering precision with…
If you’ve been saving up for a six-cylinder M Performance car in Europe, we have good news. BMW is updating the B58 engine to deliver more power while also reducing fuel consumption. Starting in November,…
Now that the proverbial dust has settled after the iX3’s reveal, we’re shifting attention to BMW’s next big thing. No, not the X5 “G65” also due in 2026, but the new 3 Series. A fresh…
Luxury cars have a reputation for shedding value quickly, and BMW is no exception. A high sticker price may feel justified the day you drive off the lot, but five years later the resale numbers…