BMW’s hybrid M5 Touring is big, heavy, and deeply controversial — but it still proves M cars can evolve without losing the plot.
In the first four months of 2026, BMW registrations in Europe were up by 1.1% to 267,075 cars, well ahead of its main rivals.
BMW’s hybrid M5 Touring is big, heavy, and deeply controversial — but it still proves M cars can evolve without losing the plot.
Available exclusively on the 7 Series, the Dual-Finish option is an industry-first feature, but it costs as much as a new car.
BMW is putting the China-only iX3 Long Wheelbase through final testing, with engineers focused on range, charging, thermal management, and rear-seat comfort.
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The new BMW iX3 will be newer, cheaper, and faster-charging, but the larger BMW iX still has a few major advantages.
You can now build the new BMW 7 Series in the German configurator. Prices start at 117,900 euros for the 740 with an inline-six gasoline engine.
An ASMR-style video shot at Lake Como during the Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este offers a soothing way to discover the facelifted 7 Series in M760e guise.
BMW M's best-selling car from 2022 through 2024 gets an appearance package that brings black details inside and out.
Blazing Blue, Beige Vescin, and a Piano Black grille expand the options list as Connected becomes standard.
The patented pre-chamber system gives the S58 a second spark plug per cylinder, paired with new VTG turbos and higher compression
The XM and M5 share more than critics might admit. One proves BMW M’s hybrid formula can work — when the execution is right.
The newest generation of the BMW M5 was not immediately a popular car. As review after review rolled out, there were no shortage of clicky headlines alluding to the car’s weight or, even worse, comparing…
The E36 M3 was the right call for the first half of the drive. Munich to Bolzano, through the Alps, over the Brenner Pass, in rain that turned to sleet somewhere above Innsbruck and briefly…
A few months ago I wrote about spending a brutal Chicago winter with the 2026 BMW iX xDrive45 — no home Level 2 charger, no preconditioning, temperatures bottoming out at -10°F. The conclusion was that…
Last year I wrote about the MINI Beachcomber concept, that roofless, doorless idea of what a MINI could be if the brand let its imagination run loose. I said then that MINI has always been…
BMW enthusiasts are a fickle bunch. Generally, we greet new designs with a chorus of chastisement. We’re incapable of lauding a car’s steering if it was produced later than 2012. Screens on the dashboard —…
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Deciding on one BMW color to be the “most iconic” is tricky business. Thanks to BMW’s long history — and excellent color catalog — “iconic” springs to mind describing more than just a few cars….
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Regardless of how you feel about BMW’s most recent cars, we can all more or less agree that BMW knows how to make cars that are fun to drive. But sometimes, even BMW seems cognizant…
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Last year I wrote about the MINI Beachcomber concept, that roofless, doorless idea of what a MINI could be if the brand let its imagination run loose. I said then that MINI has always been…
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Sotogrande, Spain — just across the water from Gibraltar — is where I spent several days with the 2026 BMW iX3, the first Neue Klasse SUV and the most important electric BMW since the original…
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