What Every Letter And Number In Your BMW’s VIN Actually Means
A position-by-position breakdown of what BMW encodes into every VIN, and what it can't tell you.
Spy shots confirm the next iX1 is a ground-up Neue Klasse redesign, not a mid-cycle facelift.
A position-by-position breakdown of what BMW encodes into every VIN, and what it can't tell you.
Spy shots confirm the next iX1 is a ground-up Neue Klasse redesign, not a mid-cycle facelift.
The 140-kW A2 e-tron posts a 0.24 Cd and 61-kWh LFP battery, arriving well ahead of BMW's rival i1.
A new report puts the entry-level iX3 40 and 40 xDrive on US shores next March, four months after production starts.
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A Nero Lusso 7 Series, a Skyscraper Grey X7, and an M Performance Parts M340i Touring go on sale exclusively online.
BMW loads up the M2 CS with M Performance Parts for a limited-run Edge special edition exclusive to a single market.
BMW Group Classic opened its holy halls for a one-day reunion of GP1, GP2, GP3 and the rare JCW GP Concept.
The automaker once called the dashboard "a private space." Owners say this proves otherwise.
New images reveal how JCW exterior, interior and wheel accessories sharpen the 231-hp hot hatch's look.
BMW's Neue Klasse product push has 40+ models launching by the end of 2027, but the X3 LCI won't be one of them.
Mercedes-AMG's new CLA 45 packs 680 horsepower, but still trails BMW's fastest M2 by seven seconds.
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The Bovensiepen Zagato is not exactly what you’d call attainable. Only 99 will ever be built, and Bovensiepen says production will be capped at 30 cars per year. In Europe, they will cost €310,000; when…
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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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…
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…
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…