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Sitting down with Holger Hampf, President of BMW Designworks, and Adrian van Hooydonk, Design Director with BMW, we got some new insight into how things work over at Designworks. The design studio, the “architects of…

Hungary is an important manufacturing hub for German luxury brands as Audi has a plant in Győr while Mercedes operates a factory in Kecskemét. BMW is working on its own facility set to become operational…

BMW enthusiasts know Frank Stephenson was involved in the design work for the original X5 (E53) and the first-generation modern MINI. However, his CV also includes other important cars, such as the Ford Escort RS…

2023 BMW M5 Overview  Now in its sixth generation, the BMW M5 is the ultra high-performance iteration of the current generation BMW 5 Series. It departs from the usual M formula in many ways; no…

Designworks has been a wholly owned BMW Group subsidiary since 1995 but the two companies first teamed up in 1986 for a conceptual seat design tailored to the 8 Series Coupe E31. In 1993, it…

Recent spy photos have shown off the next-generation BMW X2, which is only the second generation of X2 ever. However, the new second-gen car seems to look radically different than the car it replaces and…

Luxury car buyers are beginning to lean toward electric vehicles. Last year, Tesla dominated the premium car sales sheet, proving that buyers with deep pockets preferred EVs. BMW customers are now showing that preference, as…

MINI is about to go through a massive rebranding phase. There hasn’t been a truly new MINI in almost a decade, only new variants of existing cars, and its lineup has grown stale. However, that’s…

Now that the BMW M3 Touring is finally here, it takes its place as one of the best all-around Bimmers in recent memory. However, it got me thinking about BMW wagons. As great as many…

Andreas Bovensiepen, ALPINA’s owner and CEO, is one of the most interesting people I’ve ever met. I’ve had the chance to meet him a couple of times and I’ve been fortunate enough to have long…