1 Series

At the beginning of the year, we talked about BMW still offering the 1 Series with a manual gearbox. However, now that the F40 is gone from the lineup, so is the stick shift. With…

It started with a wild rumor before a BMW official confirmed it in an interview with BMWBLOG earlier this year. The “i” letter at the end of the names of gas models is gradually being…

It’s quite unusual for BMW to skip a model’s Life Cycle Impulse and jump straight to the next generation. Such is the case with the 2025 BMW 1 Series, with the F70 replacing the F40…

Despite an aggressive EV agenda, BMW’s sole hot hatchback sticks around for another generation with gasoline power. Now called the BMW M135 xDrive, the Audi S3 Sportback and AMG A45 rival is based on the…

BMW’s product renewal process is in full swing since there’s yet another world premiere around the corner. The next in line is the company’s most attainable product, the 1 Series. Codenamed F70, the compact hatchback…

The BMW Group had its 104th Annual General Meeting today in Munich at the Welt. CEO Oliver Zipse took the stage to hype up the Neue Klasse arriving in 2025 with the iX3. In the…

BMW Australia has recently broadened its Sport Collection lineup, introducing the 118i Hatch and the 220i Gran Coupe Sport models. Priced at $54,900 for the 118i Hatch and $64,900 for the 220i Gran Coupe Sport,…

The current BMW 1 Series hatchback (F40) will soon be phased out, with a replacement on the horizon that promises subtle changes rather than a dramatic redesign. The third-generation 1 Series is skipping the facelift…

BMW introduced the original 1 Series in 2004, but what if it had made an entry-level car in the late 1980s? A new rendering from talented Abimelec Design envisions an alternate history, one in which…

Hot hatch made hotter! This used to be a BMW M135i xDrive with the N55 engine, but the owner decided to spice things up. Underneath the hood is now an S55 borrowed from an F80…