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2025 marks a new era of BMW design. We’ve already seen glimpses of how the Bavarian cars of tomorrow will look. The 2023 Vision Neue Klasse sedan and 2024 Vision Neue Klasse X crossover previewed…
Adrian Padeanu / January 18, 2025
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2024 wasn’t exactly a good year for BMW’s branch in China. Deliveries decreased by a rather significant 13.4% to 714,530 units. Despite this major setback, China was still by far the largest individual market for…
Adrian Padeanu / January 16, 2025
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BMW has developed a healthy habit of presenting retro-flavored cars annually at the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este. We’re not just talking about the most recent ones: Skytop (2024) and the Concept Touring Coupe (2023). Who…
Adrian Padeanu / January 15, 2025
ALPINA
It’s been nearly three years since the BMW Group expanded to include the ALPINA brand. However, until the end of 2025, it’s business as usual for the Buchloe-based niche marque. That is when the existing…
Adrian Padeanu / January 12, 2025
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The Next Chapter in BMW Design: A Deep Dive with Adrian Van Hooydonk
by Horatiu Boeriu / Date: January 10, 2025
Videos
When BMW said Neue Klasse styling would trickle down to gas cars, it wasn’t kidding around. In fact, we’ve now learned straight from the company’s design boss that ICE and EV models will look very…
Adrian Padeanu / January 8, 2025
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We’re hoping you’re a fan of Neue Klasse concepts because those designs will barely change for the production models. BMW Group’s design chief told Auto Motor und Sport the upcoming EVs will keep 90% of…
Adrian Padeanu / October 21, 2024
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Earlier this week, Domagoj Dukec bid an emotional farewell on social media before moving to Rolls-Royce to serve as design chief. The BMW Group’s design supremo Adrian van Hooydonk has now taken to Instagram to…
Adrian Padeanu / October 2, 2024
Concepts
The highly acclaimed BMW Concept Skytop made a grand appearance at Goodwood’s annual Festival of Speed this past weekend. Among the many visitors to its stand was Adrian Van Hooydonk, BMW Group’s Chief Designer. During…
Horatiu Boeriu / July 14, 2024
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If we were asked to name a type of vehicle missing from BMW’s vast lineup, it would be a supercar. The German luxury brand has all sorts of sedans, convertibles, wagons, and crossovers, but not…
Adrian Padeanu / June 1, 2024
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Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este is a regular stage for exciting and thought-provoking BMW Concept cars, and this year is no different. For 2024, we get an exciting roadster concept: the BMW Concept Skytop. Though unrelated,…
Steven Paul / May 27, 2024