Frank Van Meel

Now that the BMW M2 Competition is here, it hasn’t just improved on the standard M2 but it’s also replaced it. Check out BMW USA’s website and the standard M2 is gone. So now that…

In the last few years, BMW has invested heavily in their front-wheel drive architecture which now underpins cars like the 2 Series Active and Gran Tourers, the X1 and the recently unveiled X2. More models…

It’s no surprise that BMW M’s future is electric, the company has publicly acknowledged before that some of the future M models will have some sort of electrification technology embedded within. But this week, BMW…

While at the 24 hours race in Daytona, BMW M CEO Frank Van Meel spoke to BMWBLOG on the future of the M brand and how the electrification seen in the automotive industry is shaping…

The 2017 Frankfurt Auto Show was arguably the biggest car event of the year not only for BMW, but also for its M family. The famed sports car division hosted the world premiere of the…

Since the brand-new F90-generation BMW M5 debuted a few weeks back, questions have surfaced about whether or not BMW would ditch rear-wheel drive for the M5’s new xDrive system. This new BMW M5 is the…

For BMW enthusiasts, there are three letters than can make them shiver with excitement — “CSL”. First, there was the legendary 3.0 CSL which one Sebring in 1975. That car brought the CSL nameplate to…

BMW M is at an interesting point at the moment. The famous performance sub-division of BMW was once known for high-precision vehicles that were the performance pinnacle of their respective classes. However, most BMW M…

It’s no secret that BMW’s M Division is going through and interesting change at the moment. With manual transmissions being phased out and electrification being implemented throughout the entire automotive industry, BMW M has to…

At the 2017 Detroit Auto Show, we sat down with BMW M boss – Frank Van Meel – to discuss the past, present and future of the M Division. BMW’s sports division is seeing record sales year-after-year…