The BMW i3 M60 and the M350 now have their own M Performance Parts, and BMW didn’t simply copy one kit onto the other car. The electric i3 M60 gets a trunk spoiler raised off...
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The new 3 Series has arrived in electric i3 and combustion-engine 3er forms, though you can’t combine the two. However, that doesn’t mean Munich is abandoning plug-in hybrids just yet. The G50 will eventually get...
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BMW is expanding the i3 lineup with a cheaper version that trades some performance for a smaller battery and a lower price. Meet the i3 40 xDrive, which sits below the i3 50 xDrive but...
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It was only a matter of time before BMW announced it would give the new i3 the M Performance treatment. Next year, the fully electric sedan will get the long-rumored M60 version, slotting neatly between...
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The M340i is gone, and its replacement drops the “i” and gains 10 in the name. The new BMW M350 xDrive is the M Performance version of the G50 3 Series. I spent an afternoon...
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At long last, the G50 BMW 3 Series arrives to replace the beloved but aging G20 3 Series. Along with the gas model to replace the 330i and M340i, we also, of course, have the...
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Is there anything better than a fast 3 Series? Comfort, speed, style—it’s the perfect daily driver. While performance always falls a little shy of the full-blown M3, the big-motor 3 Series has always been a...
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We knew a lot about the new 3 Series before it even launched. That’s largely due to the release of the electric i3, which was expected to share most of its bodywork and cabin with...
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With more than 18 million cars sold since the E21 came out back in 1975, the 3 Series is unquestionably BMW’s most important model in history. Now, perhaps more than ever, the generational change brings...
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For the first time in over four decades, BMW is about to sell the 3 Series without a diesel engine. Yes, that’s right: the eighth-gen sports sedan makes the G50 only the second 3 Series...
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The M340i is no more. Its successor in the new G50 3 Series is called the M350 xDrive. It makes 443 PS in Europe and 437 hp in America, and 580 Nm (428 lb-ft), nearly...
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Once should have been enough. I had already driven the BMW iX3 up Romania’s Transfăgărășan, reached Bâlea near the summit and descended to Cârțișoara for lunch. The sensible thing would have been to take it...
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For a brief moment, it looked like the end of the road for AC Schnitzer. After nearly four decades of modifying BMWs, the Aachen-based company announced in March that it would wind down its tuning...
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BMW Motorrad is building 115 examples of the M 1000 RR Limited Edition Isle of Man TT, one for each running of the Tourist Trophy through the 2026 race, and US customers can get in...
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A 717-hp wagon is easy to like for the first week, so the more useful update comes after the novelty wears off. Our G99 BMW M5 Touring in BMW Individual Dakar Yellow has now been...
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BMW originally said it would attend the 2026 Paris Motor Show in October, but the company has since changed its mind and pulled out of the French event. However, that doesn’t mean BMW is sitting...
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BMW has found a new way to get people talking about the iX3 in Brazil: make its face absolutely enormous and stick it in a shopping mall. No, this isn’t a particularly elaborate Photoshop job...
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Forget learning your ABCs. BMW thinks five-year-olds should be figuring out what they want to do with the next 50-60 years of their lives. The automaker has launched a new initiative called Apprentice 2036 to...
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In 2012, BMW sold a 5 Series with more torque than the M5. It wasn’t a V8, and it didn’t come to America. The M550d xDrive used a 3.0-liter inline-six diesel with three turbochargers, and...
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Ask a room full of BMW enthusiasts to pick the best sedan the company ever built, and the E39 comes up quickly. Ask which E39 to buy if the M5 is out of reach, and...
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The Volkswagen W10-powered E39 M5 is going to auction. Broad Arrow will offer the one-off prototype at its Zoute Concours Auction on October 9 at Approach Golf in Knokke-Heist, Belgium, with an estimate of €250,000...
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The G20 BMW 3 Series debuted at the Paris Motor Show on October 2, 2018. Almost exactly eight years later, it goes out of production in October 2026. Its replacement couldn’t be much more different....
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When the E65 7 Series arrived in 2001, its styling took most of the heat. Under the hood sat something just as ambitious and far less discussed at the time: the N62, a clean-sheet 90-degree...
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Sean Troy bought his 103rd X5 two days before we recorded this episode of the BMWBLOG Podcast. He still owns 28 of them, with 15 parked outside his shop in Georgia and the rest tucked...
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The BMW 3.0 CSL is usually described as a 50-car limited edition. The production data says BMW built 53. VIN-level records compiled by MDataWorks, an independent tracker with no connection to BMW, list 53 G82-based...
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BMW built 932 G81 M3 CS Tourings, according to VIN-level production data compiled by MDataWorks, an independent tracker with no connection to BMW. All of them are automatics, and none went to North America, which...
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BMW built 1,546 G82 M4 CS coupes, according to VIN-level production data compiled by MDataWorks, an independent tracker with no connection to BMW. That total includes 94 cars from the VR46 Edition, the special run...
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BMW built 1,727 G80 M3 CS sedans with the automatic gearbox, according to VIN-level production data compiled by MDataWorks, an independent tracker with no connection to BMW. That number isn’t the final count for the...
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The G82 BMW M4 CSL production run ended at 1,036 cars. That comes from VIN-level production data compiled by MDataWorks, an independent tracker with no connection to BMW. The total is 36 more than the...
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An Italian coachbuilder called Riverti Automobili is using the G87 BMW M2 as the base for its first car, and almost none of the M2’s styling survives. The M2-based project is the company’s first model,...
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At some point, the regular 3 Series caught up with—and eventually passed—yesterday’s M3. Or at least, that’s what the numbers suggest. The U.S.-spec E36 M3 and F30 328i each make 240 horsepower. Choose a manual,...
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The Bentley Torcal gives us a clear sense of where the ultra-luxury electric SUV segment is heading, and it arrives at an interesting time for Rolls-Royce. Bentley has just revealed its first fully electric model,...
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BMW’s Neue Klasse has picked up another accolade, this time in China. The company’s sixth-generation high-voltage battery earned the “Global New Energy Vehicle Innovative Technology” award at the 2026 World New Energy Vehicle Congress (WNEVC),...
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The reborn i3 is getting ready for one of its first real-world appearances, and BMW has picked quite the venue. The all-electric sedan will serve as the official lead vehicle for the elite men’s field...
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BMW has finally told us when the next-generation 3 Series will break cover. The G50 is scheduled to make its world debut on September 30 at 12:01 a.m. CEST, meaning some parts of the world...
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For decades, the name ALPINA has meant one thing: understated, effortlessly fast luxury. Ever since Burkard Bovensiepen set up shop in 1965, the Buchloe-based manufacturer has built a cult following on subtle body kits, iconic...
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BMW registered 45,121 new cars in the European Union in August, according to figures from the European automakers’ association ACEA. That’s up 2.4 percent year-over-year and enough to keep BMW ahead of Mercedes-Benz (40,737) and...
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BMW makes some of the best paint colors in the business, and arguably the coolest cuts come from the brand’s extensive library of blue paints. And while some classics may reign supreme, BMW hasn’t let...
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BMW is hoping the China-specific iX3 will help turn around its fortunes in the world’s largest car market. Sales have been slipping dramatically for the last few years, but Neue Klasse gives Munich a reason...
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Rolls-Royce’s upcoming electric SUV is already shaping up to be one of the brand’s most unconventional models, and now we have a better idea of one of its party tricks. A new spy photo shows...
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BMW is giving us a closer look at the new iX5, and if the electric SUV looks familiar, there’s a good reason. This is the same right-hand-drive example that made its public debut at the...
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The first-ever electric M3 is getting closer to production, and the latest Nürburgring footage reminds us that BMW isn’t developing a four-motor monster just to make a quick EV. One camouflaged ZA0 prototype was caught...
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In 2001, BMW wanted a faster X5 and didn’t have one, so it borrowed ALPINA’s. The 4.6-liter V8 in the E53 X5 4.6is started life as the engine ALPINA developed for the E39 B10 V8,...
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MINI USA is sending an unrevealed, adventure-oriented model to the Rebelle Rally, the brand’s first time in the event. The car has already been fully prepared, but MINI won’t show it until a global reveal...
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BMW’s new CEO thinks some Chinese cars are sold in Europe at prices that “make no business sense,” but he’s warning the EU against answering with higher tariffs. His reasoning, laid out in an interview...
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Your favorite luxury automaker used this year’s Czech round of the BMW Golf Cup to put some of its newest models in front of an audience that probably didn’t need much convincing to appreciate expensive...
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The new iX3 is adding yet another feather to its cap, and no, it’s not for world-class-beating range. Instead, a 47-member jury of German and international automotive journalists has named the electric SUV the winner...
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Even if my father-in-law is a talented and locally recognized painter, I’ll be brutally honest and admit I don’t know much about art. That’s why I’m going to take BMW’s word for it when the...
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BMW is putting a bigger emphasis on what goes into the new 3 Series rather than simply how much power comes out of its beefier B58 engine. As part of its latest push to reduce...
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The BMW X5 has been on sale since 1999, and its fifth generation begins rolling out in October with the new G65 generation. For about three years of the E53 run, BMW also sold its...
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The BMW X2, now in its second generation, with little changed for the 2027 model year. Like its very similar platform-mate, the 2027 BMW X1, aside from some price changes the 2027 BMW X2 carries...
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BMW of North America will open US reservations for the new i3 sedan on September 29 at 6:01 PM Eastern. Owners who registered on BMW USA’s site for i3 updates received an email in their...
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BMW has found yet another way to make the 7 Series look expensive. As if a giant kidney grille, crystal-infused lighting, and a 31.3-inch 8K screen weren’t enough, the facelifted luxury sedan can now be...
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MINI is leaning hard into its British roots with a new special-edition lineup for China. Called the Best of British Edition, the range brings Union Jack-inspired styling to four different versions of the Cooper, because...
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The M2 Turbo Design Edition debuted a year ago as a U.S.-only affair, but that exclusivity didn’t last long. BMW is now bringing the retro-flavored G87 to Mexico, although the local allocation makes it rarer...
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The BMW i7 is not exactly the kind of car you’d describe as light. It’s a huge posh sedan with a massive presence, but a new Individual-spec example shows there’s more than one way to...
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Ceer revealed its first two production cars this week, the Exobot sedan and SUV, marking the debut of Saudi Arabia’s first national car brand. Both are wedge-shaped EVs with no B-pillar and gullwing doors, backed...
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A 2027 BMW iX5 60 xDrive in BMW Individual Frozen Tanzanite Blue metallic was spotted plugged into a charging network and station in Tennessee this week. It’s not the first time we’ve seen the electric...
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Whether it’s earmarked for your first car or next project, $15,000 is no small amount of money. Thankfully, in 2026, it still buys you an awful lot of great BMWs. It bears mentioning that this...
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Sheldon van der Linde passed Earl Bamber’s Cadillac with about five minutes left, giving the team its first IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship victory. BMW M Team WRT won the Battle on the Bricks at Indianapolis...
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The paint has dried on the X5 and iX3 in the US, but both are already getting their first incentives. Okay, the discounts aren’t exactly massive. Nevertheless, they mark an interesting development for two of...
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Rolls-Royce has built some truly outrageous one-off cars over the years, but Project Nightingale takes bespoke luxury to another level. The first model from the company’s new Coachbuild Collection is now entering a global testing...
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The current M5 hasn’t been around for very long, but BMW is already deep into testing its facelift. The G90 has once again been spotted at the Nürburgring, where the super sedan is being pushed...
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Getting a hole-in-one is one of those golfing moments you remember for the rest of your life. Getting one and winning a brand-new BMW in the process takes things to an entirely different level. That’s...
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BMW Australia has priced the new X5 40 xDrive at AU$145,900 before on-road costs. At an exchange rate of 0.7122, roughly where the Australian dollar has sat this week, that works out to about US$103,900....
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BMW has confirmed the second-generation flagship SUV for 2027. Almost everything else comes from prototypes, a dealer meeting, and insiders. The second-generation BMW X7 will be built at Plant Spartanburg in South Carolina, with production...
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BMW built 1,132 F90 M5 CS models for the global market, and the production numbers by Mdataworks reveal exactly where the demand landed and which colors buyers actually chose. Frozen Deep Green dominates the order...
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Audi has postponed the launch of its first mass-market electric midsize sedan A4 e-tron to 2029, with production potentially starting in March at the earliest. The delay stems from CEO Gernot Döllner’s decision to integrate...
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Ask most BMW enthusiasts to name every special-edition E92 M3, and the M3 Edition rarely makes the list. That’s strange, because at 707 units, it was the biggest special edition BMW built on the E9x...
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The last G87 BMW M2 CS was built on July 29, 2026, closing the run at 2,882 cars. That is 21% more than the 2,381 F87 M2 CS BMW built in the previous generation, according...
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EAG Enthusiasts Auto Group’s Carbon Race Technology M3 was hands-down the most sought-after car at 2026’s Bimmer Invasion, and for good reason. You won’t see an E90 M3 CRT every day. You likely won’t see...
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One of 67 E90 M3 CRTs sat unroped at the front of the Ultimate Hall, and that tells you most of what you need to know about how this show operates. The first car I...
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BMW has found a simple way to make the X1 a little more luxurious without making customers spend hours scrolling through the options list. Admittedly, one could argue that playing with the configurator is one...
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BMW is getting ready to pull the wraps off the eighth-generation 3 Series, and we already have a pretty good idea of what to expect. The new G50 will bring a major design overhaul, a...
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BMW’s electric M3 concept is getting plenty of practice before it morphs into a production car next year. After making its dynamic debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, the M Concept Neue Klasse has...
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The world’s largest luxury automaker is about to give its new Hungarian factory another job. The Debrecen plant has just switched to around-the-clock production to keep up with demand for the iX3, but the electric...
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MINI is still growing. BMW Group reported 149,538 MINI deliveries worldwide in the first half of 2026, up 11.7 percent year over year, and as we covered in May, Q1 alone was 68,503 units, a...
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If you ordered a BMW iX3 in the United States and have been counting down to September 25, you may be able to stop counting. BMW has reportedly moved up the date dealers can sell...
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A standard rear-drive M2, with no CS badge and no Track Kit, outran Audi’s 750-unit anniversary special in every performance test sport auto ran. On paper, this looked like a mismatch in Audi’s favor. Audi’s...
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Now two years on from the BMW 4 Series’ official LCI, or mid-lifecycle refresh, you might not expect any substantial changes to the model. You would be correct: virtually nothing changes from last year’s 4...
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After 17 countries and the North Cape, Instagram’s @konkavius shipped his forbidden-fruit wagon to North America and put more than 31,000 km on it. If you own an M3 Touring in America, you get asked...
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BMW has stopped building the Z4, and nobody in Munich is working on a replacement. Bovensiepen saw that coming. During the final four weeks of Z4 production, the company had 99 cars built and set...
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BMW is stepping on the gas (well, electric) pedal in Debrecen. After adding a second shift in March, much sooner than originally planned, the Hungarian factory has now moved to a 24-hour production schedule. The...
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BMW is stretching beyond its cars in India. It’s stretching the definition of what buyers in the country want from a luxury vehicle. Long-wheelbase models already accounted for 52 percent of BMW India’s sales in...
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In case you had any doubts, BMW is still betting on hydrogen. Big time. Against all odds, the iX5 Hydrogen is heading to production, even though many believe Munich is beating a dead horse. A...
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BMW Italia and AC Milan are sticking together. The two Italian powerhouses have renewed their partnership for the 2026/27 season, marking the sixth consecutive year of collaboration. Your favorite car brand remains the football club’s...
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Rear-wheel drive and 335 horsepower sound like a recipe for fun. It is: both cars we’re comparing today are nothing if not fun. For one, it’s arguably the prime directive. For the other, just part...
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The E52 Z8 started life as Studie AG founder Bob Suzuki’s car, and its current owner has spent more than a decade reworking nearly every panel. Most people who own a BMW Z8 in 2026...
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Early mules of the next-generation BMW M3 (G84) were covered in plastic cladding, but the latest prototypes caught at BMW’s test center at the Nürburgring look far closer to the car that will reach showrooms...
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As we reported not that long ago, BMW isn’t planning to facelift the current-generation X3 anytime soon. Nevertheless, that doesn’t mean the G45 will be left untouched. According to a fresh report from our German...
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We’ll admit that the news of Rolls-Royce opening a new testing facility at its Goodwood home isn’t the most exciting. However, something did catch our attention. The newly inaugurated Eric Platford Testway gives the BMW...
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BMW has reached another major production milestone in Germany. This time around, the Regensburg plant has built its nine-millionth vehicle. The milestone comes 40 years after production started at the Bavarian facility. This iX1 in...
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Rolls-Royce has a long history of turning its cars into rolling works of art, but the latest one-off Phantom might just take bespoke craftsmanship into uncharted territory. Meet the Phantom Hummingbird, a one-off ultra-luxe sedan...
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How hard can it be to pair twelve BMWs with twelve months? Harder than it ought to be, actually. Think of this as a matchmaking service with a rather strict intake form. No car gets...
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The 2027 BMW X1 arrives completely unchanged for the model year. Not too surprising when you consider a facelift is getting pretty close—look for updated models to arrive next year. In the meantime, BMW’s...
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BMW’s next six-cylinder 3 Series all-wheel drive M350 will be able to send all of its power to the rear wheels. You just have to open a menu, touch a widget, and 100% of the...
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If you’ve been wondering what the iX5 featured in press photos looks like in real life, you’re in the right place. The first X5 to ditch the combustion engine altogether has arrived at BMW Welt...
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The new 3 Series (G50) debuts at the end of the month, so the current-generation G20 is officially one foot in the grave. BMW Japan, however, isn’t quite ready to pull the plug. Instead, it’s...
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The new iX3 has officially become a major hit in Europe. One year after BMW opened the order books, the first Neue Klasse electric SUV has reached 100,000 orders across Europe, giving the automaker a...
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BMW has already shown us the first member of the next-generation 3 Series family: the all-electric i3 (NA0). However, those not ready to switch to EVs won’t be left behind. BMW Italy President and CEO...
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