While some people feel a bit disillusioned that today didn't bring any rapture moment, many tend to live on and keep up with their normal plans. Some of us will be even more than glad to know BMW is continuing pursuing their original plan, part of which they are celebrating 75 years of existence of one of their most iconic...
Among the several hundreds of awards each year regarding the entire automotive industry, there is only one series that doesn't annoy true automotive enthusiasts. This is the Engine of the Year awards, a series of success stories that truly and objectively rate the best things one may find under the bonnet of a car. In 2011, like many years before,...
To some, every BMW out there is very special but in this case there's no fan boy message attached, we're talking about a person with deep pockets who will soon have a chance at some rarefied Bavarian air. This rarefied air will be the one inside a unique 1979 BMW M1 Art Car. The vehicle is part of a very...
It will be quite a while before BMW get round to making the F10 M5 and even more than that before we get to see an estate version of it. This is exactly why Hamann made a special styling package to improve the look of your lesser BMW 5 Series estate. Perhaps some performance improvements would have been nice but...
Originally unveiled in preparation for the Milan Motorcycle Show it seemed like the BMW Scooter Concept would disappear into the pages of history pretty fast. As it happens, that's not the case, especially since the Bavarians are have much bigger plans for this electric two wheeler. A previous conceptual creation of BMW's Motorrad division, we're now getting to the point...
Here's another of those very few occurrences when we all get to feel like the automotive industry is nothing more than a manufacturing political party. After previously ending a press conference at the New York Auto Show that focused on the BMW ActiveE on a negative tone, Jim O'Donnel came forward with a public apology on the matter. Having originally...
The Germans must still be smarting a little bit over whatever happened back in the Second World War, especially since the Americans sort of intervened on the whole situation. Why would I say that? Because the 2011 BMW X1, a very attractive model from Bavaria seems to be reluctant towards appearing on the U.S. market. Not only is that happening,...
When BMW launched the 1 Series M Coupe lots of people complained about it being watered down by the Bavarians so that it wouldn't be faster than the bigger brother M3 but there's an update on it now. After being taken for a really rigorous track day by German magazine Sport Auto at the infamous Hockenheim tarmac, it turns out...
As petrolheads, we are well aware of the importance that cars have in the making of any great action movie. The Mission Impossible 4 Series is just this sort of movie, if not a bit wet for some people's tastes. With info coming in from movie fanatics as well as spy-shot photographers, the ongoing set of the MI:4 movie did...
Before purists and //M fanatics start carpet bombing my house, do note that the title is not a definite. It seems like the Bavarians have another surprise in store for those who are interested in the 2012 BMW M5, they are working on a special drivetrain option. This would be the option to have all wheel drive on what's always...
Bavaria build some of the best road cars out there, but they don't exactly mess about when it comes to their racing program either. This is confirmed by BMW's efforts on updating their Z4 GT3 racer for the arduous 2011 season. Even though this version of the BMW Z4 GT3 racer is a GT customer sports car, the company didn't...
The Bavarians are pretty keen on their electric range, the i fellowship but good as they may be, they still suffer from the same real world problems. This is why BMW is currently considering adding some range extender devices to the i3 and whatever other pipeline products. We already know about the i8 and what BMW has in plan for...
The Bavarians know how to have their fun, and for some parts (such as the M3 Pickup) we go along for the ride but this isn't really the case. Word broke out from Munich that BMW built what they're calling an M6 CSL, and it never made approval for the production lines as there was no business case for it....
We knew it was just around the corner, but this is a bit of a sudden situation as these images come from a private event held in Munich. Since it was in Munich it would almost certainly be a BMW event and the Bavarians unveiled two things there, the first being the M3 Pickup we already know about and the...
The i3 may be an electric vehicle that's meant to be eco friendly and save the world but underneath it's still got fiery BMW sports car DNA. This shines through in a recent announcement we got regarding the BMW i3 and its drivetrain layout, one that has a special resonance with petrolheads. The announcement included confirmation that the i3 will...
We've seen it in spyshots, we've been told by the Bavarians that they are preparing an April Fools' Day prank but you can't help but be interested in a BMW M3 pickup can you now? Based on the BMW M3 we all know and love, the pickup does have quite a few points of appeal that you don't get with...
Somebody in China must be two things at the same time, one would be in the market for a special edition BMW M3 and the other would be not fast enough in getting his name down for one. This must be why the Bavarians are making another special edition of the BMW M3 which is only to be available in...
I am a fan of BMW, I'm not going to shy from that but even a supporter of the Bavarians such as me don't really approve of their GT models. By that I don't refer to actual Grand Tourers like the BMW 6 Series but to stuff like this, the BMW 3 Series GT we've just seen as a spyshot....
Just over a week ago, the BMW M3 pickup was spotted round the Nurburgring and it got me so excited I started digging up stuff about a BMW M5 pickup. Sadly though, my enthusiasm (and that of millions of Australians) has been cut short by BMW who clarified the situation of an eventual M3 pickup. The crushing news came BMW's...
Apart from being a great mixture between fun, pedigree and tradition, the BMW 1 Series M Coupe does have a serious side in its safety rating. I don't think that particular side will make much of a difference given its latest assignment where the smallest M Car out there gets a job as the MotoGP Safety Car. In order to...
