BMW is phasing out the manual transmission, starting with the Japanese market and the M3 MT, which will have a very limited production run. The BMW M3 MT Final Edition, which was created to celebrate the 35th anniversary of BMW's first DTM victory, will be limited to 150 units and...
BMW will produce gasoline and electric versions of the M3 simultaneously, as reported by the BMW Blog, which notes that reduced regulatory pressure has allowed the German automaker to keep the internal combustion engine in the lineup. Yes, BMW Blog claims that the electric car and the ICE M3 will...
The automotive publication HotCars analyzed all Audi and BMW crossovers, both used and new, to determine the models of specific years with the best reliability scores. Reliability ratings were obtained from analytics company JD Power, and repair and maintenance costs were obtained from CarEdge and RepairPal. Additional information obtained from...
The new generation of the BMW 5 Series/i5 station wagon has officially rolled off the assembly line at the Dingolfing plant in Bavaria, Germany. The new car will be launched on the European market in May 2024, and will appear in other markets in June. This model is available with...
BMW has no plans to put the Z4 Coupe concept into production. Following its debut at last year’s Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este, rumors swirled that BMW was planning to release the car in limited quantities. A new report says the automaker considered the idea but abandoned it. BMWBlog reports that...
The BMW Group announced in a press release that the new BMW X2 has been launched in China with a suggested retail price of $44,000 to $58,000. The new X2 has a drag coefficient of just 0.27Cd. The M35i also features a different grille design and quad exhaust tips. Overall...
The world ranking of the best-selling luxury cars in 2023 was led by the BMW 5 Series for the third year in a row with sales of 263,993 cars, which is -13.6% less than the year before. The ranking was compiled by Focus2Move based on sales data in 160 countries....
The next-generation BMW M5 will be both very powerful and very heavy, reports Carscoops. However, it will not have such a powerful power plant to surpass the Mercedes-AMG GT 63 SE Performance. According to the latest data, the new BMW M5 will receive the same basic hybrid powertrain as the...
The BMW M1 is a legendary sports car that was produced in a limited edition of 399 cars between 1978 and 1981. RM Sotheby’s plans to sell such a car at auction on March 1. According to the listing, this is one of three M1s finished in Polaris Silver Metallic....
A misconfigured cloud storage server owned by automotive giant BMW exposed the company’s sensitive information, including private keys and internal data, TechCrunch reports. Gian Yoleri, a security researcher at SOCRadar, told TechCrunch that he discovered an open BMW cloud storage server during a regular Internet scan. Yoleri said that an...
The BMW Group recently joined forces with Anglo Platinum and Sasol to launch a trial fleet of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles in South Africa. The hydrogen-powered vehicle is based on the popular X5 SUV and is called the iX5 Hydrogen. It has not officially gone on sale yet. “The iX5...
BMW is preparing the next generation M5. BMW design chief Domagoj Dukec confirmed to The Car Guide that the automaker will offer the new M5 Touring wagon in the United States. It will arrive in 2025 and will join the new M5 sedan. motor1 reached out to BMW North America...
In an interview with Italian magazine Quattroruote, BMW board member Frank Weber confirmed that the future of manual transmissions looks bleak. There are interesting products, but let’s be honest, sales are getting smaller and smaller. And therefore it no longer makes sense to develop them. If you want a manual...
The rating of the most reliable BMW engines was compiled by HotCars based on user reviews and breakdown statistics. Several models made the list of leaders, starting with the diesel inline-six BMW M57, produced from 1998 to 2013. This engine, with a volume of 2.5 and 3.0 liters, was installed...
The American agency JD Power published the 35th annual vehicle reliability rating Vehicle Dependability Study. This year – and there are no surprises here – Toyota won. Together with its sister brand Lexus, the company has nine of the most reliable models in their categories. These include: Toyota Corolla, Camry,...
European tuning studio Venuum, which creates exclusive tuning kits, has demonstrated its latest development: a tuning package for the BMW XM. And it does give the SUV personality, just in an over-the-top way. The package is called Rhino and includes a new front end with a unique bumper, a distinctive...