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Belgium’s BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDS won this past weekend’s 24 Hours of Spa, the highlight of the Blancpain Endurance Series aimed at private teams. The team’s number 46 BMW Z4 GT3 race car driven by Nick Catsburg, Lucas Luhr and Markus Palttala was the first to cross the...

BMW has confirmed plans to unveil two new concept cars in the lead up to the 2015 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance taking place in mid-August. The German automaker will unveil the concepts on August 13 at its own BMW Villa set up in Monterey, with key executives including BMW brand design...

The new BMW 2-Series is one of the many culprits of the brand’s confusingly revamped naming system, but that doesn’t stop it from being a very fun little luxury sports coupe—particularly in M235i form. Soon, however, the most potent version of the 2-Series should be on the road...

BMW recently unveiled an i8-based research vehicle that it built several years ago when it first started looking at developing a production-ready hydrogen fuel cell stack. A new video from YouTube channel Cars confirms that the vehicle sounds almost as strange as it looks. ALSO SEE: 5,000-HP...

BMW proved with its i3 and i8 that carbon fiber in the form of carbon fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP) could be used effectively in the mass production of vehicles. Now the automaker is implementing the lightweight yet sturdy stuff in its regular models, starting with the 2016 7-Series flagship...

BMW held a presentation at its test center in Miramas, France during the past week where the automaker showed off a number of its upcoming powertrain technologies. The highlight was an i8 technology demonstrator fitted with a hydrogen fuel cell, and alongside it BMW showed a fuel cell-powered...

When BMW first previewed its 2-Series Active Tourer back in 2012 with the Concept Active Tourer, it chose to fit the vehicle with a plug-in hybrid powertrain, suggesting that a gasoline-electric setup would be offered in the production version. Now we’re getting our first look at the plug-in...

In late 2011, BMW signed a memorandum of understanding with Toyota for collaboration on a number of projects, one of which was development of a new sports car platform to spawn a replacement for the Z4 as well as a spiritual successor to the Supra. Another crucial area for collaboration was...

BMW's Predictive Gear Shift is unquestionably trick technology. First appearing on the company's Rolls-Royce Wraith, and later on its BMW 7-Series, the system uses satellite navigation to read the road, automatically downshifting before turns and upshifting upon exit. You know, just like a driver...

Vehicle personalization has never been more popular, especially when it comes to the ultra-luxury marques such as Rolls-Royce and Ferrari where almost every product rolling off the line has been individually customized in some way. But you don’t have to be a one-percenter to have your vehicle...

Google isn't the only tech giant in the autonomous car game any longer as Chinese search engine giant Baidu is hoping to start testing of a self-driving car this year together with BMW. Baidu signed a partnership agreement with the German automaker in 2014 to develop autonomous car technology and...

BMW has developed a new modular platform that in some shape or form will be found in all of the automaker’s vehicles from the next-generation 3-Series up. The new platform, codenamed the 35up, made its debut this week in the all-new 7-Series. The next model to ride on the platform will be the...

BMW hasn’t competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans since 1999, when its V12 LMR secured the first and only overall victory for the German automaker in the prestigious race. Now, BMW might be planning a comeback, though the goal this time isn’t thought to be competing with the likes of...

Yesterday, BMW took the wraps off its all-new 7-Series flagship sedan, which arrives in showrooms this fall, as a 2016 model. For the U.S. market, BMW has confirmed that the new 7-Series will be available initially with 740i and 750i xDrive variants, with a 740e xDrive plug-in hybrid due next year...

BMW’s new 7-Series has finally landed, bringing with it more space than ever, loads of technology and powerful yet frugal engines. The car arrives in U.S. showrooms this fall, as a 2016 model, initially in 740i and 750i xDrive variants and with the long-wheelbase bodystyle only. Pricing will...

Talk of a BMW M2 sports car dates back to 2010 but never really got serious until last year’s launch of the 2-Series coupe and convertible. The most potent 2-Series at present is the 320-horsepower M235i but we’ve already spied an even hotter one that’s destined to go by the name...

BMW’s next-generation 7-Series, the G11, has been shown completely undisguised yet again. The new flagship sedan is set to be revealed on Wednesday, June 10, ahead of an official world debut at September’s 2015 Frankfurt Auto Show, and BMW has already started showing the car privately...

Revived British sports car company Bristol Cars has chosen to equip its new model with a BMW powerplant. The car Bristol first announced late last year and referred to as “Project Pinnacle” is set to launch sometime this year. Bristol only built a handful of cars during the 2000s which...

The current BMW X1 only reached U.S. shores in 2012, but overseas the compact crossover has been on sale since 2009. That’s why BMW is already introducing a new model, which has been revealed in full ahead of a likely debut at September’s 2015 Frankfurt Auto Show. A sales launch has...

BMW is almost ready to unveil its all-new, sixth-generation 7-Series, with the German automaker confirming that the covers will come off on June 10, well ahead of the first public outing at the 2015 Frankfurt Auto Show in September. We’ll see the car in showrooms towards the end of the year...