BMW News

Produced for just one model year, BMW’s 1-Series M Coupe will surely be one of the most sought after models by collectors in years to come so if you have one in good nick it may be a good idea to look after it well. Models with such short life spans traditionally become favorites among...

The BMW X1 has already been taking to dirt roads and city centers in many other parts of the world for a while now, but we Americans are going to get our first taste of BMW's smallest crossover at the 2012 New York Auto Show this week. Coming in the fall of 2012 as a 2013 model, the new X1 gets...

Over the weekend BMW released the first details and images for its i8 Concept Spyder, the first convertible version of the string of previously revealed i8 coupes and a somewhat more production-looking version too. BMW has already confirmed that its i8 supercar, an advanced plug-in hybrid that...

The 2012 New York auto show is underway and one of the stars is the BMW i8 Concept Spyder. It's the topless version of the BMW i8 we've come to know and spy, and it has the same contradictory superposition of sports car performance over hybrid/electric gas mileage. Rated at 354 combined horsepower...

BMW will enter the 2012 One Lap Of America event in a new M5, driven by BMW Performance Center instructors.

Late last year BMW and Toyota signed a memorandum of understanding concerning a mid-to-long-term collaboration on next-generation environment-friendly technologies, which covered everything from the joint development of electric car technologies to the sharing of engines. Today, the two automakers...

BMW has issued a worldwide recall affecting more than 1.3 million 5-Series and 6-Series models, including approximately 367,000 examples located in the U.S. The recall only affects the previous generation 5-series and 6-Series models, built between 2003 and 2010. In the U.S. the recall affects 2004...

After a brief hiatus, the BMW M5 Ring Taxi is back and once again tearing up the Nurburgring-Nordschleife now that the warmer months are upon us. While ‘Ring Queen’ Sabine Schmitz is no longer driving the cars, the instructors from the BMW Driving Experience program filling in her shoes...

BMW’s long-awaited X1 compact crossover will make its U.S. debut at next month’s 2012 New York Auto Show, the German automaker has confirmed this week. And it won’t just be any old X1 but rather a facelifted version, which we’ve already seen testing in prototype form for the...

BMW will be supplying a fleet of some 4,000 vehicles, primarily 3-Series and 5-Series sedans, to provide VIP transportation and logistical support for the upcoming London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. While critics pan the move for its impact on traffic and air quality, BMW is quick to point...

As part of its 2013 mid-cycle update for the 7-Series luxury sedan, BMW is planning to overhaul the engine range, improving power outputs on most models while at the same time reducing emissions. We’ve already seen prototypes testing in Europe and in the U.S. for the past year, and now...

The M5 Ring Taxi is back--or nearly, at any rate. It was replaced last year with an M3, as the M5 spent a year out of production during the transition to the new F10 chassis 5-Series. Photos from our spy photographers during testing at the Nurburgring show just how close the return really is...

The 2012 ALMS season is already heating up, with the first race of the year--the legendary 12 Hours of Sebring--coming this weekend. Corvette Racing has built a new, wider C6.R for the new year, and among those taking it on will be the BMW Team RLL BMW M3 GT. As the 40th anniversary of BMW's M...

British motor journalist Chris Harris gives his take on the new BMW M550d xDrive, forbidden fruit to those of us on this side of the Atlantic.

While much of the rest of the BMW lineup is downsizing to turbocharged four-cylinders, the M6 is downsizing to a twin-turbo 4.4-liter V-8. Yes, the V10 is gone, but the new model's power figures are right where they need to be, and, perhaps more importantly, so is the look. We've already seen the...

Here's one more thing for us Americans to complain about: Europe is getting a TwinPower Turbo diesel version of BMW's 6-Series, complete with all-wheel-drive, and we're not.

With both the i3 and i8 still a year away from production, BMW is doing what it can to keep the cars fresh in the eyes of prospective buyers.

BMW is expanding its hallowed M Division by launching a series of new performance-oriented vehicles fitted with exclusive M-tuned engines, handling packs, and stylish bodykits. Called the M Performance range, the new models aren’t set to debut officially until March’s Geneva Motor Show...

With 555 horsepower and all-wheel-drive, the BMW X5M offers capabilities that the storied M3 simply can't match.

BMW is revolutionizing the way it builds its cars in an effort to converge with increasing environmental consciousness as well as ever-tightening emissions regulations coming into action across the globe. We’ve already started to see this with its range of fuel-saving EfficientDynamics...