This new generation of BMW X5 is easily the biggest design departure from the family lineage, as it borrows...
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BMW’s New M Performance Track Kit Makes a Standard BMW M2 Faster Than the M2 CS on Track
Nico DeMattia, , BMW News, CommunityThe fastest, most track-ready version of the BMW M2 that you could buy used to be the M2 CS....
Ever since I’ve owned it, the 2003 E39 530i sport that I’ve been daily-driving for a decade has had...
I live about five and half hours from Weathertech Raceway at Laguna Seca. When IMSA lands on the Laguna...
In mid and late June, the Tire Rack BMW CCA Club Racing series visited two tracks in different parts...
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This Extremely Rare 1967 BMW 1600 GT Was Built for Coachbuilder Pietro Frua
Nico DeMattia, , CommunityOne of the prettiest Bimmers of all time wasn’t even originally a BMW. In the early 1960s, the German...
BMW Tests the M3 Touring Roofbox By Mounting It to a Race Car
Nico DeMattia, , Community, MotorsportYou may have noticed a few days ago that BMW M slapped a roof box on an M3 Touring...
BMW M Boss ‘Would Love to’ Build a New M1 Supercar. Will It Ever Actually Happen?
Nico DeMattia, , BMW News, CommunityIt wouldn’t be a proper BMW M media event until the idea of a new M1 supercar comes up in...
I’ve nearly made a career writing about what I call “The Big Seven”—the primary reasons other than a flat...
What is it, exactly, that makes you identify most strongly with your car? What makes you love it most...
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Updates to BMW’s Leipzig Plant Could Signal i1 Production in the Near Future
Nico DeMattia, , BMW News, CommunityBMW’s Leipzig, Germany plant has been online since 2005, when it started by building the E90 3 Series. Now,...
While “Z” badged roadsters feel normal nowadays (even if production is ending) there wasn’t such a thing in the...
One of the issues with storing five cars 70 miles away in a warehouse in Monson, MA is that...
Tech Talk | Cranking Questions, Front End Conundrum, and 7 Series Trans Issues
Nick Owen, , CommunityWelcome to Tech Talk, where our resident BMW tech Nick Owen answers all your pressing BMW technical questions, frustrations,...
BMW M Boss Says Next-Gen M3 Powertains ‘Go to the Extremes’ With Either Ice or EV, No Hybrid
Nico DeMattia, , BMW News, CommunityThe next-generation of BMW M3 is going to be an unusual one, because, for the first time ever, BMW...
The Electric BMW M3 Won’t Be Called ‘iM3’ Because BMW Likes to Be Confusing
Nico DeMattia, , BMW News, CommunityBMW has been setting up its electric branding for more than a decade. Everything electric that comes from a...
The Bovensiepen 05 GT Is the Ultimate M5 Touring From the Former Alpina Owners
Nico DeMattia, , CommunityI’ve been fortunate enough to meet the former Alpina owner and CEO Andreas Bovensiepen, hang around a track with...
Tom Tang’s 2002 BMW M3 is steadily rolling through tech inspection for the Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hillclimb presented...
I probably told this story a decade ago when it happened, but I can’t find any evidence of it...
Boy, does BMW have a treat for you nerds (I’m right there with ya). Like most brands, BMW has...
Someone Got an Absolute Super Sedan Steal: 2018 Alpina B7 for Less Than a New X1
Nico DeMattia, , CommunityShockingly, 2018 isn’t as recent as I thought it was. It’s frightening how quickly the late 2010s are becoming...
Welcome to Tech Talk, where our resident BMW tech Nick Owen answers all your pressing BMW technical questions, frustrations,...
As BMW heads into its Neue Klasse era (for the second time), most of its cars are adopting the...
How BMW M Created the Acceleration Soundtrack for the Electric M3
Nico DeMattia, , BMW News, CommunityCreating the artificial acceleration soundtrack for electric performance cars is not a job that I envy. It’s almost an...
BMW Dealers Say the New X5 Drops the Split Tailgate and the X7 Looks Like a Wagon
Nico DeMattia, , BMW News, CommunityBMW recently brought a bunch of dealers to Nashville, Tennessee, for its North American retailers meeting, where the Bavarians...
About six weeks ago, I took my sister to a doctor’s appointment at Boston’s Beth Israel hospital to check...
Interview | BMW NA’s VP of Product Management on the Future of Manuals, Wagons, and More
Travis Okulski, , BMW News, Community, FeaturedProduct planning is one of the most fascinating roles within a car company. These groups are responsible for the...
Geoff Ehrman in a Porsche 996 and Job Nieman in an E36 M3 dominated the four sprints run in...































