[nggallery id=1013 template=customlinks] The BMW i8 Spyder – the open-top version of BMW’s i8 eco supercar – was revealed in 2012 as a concept and now looks, finally, to be going in to production. Update: BMW has now revealed a new i8 Concept (presumably one that’s more or less production-ready) will be revealed at the Consumer […]
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2016 Alpina B5 Biturbo revealed – perhaps the BEST a 5-Series BMW can be
The 2016 Alpina B5 Biturbo – Alpina’s take on the BMW 5-Series – has been revealed and gets 591bhp and 591lb ft of torque. Does 0-62mph in 4.2 seconds. There’s something really appealing about Alpina’s take on BMW – even the diesel offerings – but one of the best is the B5 Biturbo, Alpina’s re-worked BMW […]
BMW M2 production gets underway in Leipzig
[nggallery id=2199 template=customlinks] Production of the BMW M2 – the effective replacement for the 1-Series M Coupe – has started in Leipzig ahead of an April 2016 arrival in BMW showrooms. It’s only a week since the new BMW M2 was officially revealed, but BMW are wasting no time putting it in to production, with the first […]
2016 BMW M2 OFFICIAL: Gets 365bhp and costs £44,070
[nggallery id=2199 template=customlinks] The new BMW M2 has been officially revealed – to take on the latest Mercedes-AMG A45 – with 365bhp and 0-62mph in 4.3 seconds. On sale UK April 2016. We’ve waited a while for BMW to produce a successor to the 1-Series M Coupe, but now it’s here – the 2016 BMW […]
New BMW M4 GTS arrives – gets 493bhp and costs £121,770
[nggallery id=2196 template=customlinks] The production version of the new BMW M4 GTS has been revealed with a £121,770 price tag, extreme bodykit and a 493bhp straight six. Just 30 for the UK. Following a debut as a concept at Pebble Beach earlier this year, the new BMW M4 GTS has arrived as a production model […]
BMW X4 M40i OFFICIALLY revealed – gets 335bhp and does 0-62mph in 4.9 seconds
[nggallery id=2193 template=customlinks] The BMW X4 M40i – a sportier X4 fettled by BMW’s M Division – has been revealed with a 335bhp 3.0 litre turbo. Does 62mph in 4.9 seconds. The BMW X4 may not be the best looking sporty Coupe SUV with its ‘X6 on a boil wash’ looks, but it is a […]
BMW DID NOT use defeat device to scam X3 emissions
A report yesterday claiming that BMW were in the frame over the defeat device scandal engulfing VW after a BMW X3 was found emitting 11 times the expected levels of NOx, has been retracted. Yesterday, in passing, we noted a report from Auto Bild that claimed BMW were embroiled in the VW defeat device scandal, with […]
VW suspect emissions revealed 18 MONTHS ago – BMW was ‘Clean’ in the same tests
The big gap between emissions on VW’s diesel cars in official test and in the real world was first revealed 18 months ago by West Virginia University researchers. The Volkswagen defeat device emissions scandal has been hitting all the car news headlines in the last week, ever since the EPA revealed that VW was using software […]
BMW 225xe plug-in hybrid gets 4WD and 221bhp
The BMW 225xe is BMW’s plug-in hybrid version of the new 2-Series, with an electric motor at the back and a 1.5 litre ICE engine at the front. Debuts at Frankfurt 2015. BMW’s drive to introduce plug-in hybrids to cut their average emissions and deliver cars the tax man struggles to penalise continues with this, […]
BMW 330e Plug-in Hybrid gets 248bhp and (OFFICIALLY) does 140mpg
[nggallery id=2165 template=customlinks] The BMW 330e plug-in hybrid has been revealed as a 248bhp 3-Series which can get to 62mph in 6.1 seconds and averages around 140mpg. Debuts at Frankfurt. It won’t be too long before governments realise that car makers are now fully able to game their car taxation based on CO2 by making […]