The BMW 3.0 CSL returns from the 1970s as a limited-run BMW M4 with enormous modifications and is expected to have a huge price tag. It’s only six months since BMW revealed the M4 CSL, reviving a badge only ever used on the 1972 3.0 CSL and 2004 M3 CSL as it added power and […]
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This is the NEW BMW M2 – 454bhp of BMW M Power for £61,495
The new BMW M2 arrives sporting a healthy 454bhp, aggressive looks, new tech and prices starting at £61,495. It’s almost exactly seven years to the day that the first BMW M2 arrived as BMW reached lower in to its model range to deliver an M car, sporting butch looks and 365bhp for £44k. It was […]
BMW Z4 Roadster gets TINY updates and reduced model range
The BMW Z4 Roadster gets updated for 2022, with small cosmetic changes, small changes to the spec and a reduced model range. When car makers update or facelift a car, they usually fiddle with the bumpers and lights, add a host of new toys, throw in some new alloys and lights and add extra engine […]
BMW XM – BMW’s first M Hybrid – OFFICIALLY revealed with mad looks and mad prices
The BMW XM, BMW’s first Hybrid M car, officially arrives with 644bhp PHEV power, divisive looks and prices starting at £144,980. The arrival of the BMW XM as BMW’s first hybrid M Car is hardly a secret, with the Concept XM arriving at the back end of last year, and BMW’s ‘official’ spy shots of […]
BMW Plug&Charge for electric cars is EASIER (but slower) than filling up with petrol
BMW is to launch ‘Plug&Charge’ in mid-2023, allowing drivers of BMW’s electric vehicles to charge their cars seamlessly. There’s a lot to like about electric cars – which as we’ve got no choice but to embrace them is a good thing – but one irksome issue is the charging experience. We won’t bang on again […]
BMW follows Tesla with Round Batteries for Neue Klass EVs giving extra 30% range
BMW will use cylindrical batteries for its Neue Klasse EVs from 2025, promising a 30 per cent greater range and 50 per cent lower costs. We may all be waiting for Solid State batteries to arrive and transform the EV market, with the promise of lower costs, increased range and higher energy density. But as […]
BMW turns an electric BMW i4 M50 in to a four-motor electric BMW M test car.
BMW is planning the electric future of cars like the M3 and M4 with a BMW M test car based on the electric i4 M50 with four electric motors. What happens to performance cars like BMW’s M cars when even a family EV hatchback is boasting the sort of performance that was the realm of […]
BMW planning a HYDROGEN SUV for 2025 – with a little help from Toyota
BMW is about to build a small run of electric iX5s powered by hydrogen, but has plans for a proper hydrogen offering by 2025. It’s clear that BEVs are winning the EV race at the moment, mainly because we all have the ability to ‘fuel’ them relatively easily by plugging in, either at home or […]
The BMW 1602 Electric Drive – BMW’s first ELECTRIC car – is 50 years old this month
The BMW 1602 Electric Drive, BMW’s first electric car, debuted 50 years ago this month at the Munich Olympics in 1972. What’s the first electric car from BMW? Most of us suppose it’s the electric BMW i3, which has just gone out of production after nearly a decade on sale, but it’s not. In fact, […]
New BMW M3 Touring FINALLY arrives as BMW gives the M3 a load-lugging shed
The BMW M3 Touring finally arrives, ahead of its Goodwood Festival of Speed public debut, sporting 503bhp, AWD and an £80,550 price tag. It’s 35 years since the first BMW 3 Series Touring arrived, and much the same since we saw the first M3, and now, finally, BMW has put the two together and delivered […]