With the first BMW 1 Series M Coupe cars arriving in the UK this month, BMW UK has put together a promo video for our delight and delectation. Will BMW build a 1 series M car, we all wondered? And if they did, would it be the BMW M1. Surely not, we all concluded. You can’t wreck an iconic brand by […]
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BMW open up shop on eBay – BMW Direct
BMW UK have opened for business on eBay, offering parts and a range of accessories with free post and packaging. Remarkably, BMW are the first car maker to open up shop on eBay in the UK – BMW Direct – and although such a move would have been frowned on just a few years ago it now makes huge […]
BMW X1 US launch delayed – because the new X3 is so good
The launch of the BMW X1 has been delayed again in the US – until late 2012 – because of the success of the BMW X3 It would have been inconceivable just a few years ago that there could ever be a market in the US for a car like the BMW X1. But times have changed […]
BMW M5 with four wheel drive confirmed
It’s been confirmed that our story last month that the 2012 BMW M5 will get a four-wheel-drive option is true. We thought that when we reported the 2012 BMW M5 was going to get a 4WD option that we would hear from every keeper of the BMW M-faith with their plans to protest this sacrilege […]
BMW boss tells the truth about electric cars. And then has to apologise for doing so.
BMW US CEO Jim O’Donnell told the truth on electric cars – that they will be no good for more than 90% of drivers – but has been forced to retract his views. Really, you do have to ask what kind of barking mad world we live in when the boss of a car company […]
BMW US revives ‘The Ultimate Driving Machine’ +video
BMW in the US has resurrected the ‘Ultimate Driving Machine’ logo for an advert extolling the fuel economy of the new 5-Series. As car slogans go, the ‘Ultimate Driving Machine‘ from BMW has probably been one of the most successful slogans in car history. Which made it all the more surprising when they dropped it. […]
2012 BMW M5 to get 4WD? +M5 Concept Video
It’s being reported that the 2012 BMW M5 is going to be offered with a 4WD option. And that it will get ‘only’ 552bhp Now there’s something to cogitate on for BMW M5 fruitcakes. Autocar are reading a comment by BMW’s head of R&D, Albert Biermann, that “…there will be some all-wheel-drive surprises on M cars […]
BMW Brilliance New Energy Vehicle – it’s a plug-in BMW 5-Series Hybrid
BMW and its Chinese partner Brilliance reveal a LWB 5-Series plug-in hybrid for the China market ahead of the Shanghai Motor Show. The Shanghai Motor Show is looming, and we’re starting to see pre-show reveals cropping up. But this is one reveal that has no real impact on anywhere but China, but is interesting nonetheless. […]
BMW M8 would have had McLaren F1 V12
We’ve learned that BMW made the ultimate 8 Series in 1990 with the V12 that ended up in the McLaren F1. But it was never produced. The BMW 8-Series sat at the top of the BMW range throughout the 1990s, a two door BMW Coupe with a V8 or V12 engine. But despite sitting as […]
BMW M5 Concept: Official
After photos of the 2012 BMW M5 leak, BMW reveals official photos of the BMW M5 Concept ahead of a reveal at Shanghai It was a pretty safe bet that after we revealed the 2012 BMW M5 photos yesterday that BMW would react by revealing some official photos and a bit more information. And they […]