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 is the FASTEST Estate car around the Nurburgring
The new BMW M3 Touring, due to be revealed at Goodwood this month, has set the fastest lap time for an estate car at the Nurburgring of 7:35.06. The BMW M3 Touring – BMW’s 3-Series Estate with the underpinnings of the M3 – has been ‘on the way‘ for a rather long time. But it […]
BMW iX Electric SUV with 700-mile range thanks to ONE’s Dual-Chemistry battery tech
BMW has teamed up with Our Next Energy (ONE) to fit their Gemini dual-Chemistry battery in the BMW iX, promising a 700-mile range. With electric cars, we’ve probably now moved from range anxiety to charging anxiety as most EVs now have sufficient range for almost everyone’s reasonable needs, but the less than reliable public charging […]
BMW XM ‘Super SUV’ – BMW’s first standalone ‘M’ car in a generation – SPIED on video
Ahead of a debut expected later this year, BMW’s first dedicated ‘M’ car in a generation, the BMW XM, is spied on video. Back in November, BMW revealed a concept of the first dedicated ‘M’ car since the original M1 arrived a generation ago – the BMW XM – which, you might have expected, would […]
BMW M3 Touring RETURNS in new M3 Touring development video
BMW releases a development video for the first-ever BMW M3 Touring, ahead of a debut later this year alongside a facelift for the current 3 Series. We’ve known for a couple of years that BMW is finally going to build an M3 Touring, and that we should expect it to arrive in 2022. Well, 2022 […]
Electric Classic Cars turns a wrecked 1972 BMW 3.0 CSi in to an ELECTRIC BMW 3.0 CSL
Electric Classic Cars add to its impressive list of Classic EV conversions with a wrecked BMW 3.0 CSi turned in to an electric BMW 3.0 CSL. It seems inevitable that more and more classic car specialists are turning to electric power to keep classics on the road, and give them the ability to be daily […]
Next-generation BMW M5 Plug-in HYBRID spied on video
The next generation, plug-in hybrid BMW M5 is caught on video testing on country roads as BMW prepare their first M5 PHEV. The BMW M5 is, despite a proliferation of SUVs, the ‘Halo’ of the BMW range; a supercar in saloon guise with both practicality and performance, using, at various times, straight-six, V8 and even […]
New Electric BMW i4 – it’s about the handling, not just the acceleration, say BMW
The new electric BMW i4 won’t just be about straight-line acceleration, say BMW, but about perfect handling and comfort too. It’s getting on for a year since the BMW Concept i4 arrived to preview a production model, and with that production model – the BMW i4 Gran Coupe – heading for a reveal, BMW want […]
BMW M5 CS TEASED on video as the most powerful M5’s debut nears
The BMW M5 CS, BMW’s latest ‘CS’ model and the most powerful M5, us teased on video ahead of a debut in January 2021. The new BMW M5 Competition was revealed back in the summer as the only BMW M5 you could buy in the UK (the regular M5 isn’t available here), completing the facelift […]
BMW iNext / iX / iX5 SPIED testing ahead of next week’s reveal
The BMW iNext – or BMW iX or BMW iX5 – caught testing on video ahead of the debut next week of BMW’s next electric vehicle. BMW, just like other car makers, is finally taking electrification seriously – despite seemingly squandering an early lead with the i3 and i8 – and is busy delivering new […]