Autocar has driven the BMW i8 prototype, and the preliminary impressions are positive. Read their review and you’ll see phrases like “fantastically addictive”, “utterly intriguing”, and “unreservedly fun”. Though Autocar heaps a load of praise on the i8, they stop short of saying it will be a track-day hero, but an exciting new car, nevertheless. Just […] More »
BMW Group Pre-Tax Profit at € 2.03 billion for Q2; Six-Month Pre-Tax Profit at € 4.03 billion You’re likely aware the European economy stinks as bad as moldy Swiss cheese. Germany saw an 8 percent decline in new vehicle registrations, and it’s a similar story for France and Italy, especially in the luxury segment. Despite trouble in […] More »
Meet Daniel Falkenberg — you could call him a BMW 3 Series enthusiast, but that would be selling him short. This man owns almost every type of 3 ever produced; 10 cars total, and all happily stored in his German backyard barn. At around 10 years old Falkenberg was already effusing excitement at the prospect […] More »
We’ve got a winner to announce for the Bilstein “Just Add …” Sweepstakes, and it is the BMW 335i you see above. The actual sweepstakes winner is announced October 11, but entrants just voted the BMW 335i to be the car they could be winning. The 3 Series beat out two very popular vehicles from which participants […] More »
As we claw our way out of the Great Recession, we see car sales across the industry rising like the mercury on an August morning. BMW is one of many brands enjoying U.S. sales success; 24,043 cars were delivered in July 2013 — 12.89 percent more than July of 2012. Key players in last month’s […] More »
On this edition of Monday is for M, we take you to a dyno tuning session at European Auto Source in Anaheim, California. This 2013 BMW M5 was just turned up to 11 with an Eisenmann exhaust system and a Switzer Performance tune. See our gallery at the bottom for the dynamometer results. And how about an […] More »
Production of the third-generation (F15) X5 is underway at BMW’s Spartanburg, South Carolina plant. This new era at BMW begins only 34 days after the final second-generation E70 X5 rolled off the U.S. production line on June 28. We can only speculate on BMW’s environmental intentions when we see that the last E70 X5 produced […] More »