Adrian Padeanu

Adrian Padeanu is a news editor at BMWBLOG. He started his career in journalism in 2012 at WorldCarFans / Motor1, bringing years of automotive experience to the BMW news world.
New BMW M135 Drag Races Three Hot Hatches

New BMW M135 Drag Races Three Hot Hatches

Hot hatches may be a dying breed, but there’s still variety in the compact segment for do-it-all cars. The Volkswagen Golf R and Audi S3 Sportback both got a facelift this year. The BMW M135…

BMW X3 M50 Performs Top Speed Run On The Autobahn

BMW X3 M50 Performs Top Speed Run On The Autobahn

The X3 M50 has some big shoes to fill, considering BMW won’t be doing another true M version. Come to think of it, that’s technically not true since there will be a fully electric iX3…

BMW Made 100,000 EVs In Regensburg This Year

BMW Made 100,000 EVs In Regensburg This Year

2024 isn’t quite over yet, but BMW is already celebrating an achievement. This iX1, finished in Blue Bay Lagoon, marks the 100,000th electric vehicle assembled this year at the Regensburg plant. It’s heading to a…

2025 Rolls-Royce Cullinan Shows Its Facelift In Sunny Ibiza

BMW XM Tuned By Manhart To 900 Horsepower Goes For Gold

BMW XM Tuned By Manhart To 900 Horsepower Goes For Gold

Ah, yes. It’s just what the XM needed: more power. Despite already being BMW’s most potent production vehicle, the electrified SUV now packs an even greater punch. Manhart worked on the XM Label by tweaking…

BMW Fills Diesel Cars With Fuel Made From Cooking Oil

BMW Fills Diesel Cars With Fuel Made From Cooking Oil

There’s more than one way to peel an orange when it comes to reducing CO2 emissions. Even if, hypothetically speaking, sales of new cars with combustion engines are banned starting tomorrow, we’re still faced with…

BMW Skytop Displayed At Five-Star Hotel In Poland

BMW Skytop Displayed At Five-Star Hotel In Poland

Gone are the days when car manufacturers showcased their new models only in showrooms and malls. In 2024, if you’re lucky enough, you might run into one at a five-star hotel. Such is the case…

This BMW M4 By G-Power Is Impossible To Ignore

This BMW M4 By G-Power Is Impossible To Ignore

Leave it to tuners to take an already polarizing car and make it look more striking. G-Power did just that by turning a BMW M4 into an orange madness. Heavily modified, this G82 has more…

The 1988 BMW Supercar That Never Happened

The 1988 BMW Supercar That Never Happened

There will always be secrets the BMW enthusiast will never know. For an automaker with such an illustrious history, we can only imagine how many cars were left on the proverbial cutting room floor. In…