BMW Details The i3’s Biggest Change From Concept To Production
The 2023 Vision Neue Klasse was a preview for the 2027 i3, and BMW's design boss is confident the production car looks better.
The 2023 Vision Neue Klasse was a preview for the 2027 i3, and BMW's design boss is confident the production car looks better.
Munich's flagship is about to get a mid-cycle facelift and it might look like this unofficial rendering.
Design boss Adrian van Hooydonk told us the reasoning behind the development of the new pillar-to-pillar Panoramic Vision.
ALPINA's signature elliptical four-pipe exhaust tips will continue for the upcoming models developed by BMW.
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But for now, BMW doesn't see enough demand for an electric car with a combustion engine working as a generator to charge the battery.
The new design language will spread rapidly across the lineup, but BMW pledges to avoid the Matryoshka doll approach.
BMW experimented with the iX3's tall kidneys before ultimately deciding to go with a horizontal grille that blends with the headlights.
The sedan market is shrinking overall due to the meteoric rise of crossovers and SUVs, but BMW's market share within the sedan segment is rising.
The BMW Group Plant Hams Hall will build V12 engines into the next decade as Rolls-Royce abandons its target of going fully electric by 2030.
The company's product chief explains most automakers have a regional focus whereas BMW has a global strategy by offering everything a customer could ever want.
The luxury brand believes there's not enough demand in North America to warrant selling LWB models.