BMW has been criticized for being late to the EV party as far as developing a dedicated electric car architecture. That won’t happen until 2025 when the second-generation iX3 will go into production on the…
BMW introduced the Vision Neue Klasse sedan last September at the IAA Mobility show in Munich. This week, it took the wraps off its SUV counterpart, aptly named the Vision Neue Klasse X. Based on…
Today might be all about the Vision Neue Klasse X previewing next year’s iX3 but we already know the crossover will be followed in 2026 by an i3 sedan. We spoke with Frank Weber, board…
While many automakers are rushing to set cutoff dates for cars with combustion engines, BMW is sticking with its “Power of Choice” slogan. Head of development Frank Weber told us the Munich automaker has no…
BMW is playing its part to save the manuals by finally installing a clutch pedal in the Z4 M40i. While rival brands are abandoning do-it-your-self gearboxes, the M division continues to give a shift. You…
In the BMW marketing jargon, a facelift is called a Life Cycle Impulse. LCIs have mostly been about styling revisions sprinkled with engine tweaks, but that has changed in recent years. As cars transition from…
MINI and Rolls-Royce will abandon combustion engines by the end of the decade but BMW is not ready to call it quits. It has not set a cutoff date for the good ol’ ICE because…
Automakers generally prefer to avoid divulging details about what the future has in tow, so BMW is announcing what it won’t do. In an extended interview with Automobilwoche, development boss Frank Weber was asked whether…
MINI and Roll-Royce will entirely switch to electric power around 2030 but BMW has a different strategy in place. Several higher-ups from the German luxury brand have been quite vocal in recent years about why…
In June 2022, BMW ended production of the i3 at the Leipzig factory in Germany where a little over 250,000 hatchbacks were produced in nine years. A direct replacement is not currently available as the…
