Manhart has been fairly speedy to present a virtual preview of a deal for the manufacturer-new BMW M2 (G87) and in accordance to them provides “more fuel to the fire” of the discussion about the styling. “You see here our interpretation of the new little one M-motor vehicle and we […]
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The Drive and Blipshift Celebrate the BMW 850i
Calling all pre-1990s recession oligarchs! Your chariot has arrived. Or at least, its t-shirt has. And snagging one of these will be cheaper than owning an Autobahn cruiser with two ECUs to go with its 12-cylinder engine. Your favorite car website (us, The Drive) has teamed up yet again with […]
BMW Won’t Pledge Zero-Emissions Until ‘Poorer Countries Do Their Job’
Twenty-four countries and a group of car manufacturers including Ford, Volvo and Mercedes signed an agreement last week to stop selling internal combustion-engined cars by 2040 at the COP26 climate change conference. But not BMW—or, to be fair, a couple of other brands including Toyota and Volkswagen—which has been quite […]
1990 BMW 850i: Meet The Drive’s Project RADwood
Show me a thirty-ish-year-old luxury car with period electronics, and I’ll show you a car with parasitic drain. (Editorial Director Patrick George had an ’80s 7 Series with the same problem and it “almost got him divorced.” Cars are fun!) At around 16 minutes after garaging an 850i for the […]
The 2022 BMW iX Will Pull Over If You Pass Out
I have a minor disability. Well, probably several if you count my hearing being shot from standing too close to race cars for too long and whatever’s up with my right knee but this one’s specific: very rarely, an old brain injury gives me a seizure. It’s not very often […]
BMW Is Stress Testing Its Hydrogen Drivetrains With Hand Grenades
For most of us, knowing that we’re traveling in a car with adequate safety standards is good enough to make us feel safe. This is mostly because some automakers have been building cars for over a century now, so they know how to keep the important bits—like a fuel tank—from […]
BMW Will Return to Sports Car Racing in 2023 With Hybrid Prototype for LMDh Class
BMW’s return to the pinnacle of sports car racing is now confirmed, following rumors last month about the brand’s possible development of a hybrid prototype for the new LMDh class. The announcement was made by BMW M boss Markus Flasch, who took to his Instagram account to share a photo […]
Why BMW Won’t Build Its Own Gigafactory
BMW has said it will not be investing in the lithium-ion gigafactory race that many other automakers are, choosing instead to work with partners as battery technology develops. Unlike Volkswagen or GM, which have both announced ambitions for 240 gigawatt-hours of battery production by 2030, or Mercedes and Tesla, which […]
I Bought a Twin-Turbo BMW and All I Got to Drive Was Dad’s Pizza Van
I stood dejected, staring at my garage floor. Or rather, the quarts of oil from my new-to-me 2007 BMW 335i staining it. I gazed into the car’s eager face, like a puppy proud of its first poop, and asked “why now?” On my test drive it was powerful, smooth, and […]
BMW Drove Its 500-HP iX Electric Prototypes to Europe’s Northernmost Point for Battery Testing
BMW also says that it needed to drive to the North Cape of Europe to conclude this test, but as someone who drove a Miata with the top down in March to the same island of Norway, I would argue they did it mostly for the pictures and to have […]
BMW Ditching Formula E After 2021 to Focus on Hybrid, EV Production
This Monday, Formula E lost one of its biggest backers, Audi, which will depart the electric open-wheel series to race the WEC’s new top class of hybrid prototypes and the Dakar Rally on electric power. Wednesday, BMW followed this blow with one of its own, announcing it too will quit […]