autoblog — Filed under: Sedan, China, BMW, Luxury In China, it's common for managers in various levels of the corporate hierarchy to have personal drivers, hence the proliferation of long-wheelbase sedan variants that we don't see in North America. Audi sells the A4L and A6L there, and now BMW is following up the...
worldcarfans — In the run up to Super Bowl XLVI this Sunday, where car makers are the most prominent advertisers, BMW and Porsche have released two commercials that feature their motorsports heritage and high performance machines.
worldcarfans — BMW USA has released six humorous commercials, one of which will appear in the New York tri-state area during Super Bowl XLVI.
autoblog — Filed under: Sedan, Performance, Marketing/Advertising, BMW, Luxury In crafting its Super Bowl strategy, BMW cribbed a page from the Suzuki playbook. (Have we ever been able to say that before?) The Bavarian brand will be airing two regional commercials on Sunday, one in New York and the other in the Los...
autoblog — Filed under: Hybrid, Sedan, Technology, BMW, First Drives, LuxuryBMW Finally Builds A Serious Full Hybrid After having us over to drive its raging new M5 last September, BMW is now aiming to show just how efficient their F10 5 Series can be with the occasionally silent and rage-free ActiveHybrid 5....
worldcarfans — BMW USA has released six humorous commercials, one of which will appear in the New York tri-state area during Super Bowl XLVI.
autoblog — Filed under: Motorsports, Coupe, BMW, Racing With six cars joining the grid this year in the DTM series, BMW is sure to present wildly different liveries - largely determined by the sponsors brought on board - for each one. And this is the first. Based on a sponsorship deal with BP, this...
autoblog — Filed under: Wagon, Paris Motor Show, BMW, Rumormill We know what you're thinking: Another day, another BMW bodystyle. Except this one's different. The Bavarian automaker, much like its fellow German marques Audi and Mercedes-Benz, has exploded its product offerings with spinoffs of its established models. So the two-door 6 Series has bred...
autoblog — Filed under: Spy Photos, Hybrid, Europe, Hatchback, BMW, Electric Spy photographers have picked up yet another batch of photos of the BMW i3. This time, the pint-sized Bimmer was spotted during some winter testing in Norway. When we last saw the awkward-looking hatchback, it was whirring about under the power of...
autoblog — Filed under: Sedan, Performance, Technology, BMW, Diesel, Luxury Saying automotive journalists like diesel sedans is like arguing the color pink is going to do well with the 5-year-old-girl demographic this quarter. You're not going to find too many dissenting voices. So, it should be no surprise that we love ourselves some...
worldcarfans — We have caught the next generation BMW 3-Series Gran Turismo testing on a number of occasions but it appears we will have to wait a little while longer before full details are released.
autoblog — Filed under: Aftermarket, Classics, Convertible, Performance, Etc., Europe, BMW, Design/Style, Luxury The 2001-2003 Z8 is one of the more graceful designs to slip from the BMW design studios in recent memory. With the droptop's classic roadster lines and plenty of performance on tap, the Z8 may not have sold like gangbusters...
worldcarfans — If you are one of the 5,703 owners of the BMW Z8, Senner Tuning has released a tuning package to upgrade your ride.
autoblog — Filed under: Hatchback, BMW, Rumormill, Luxury In spite of the near-Pavlovian howling that commences anytime the BMW 5 Series Gran Turismo is mentioned, and in spite of the 5GT falling so short of its sales target that BMW has been forced to consider bringing back the 5 Series Touring, the ungainly...
autoblog — Filed under: Performance, Videos, Crossover, BMW, Design/Style, Luxury BMW has released two promo videos of its revised-for-2013 X6 M. From the looks of things, Team Bavaria has opted for a very subtle facelift that includes new headlights and a lightly tweaked grille. Otherwise, the mighty performance utility looks much as it...
worldcarfans — The M6 to accelerate from 0-62mph (0-100kph) in 4.2 seconds. Assuming we are talking about the coupe, this is 0.2 seconds quicker than its predecessor and suggests the convertible will achieve a time of around 4.5 seconds.
autoblog — Filed under: Minivan/Van, BMW, Electric, Luxury Imagine you're an auto exec launching a new line of cars. One's a sportscar, the other a city car - pretty much opposite extremes on the spectrum of automotive bodystyles. Do you give them alphanumeric nameplates close to one another? Of course not. You assign...
autoblog — Filed under: Sedan, Performance, Wagon, Crossover, BMW, Diesel, Luxury If you'd like to see more of BMW newly unveiled range of M Diesels, here's your chance. To recap, BMW revealed four tri-turboed, diesel-engined, all-wheel-drive M cars for European buyers yesterday: the M550d xDrive (a.k.a. 5 Series) sedan and touring, the X5...
worldcarfans — Following this morning's unveiling of the X6 facelift, BMW has quietly released the first pictures of the facelifted X6 M.
autoblog — Filed under: Etc., Crossover, BMW, Land Rover, Luxury The turn of the year didn't merely lead us into the Year of the Dragon, but also the year of the Land Rover Range Rover Evoque. Solihull's small softroader won a boodle of awards: Autoweek's Best of the Best, Top Gear magazine's and...
autoblog — Filed under: Safety, Technology, BMW Last May we went for a high-speed run around Laguna Seca in BMW's Track Trainer, a modified 3 Series that can click of two-minute laps without the driver touching the controls. Now, BMW has packed a 5 Series with the next iteration of the technology and...
worldcarfans — BMW has released the first images and details for the new facelifted X6 Sports Activity Coupe. Changes are minimal but the highlight is the introduction of the new M-Performance package.
worldcarfans — BMW has released full details for their much anticipated BMW M Performance range which includes four models: M550d xDrive sedan and touring wagon, X5 and X6 M50d.
autoblog — Filed under: Sedan, Performance, Wagon, Geneva Motor Show, Europe, Crossover, BMW, Diesel Rumors of BMW M launching a diesel model have been circulating for over a year, and confirmation has finally arrived in the form of not one, not two, but four M-fettled oil-burners, each sporting all-wheel drive and the oft-rumored...
autoblog — Filed under: Performance, Crossover, BMW, Luxury BMW, which still insists on using the term Sports Activity Coupe to describe its least practical 'ute, has updated its X6 for the 2013 model year. And with good reason - BMW says it has sold over 20,000 X6 crossovers in the States since its...