Our second annual Car of the Year Award is upon us, and this year we have an exciting – if slightly predictable pick. Every year BMWBLOG will consider every BMW Group car released for production during the calender year, forward … Continue reading
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BMW attempts to lure in new customers across the United States with a drive and compare event they call the BMW Ultimate Driving Experience. They trot out representative examples of their model line (with the glaring exception of M product … Continue reading
The new BMW M5 Facelift made its world debut this past weekend at the annual M Festival. The M Division chose to introduce their most iconic model in front of tens of thousands of fans attending the 3-day long event. … Continue reading
BMW M unveiled today the BMW M5 Facelift at the 2013 M Festival. Albert Biermann, Head of Engineering at M, and Thomas Schemera, Marketing Director for BMW M, introduced visual and power upgrades to the popular sporty sedan. Along with … Continue reading
Dynamic ability, comfort, efficiency, aesthetic allure and a profusion of innovations designed to enhance driving pleasure – the BMW 5 Series contains all the signature ingredients of a best-selling model at the premium end of the executive segment. Indeed, consistently rising … Continue reading
This week we’re in Germany test driving the new BMW M6 Gran Coupe while heading towards Nurburgring for the 24 hour race and the now annual M Festival. The biggest M Festival in the world celebrates “The Most Powerful Letter … Continue reading
BMW Pininfarina Gran Lusso Coupe makes its debut at the 2013 Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este At the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este 2013, two tradition-steeped car manufacturers – the BMW Group and Pininfarina – will be straddling the automotive past and … Continue reading
Our second annual Car of the Year Award is upon us, and this year we have an exciting – if slightly predictable pick. Every year BMWBLOG will consider every BMW Group car released for production during the calender year, forward … Continue reading
It’s been some time since we’ve talked winter tires – three seasons to be exact. For those of us living in the Northern hemisphere, snow and ice have given us the gift – or curse – of slippery roads. I … Continue reading
First photos of the F21 BMW 1 Series with 3-doors have just surfaced on the interwebs. Autoblog.nl via Jokeforblog reveal patent drawings of the upcoming 1 Series. Judging by the leaked photos, the 1 Series with fewer doors follow the … Continue reading
New BMW 8 Series – a car that many bimmer fans dream of, but so far the Munich-based automaker refrained from committing to a new generation of the iconic 8er. To wet our appetite for a BMW flagship or supercar, … Continue reading
2011 is slowly coming to an end and I, together with the entire team at BMWBLOG, wanted to take a moment and wish all of you a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. We hope you get to enjoy the upcoming … Continue reading
The i8 I made the press launch of the Toyota Prius in 1999. At the time it was a revolutionary car that Toyota was hoping (but not entirely confident) would sell. They had identified specific markets to introduce it in … Continue reading
I’ll be the first to admit that my opinions, tastes and preferences represent a minority of the driving community. As a purist that favors connectedness over comfort and dynamics over, well… efficient dynamics, I find myself sitting among an ever … Continue reading
The following comparison is purely fictional and builds atop the newly released BMW 6 Series Gran Coupe. Rendering artist Theophilus Chin takes the design of the new Gran Coupe and uses it as basis for an alleged 6 Series Gran … Continue reading
EPS – Again I had to take the ’08 135i in to the dealer for routine service this week and had an opportunity to say hello and talk to the sales manager. If anyone has the pulse of what’s working … Continue reading