BMW FWD

Thoughts on the BMW 2 Series Active Tourer

Thoughts on the BMW 2 Series Active Tourer

The Appeal of the Roundel About ten years ago a co-worker wandered into my office at the phone company to interrupt my goofing off and talk about cars. Specifically she wanted to talk about replacing…

BMW to limit platform architecture to two

BMW to limit platform architecture to two

Herbert Diess, BMW Board Member for Research and Development, told Automotive News Europe that the Munich-based automaker that moving forward, BMW and MINI models will be built upon only two architectures, rear-wheel drive and front-wheel…

BMW: “FWD vehicles will be embraced just like BMW SUVs”

Report: BMW plans up to 12 models on new platform

Report: BMW plans up to 12 models on new platform

In an interview for Automotive News, Ian Robertson, BMW AG board member for sales and marketing, said that the Munich-based automaker will build up to twelve compact models based on the the new front-wheel drive…

Editorial: A Brief History of Front Wheel Drive

Start. In the beginning was the Cugnot artillery tractor. More than one version of the three-wheeled front-wheel-drive (FWD) steamer came off the drawing boards in the second half of the eighteenth century. The apocryphal story…