Adrian Padeanu

Adrian Padeanu is a news editor at BMWBLOG. He started his career in journalism in 2012 at WorldCarFans / Motor1, bringing years of automotive experience to the BMW news world.
2025 BMW X3 Enters Production In South Africa

2025 BMW X3 Enters Production In South Africa

It’s barely been a month since BMW ended production of the X3 “G01” in South Africa. On October 1, its successor, the “G45”, hit the assembly line. Plant Rosslyn will be the only factory in…

BMW Needs More Time To Integrate Supercharger Access

BMW Needs More Time To Integrate Supercharger Access

About a year ago, BMW announced its electric vehicles would gain access to designated Tesla Supercharger stations in early 2025. To make it happen, cars from BMW, MINI, and Rolls-Royce will adopt the North American…

New BMW 1 Series Shows Up In Italy As 120d And M135

What Went Wrong With The BMW XM?

What Went Wrong With The BMW XM?

The XM is the elephant in the room in more ways than one. BMW wanted the “G09” to serve as a spiritual successor to the M1. Let’s face it; that was never going to happen….

BMW Q3 2024 US Sales Report: How Each Model Performed

BMW Q3 2024 US Sales Report: How Each Model Performed

We’ve already established that the XM didn’t do so well during the third quarter of 2024 in the United States. How were the July through September months for the other models? For most of them,…

BMW XM Sales In The US Are Way Down This Year

BMW XM Sales In The US Are Way Down This Year

With another quarter in the books, it’s time to look at how the most hated BMW on the Internet is doing. Deliveries of the XM in the United States in Q3 2024 fell by 30.7%…