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.
Watch The New BMW M5 Go Up The Goodwood Hill

Watch The New BMW M5 Go Up The Goodwood Hill

The BMW M5 G90 is not just a static display this weekend at the 2024 Goodwood Festival of Speed. The super sedan’s first public outing also includes a dynamic debut. On the first day of…

2025 BMW X3 Configurator Goes Live In The US

2025 BMW X3 Configurator Goes Live In The US

We’ve been keeping busy shooting the BMW X3 M50 at the Goodwood Festival of Speed and we almost missed the “G45” configurator is now live in the United States. As of this week, the fourth-generation…

BMW X3 M50 Shows Up In Goodwood With Quad Exhaust

BMW X3 M50 Shows Up In Goodwood With Quad Exhaust

The “G45” X3 is facing a problem these days at the 2024 Goodwood Festival of Speed. The revamped luxury crossover must share the spotlight with the “G90” M5. That said, the event lasts four full…

BMW M340i Limited And M440i Limited Launched In Japan

New BMW X2 Grabs Five Stars In Euro NCAP Crash Test

New BMW X2 Grabs Five Stars In Euro NCAP Crash Test

BMW introduced the second-generation X2 in October 2023 but deliveries to customers didn’t start until this past March. The Euro NCAP got its hands on a couple of cars to test how safe this new…

MINI And Rolls-Royce Sales Are Way Down This Year

MINI And Rolls-Royce Sales Are Way Down This Year

Even though BMW sales are up 2.3% this year, the BMW Group as a whole is down by 0.1% through June. MINI and Rolls-Royce both suffered double-digit losses in deliveries compared to the January-June 2023…

BMW Group EV Sales Jumped By Nearly 25 Percent In H1 2024

BMW Group EV Sales Jumped By Nearly 25 Percent In H1 2024

The BMW Group’s electric onslaught is paying off since deliveries of EVs in the first half of the year jumped considerably. Between January and June, the automotive conglomerate sold 190,622 cars that didn’t have a…

One-Off BMW XM Has The Body Covered In Alcantara

One-Off BMW XM Has The Body Covered In Alcantara

We can now safely say we’ve seen it all in the BMW realm. After the XM covered in velvet, here comes the plug-in hybrid SUV with a full Alcantara treatment. Not just on the inside,…

People Are Buying More And More BMW M Cars

People Are Buying More And More BMW M Cars

BMW is happy to report global sales grew by 2.3% in the first half of the year. Deliveries of the BMW M GmbH division had a positive impact on the total volume achieved through June….

BMW Global Sales Up 2.3% In First Half Of 2024

BMW Global Sales Up 2.3% In First Half Of 2024

The world’s largest luxury automaker continues to grow stronger as BMW has posted solid sales results for the first half of 2024. Through June, deliveries to customers rose by 2.3%, reaching 1,096,486 units. As expected,…