The agency sales model turns an automaker into a retailer that offers cars at a fixed price. With direct sales, the traditional dealership serves as the physical touchpoint with the buyer. Rather than getting a…
Yesterday, BMW announced its latest “Jahre” edition car, the 2023 BMW M3 Edition 50 Jahre BMW M. Yes, that’s its actual name, it actually says “BMW M” at the end of a name that starts…
The E34 M5 isn’t exactly the most popular enthusiast’s car. It’s a great car and one that certainly holds a special spot in BMW’s history–it’s the last six-cylinder M5 and it’s the last one to…
In North America, we were able to buy the E60 BMW M5 with a manual transmission, back in the day. However, we weren’t able to buy an E61 BMW M5 Touring. In Europe, customers were…
The backdrop of Italy’s breathtaking Lake Como can make anything look beautiful. You could park a rusty old Fiat Panda on the lawn at the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este and you’d still be envisioning a…
It was only a few days ago when BMW unveiled the mid-cycle facelift for the 3 Series and you can already configure the car in Germany. Aside from the iDrive 8 and updated headlights, one…
We must’ve missed the memo because car customization trends of the 1980s are back in fashion. BMW seems to think that way by giving the M4 and M4 Competition a new option called “M Grafik.”…
I usually won’t write about auction cars that already sold, unless they sold for an obnoxious, newsworthy amount of money. However, I’m making an exception in this case because I can’t believe it even existed…
Awhile back, we learned of the absolutely gorgeous Smit Oletha, a sort of love-letter to the best era of BMWs, built by two California, Willem and Kaess Smit, of Smit Vehicle Engineering. What the Smit…
The BMW 4 Series wasn’t the first car to get the brand’s large kidney grille design, however it was the most egregious. Massive grilles work on massive cars, such as the X7 and 7 Series….
