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From October 1, the BMW Group is revamping its design team. However, don’t expect a new visual identity to be implemented overnight. These things take a long time to bring to market. An automaker typically…
Adrian Padeanu / September 14, 2024
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A few weeks ago, Steve Saxty – author of the acclaimed “BMW Behind The Scenes books” – kicked off a six-part series that studies the evolution of the BMW grille. It’s obviously a big topic…
Steve Saxty / May 1, 2024
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BMW has been recently criticized for “bloating up” their cars and moving away from what once was the Ultimate Driving Machine, at least according to the pundits. And while that might be true – regarding…
Horatiu Boeriu / April 2, 2024
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In 2008 BMW introduced its 1 Series to the North American market with the US getting the 2 door coupé and convertible. BMW marketing was all abuzz with the 1er being heralded as the second coming of the…
Hugo Becker / February 15, 2024
BMW M
How Double-Spoke Wheels Changed BMW M’s Design Forever
by Horatiu Boeriu / Date: January 7, 2024
Interesting
We were recently given an opportunity to preview two books of a three book set (BMW: Behind The Scenes), “BMW by Design” and “BMW’s Hidden Gems”, written by Steve Saxty – the author of the…
Hugo Becker / December 30, 2023
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If you’re longing for the good ol’ days of BMW design, Romania is the place to be this weekend. Specifically, in the city of TimiÅŸoara, where the automaker’s regional branch in collaboration with several local…
Adrian Padeanu / October 13, 2023
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Mercedes has gone to great lengths to give electric cars such as the EQE and EQS a fresh look separate from the conventionally powered E-Class and S-Class, respectively. It’s the same story with their SUV…
Adrian Padeanu / October 7, 2023
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We attended last week the international media launch of the new BMW i5 (M60 and eDrive40) and the i7 M70. To learn more about the design of the i5, we interviewed Christopher Weil, Head of…
Horatiu Boeriu / October 6, 2023
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Domagoj Dukec, Head of BMW Design, always offers interesting insight into BMW behind the scenes. With the new BMW i5 finally revealed, we sat down with him and gathered some knowledge about current BMW design…
Steven Paul / May 28, 2023
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BMW set an all-time sales record in 2021 when it delivered 2,213,795 cars. Last year, the German luxury brand didn’t manage to match the previous performance, but it still shipped 2,100,692 units (-5.1%). It’s an…
Adrian Padeanu / May 27, 2023