i8
By now — half a decade after the car has ended production — you would think the Internet would’ve collectively made its mind up about the car. We’re talking, of course, about the achingly pretty,…
Steven Paul / August 16, 2025
BMW i
The “Neue Klasse” secured BMW’s future. From its introduction in 1961 through the early 1970s the company’s road to expansion was paved by Neue Klasse sales. The acquisition of Glas in 1966 eventually enabled BMW…
Hugo Becker / July 30, 2025
i3
It feels like I’ve written this story a few times. Well, maybe I have, because BMW’s original “i” cars are refusing to die. Tucked away in the company’s quarterly statement is a surprising announcement: the…
Adrian Padeanu / May 7, 2025
Car Tips
When BMW unveiled the i8 in 2009 at the Frankfurt Auto Show and then later in 2012, it looked like a concept car had broken out of the auto show floor and somehow made its…
Steven Paul / May 5, 2025
News
Brilliant but Short-Lived: The Legacy of BMW’s Laser Headlights
by Steven Paul / Date: December 10, 2024
BMW i
Today, BMW sells a lot of electric cars. In fact, the automaker just passed the incredible milestone of producing one million fully electric vehicles earlier in April. Not only that, the brand reports a 40%…
Steven Paul / April 28, 2024
Interesting
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
BMW M
Weeks ago, we broke the news about the buzz surrounding BMW’s I16 supercar project, also known as the BMW iM. Its starts after the unveiling of the BMW Vision M Next in 2019, which inspired…
Horatiu Boeriu / February 12, 2024
i8
At the end of July in 2011, BMW assembled an international group of journalists in Frankfurt for the unveiling of the prototypes that would become the i3 and i8. The reveal included the production processes,…
Hugo Becker / January 13, 2024
i8
One of BMW’s most striking production cars ever is the i8 mid-engined plug-in hybrid sports car, which looks like a concept for the road (and it stayed very close to the daring 2009 Vision EfficientDynamics…
Andrei Nedelea / December 31, 2023
News
Chevy just released the sort of car BMW fans have been begging for since the BMW i8 died off. The all-new Corvette E-Ray is a 655 horsepower all-wheel drive hybrid supercar, something that BMW should…
Nico DeMattia / January 18, 2023