ALPINA
ALPINA’s story has always been about doing things differently from BMW. Not louder, not harsher, but definitely quicker and more refined. In a recent interview, Andreas Bovensiepen, son of the founder and current head of…
Steven Paul / September 30, 2025
Car Tips
Justifying the full M over the (sometimes) only slightly less high-performing M Performance model, or even a base model, isn’t easy. But one reason some will spring for the M3 over the 3 Series, for…
Steven Paul / July 14, 2025
News
Not all BMW M cars depreciate the same. Using fresh data from iSeeCars, we break down which high-performance models hold their value — and which ones drop like a rock. No one with any sense…
Steven Paul / July 11, 2025
BMW M
Seeing into the future is a truly rare gift. Especially when it’s about how one of your favorite brands plans to develop and expand their performance car lineup. Catching up with Sylvia Neubauer—Vice President Customer,…
Steven Paul / March 17, 2025
BMW M5
BMW Admits It Shouldn’t Have Revealed The M5’s Weight So Early
by Horatiu Boeriu / Date: February 14, 2025
News
2024 was an excellent year for the “world’s most powerful letter.” M sold 206,582 vehicles, an all-time high. Per BMW’s modus operandi, we should clarify that the number also includes M Performance models. Only 66,805…
Adrian Padeanu / January 13, 2025
BMW M2
If there’s one thing that annoys us about how BMW reports sales figures, it’s that it does not list M cars separately. Seeing the glass half full, we at least know how vehicles carrying the…
Adrian Padeanu / October 10, 2024
News
The M logo – that’s all we get for this announcement of a new high-performance BMW. On August 15 at Pebble Beach, the luxury automaker will introduce an unspecified M car. The vehicle’s identity remains…
Adrian Padeanu / June 14, 2024
News
Few luxury automakers bother to cater to enthusiasts in 2024 by giving them the option to opt for three pedals instead of two. BMW is one of the exceptions by selling the M2, M3, and…
Adrian Padeanu / February 13, 2024
BMW M2
While most of its rivals have long abandoned manual gearboxes, BMW insists they’re still relevant in 2024. The M division offers a stick shift for the M2 as well as the base versions of the…
Adrian Padeanu / January 14, 2024
News
The United States continued to be the driving force for the rapid growth of BMW M in 2023. It remained the performance division’s largest single market, ahead of Germany and the United Kingdom which finished…
Adrian Padeanu / January 11, 2024