BMW has issued a new safety recall for early-production E53 X5 models after determining that some vehicles may have received Takata PSDI-4 air bag inflators as replacement parts. The campaign, filed as NHTSA 25V748000, covers…
Stepping inside BMW’s Designworks studio in California, you immediately sense why this place has shaped so many pivotal BMW products. The studio feels more like a workshop than a corporate design office — clay models…
What if BMW’s first SUV hadn’t been the X5 at all, but a Range Rover with a BMW badge in the showroom? In the mid-1990s, that wasn’t just an idea — it was a real…
Today, the BMW X5 represents a solid percentage of all cars BMW sells. Indeed, it beats even the ubiquitous X3 in volume sales for the brand. But it wasn’t always that way. In fact, BMW…
The year was 1999. The SUV craze was in full swing, with behemoths like the Land Rover Range Rover and Mercedes-Benz ML dominating the landscape. And then, BMW, the brand synonymous with sleek sedans and…
Ripples from the original Takata airbag recall are still being felt, as BMW North America just issues a “Do Not Drive” order for older models fitted with such airbags. BMW wants 90,000 cars—2000-2006 E46 models…
Twenty years after its inception, and the original BMW X5 is still such a handsome SUV. While it’s a bit bubblier and beefier than more modern X5s, with stubbier proportions, it still looks great. In…
The Rover logo was a stylized image of a Viking long ship. And, keeping with the Viking theme, by the end of the 1970s Rover could be said to resemble the mythical Norse god Hrungnir,…
BMW is a company that seems to be transitioning a bit. It’s creating models that no one ever thought it would make, like front-wheel drive people carriers and electric hatchbacks. BMW is most definitely taking…
