Frank Van Meel

You’ve seen the spy shots and you’ve read the reports – and now it’s official. The M2, M3, and M4 are all due for an “upcoming model revision.” The announcement was made by BMW M…

2022 marked BMW M’s 50th anniversary and the year we finally got a new dedicated M car. However, it wasn’t the mid-engine M1 supercar’s spiritual successor enthusiasts had hoped for, but rather yet another SUV….

An electric M car is a matter of when rather than if, but that “when” isn’t going to happen anytime soon. Why? Because BMW is still working on a high-performance EV that will only be…

You and I might argue that the engine represents the heart of a sports car, but an internal study conducted by BMW paints a surprisingly different picture. As it turns out, most M owners don’t…

It is a known fact that BMW M is working on a future M3 with an all-electric powertrain instead of the inline-six engine. The important disclosure was made in September by the company’s Head of…

BMW M CEO Frank Van Meel has recently talked to Ars Technica about the future of all-electric BMW M cars, revealing that the company is looking at several drivetrains options. According to the M boss,…

The base M car is going away as the BMW M CEO has announced that “Competition” will effectively become the entry point into the lineup of a fully fledged M car. The disclosure was made…

We were taken by surprise nearly a year ago when the M2 G87 configurator was launched in Germany and it showed the manual gearbox being offered at a premium compared to the automatic transmission. That…

On a sunny day back in April, BMW took four different vehicles to the Nürburgring to set fast laps with development engineer Jörg Weidinger behind the wheel. Not only did the new M2 establish a…

It’s safe to say BMW wasn’t expecting the M3 Touring to be such a smash hit. Had they known it would be so popular, fast wagon enthusiasts probably wouldn’t have had to wait until the…