Frank Van Meel

The fastest and most powerful M3 CS made its public debut this weekend in Daytona where we had the opportunity to chat with the man himself – M CEO Frank van Meel. We get to…

2022 brought us the M2, M3 Touring, M4 CSL, and the XM, but the highlight of M’s 50th-anniversary celebrations is yet to come. Arriving sometime in November, the modern-day equivalent of the E9 3.0 CSL…

The first dedicated M model since the M1 is not another mid-engined sports car to serve as a true successor in 2022 when BMW’s motorsport division is celebrating 50 years of existence. If you’ve been…

The gradual switch to electric cars comes along with more hybrids and fewer models equipped with manual transmissions. When everything is going to be electric, there will be no more clutch pedals. That day hasn’t…

BMW M head honcho Frank van Meel sat down and had a chat with Autocar about what the future has in tow for the performance division. Aside from promising “groundbreaking” hybrid and electric M cars,…

Although we’ve seen the “M” badge on a couple of cars that lack combustion engines, the i4 M50 and iX M60 pictured here are not full-fat M models. The already announced i7 M70 arriving next…

BMW may not have a fully fledged M car for the time being, but it’s bound to happen one day. M Performance models such as the i4 M50, iX M60, and the forthcoming 660-horsepower i7…

Although the new M3 Touring is taking center stage at the 2022 Goodwood Festival of Speed, the upcoming LMDh prototype is also there as a sign of things to come. Autocar sat down and had…

BMW M is heading into uncharted territory for the brand, by developing an all-new, from-the-ground-up performance car, without using an existing BMW model as its basis–the BMW XM. For you BMW historians, yes I know…

When BMW unveiled the Vision M Next in June 2019, many enthusiasts were left wondering whether the concept would evolve into a production car. Shortly after its world premiere, former chief of engineering Klaus Frohlich…