News
Every year, Pike’s Peak International Hill Climb attracts some of the most dedicated and fearless drivers. A legion of remarkable wheelmen (and, presumably, women) assemble just under 15 miles outside of Colorado Springs to drive…
Steven Paul / August 8, 2025
BMW M2
Pikes Peak is the ultimate test of car’s abilities. Fourteen thousand feet of elevation; 156 turns. It’s arguably one of the most grueling motorsport endeavors on the planet. This year, one intrepid team will take…
Steven Paul / February 11, 2025
i4
Romania, the country that gave us the first purpose-built electric MINI race car, is at it again. This time around, with a BMW. “Elsa” is the nickname given to an i4 M50 that has lost…
Adrian Padeanu / August 28, 2024
i4
The Romanian team behind the world’s first electric MINI race car is at it again. While the purpose-built, first-generation Cooper SE will continue to race under the “Racing MINI” banner in 2024, there will be…
Adrian Padeanu / February 1, 2024
Videos
See The BMW XM Label Red Set Pikes Peak Record For Hybrid SUVs
by Adrian Padeanu / Date: November 2, 2023
Tuning
With the XM Label Red, its most powerful production vehicle ever, BMW wanted to try and take down the SUV record at Pikes Peak this year. To make it happen, it had to go faster…
Adrian Padeanu / November 1, 2023
XM
The 101st Pikes Peak International Hill Climb didn’t end well for the BMW and its XM Label Red luxury SUV. In its attempt to take down the record for the fastest production SUV at Pikes…
Horatiu Boeriu / June 26, 2023
XM
The 2023 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb event, also known as The Race to the Clouds, takes place this Sunday, June 25. The XM Label Red, BMW’s most powerful but also heaviest production vehicle will…
Adrian Padeanu / June 23, 2023
XM
Updated with official statement from BMW of North America: “In anticipation of the approaching deadline to register for the 2023 running of Pikes Peak, BMW submitted a preliminary entry. However, a final decision on our…
Horatiu Boeriu / February 1, 2023
3 Series
This past Sunday was the 2022 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, probably the most exciting hill climb event in the world. There were some thrilling drives and incredible cars on the mountain on Sunday and…
Nico DeMattia / June 28, 2022
BMW M3
The Goodwood Festival of Speed wasn’t the only iconic hill climb even this past weekend, as the 2022 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb also ran, on the other side of the Atlantic. One of the…
Nico DeMattia / June 27, 2022