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Article Summary Rolls-Royce sales fell 0.8% last year to 5,664 units. The Cullinan took the lion’s share with 3,291 vehicles. Demand for the electric Spectre nearly halved compared to the year before. Compared to BMW and MINI, Rolls-Royce sales account for only a fraction of the Group’s bottom line. While volume has never been a […]

Article Summary With 800+ kilometers of range for the new iX3, BMW believes it’s plenty enough already. BMW remains open to the technology but argues that the new batteries and fast charging put the company in a good position. There had been reports about the next-generation X5 (G65) potentially getting a range-extending gas engine for

Article Summary The Countryman was by far the best-selling MINI last year. The hatchback still came out on top if we include both the three- and five-door variants. Every model series in production enjoyed year-over-year-growth, including the convertible. Having published its Annual Group Report this week, BMW and its subsidiaries now have the final sales

Article Summary BMW opened the order books for the second-generation iX3 in early September 2025. Deliveries of the first Neue Klasse SUV kicked off in Europe earlier this month. A long-wheelbase iX3 debuts next month and will be sold outside China as well. BMW kicked off series production of the BMW iX3 in late October

Article Summary The iX4 (NA7) is BMW’s electric-only X4 successor, built on the Neue Klasse platform with the same battery, motors, and 400 kW DC fast charging as the iX3 NA5. Three variants are confirmed — 40 xDrive and 50 xDrive from November 2026, followed by the M60 xDrive in March 2027 — all built

Breaking records is, more or less, a BMW M specialty. Usually, they’re talking about lap times or performance stats, but there’s another arena where BMW M constantly seeks to overachieve: sales. And last year, like the thirteen years preceding, BMW M posted another sales record. The numbers netted BMW M an arguably even more impressive

Article Summary CEO Oliver Zipse details where the newly added ALPINA brand will sit under the BMW Group umbrella. ALPINA plans to make “individual, highly customized vehicles” positioned above BMW’s top models. Rolls-Royce will remain the flagship of the BMW Group. It’s been four years since the BMW Group acquired the rights to the ALPINA

Deciding on one BMW color to be the “most iconic” is tricky business. Thanks to BMW’s long history — and excellent color catalog — “iconic” springs to mind describing more than just a few cars. The task quickly becomes two-fold: first, one must narrow down the most iconic BMW models. Then, you must find a

Article Summary The BMW 3 Series/4 Series finished first with 477,180 combined sales. The XM was the worst-selling BMW with 7,608 vehicles. The BMW 5 Series saw the biggest year-over-year growth, climbing 19.5% to 299,582 cars. In early January, BMW published provisional sales figures for the previous year, and now the final numbers are in.

Article Summary The BMW 7 Series facelift will retain the split headlights and large kidney grilles. BMW is radically changing the G70’s interior by installing the new iDrive technology. A more luxurious ALPINA version will follow. 2026 will go down in history as one of the busiest years ever for BMW. Several product launches are