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In June 1936, a car nobody had heard of showed up at the Nürburgring and quietly humiliated every rival in sight. No press release. No motor show debut. Just a small, silver German roadster — 830 kilograms, 80 horsepower, a two-liter engine — that turned up in the paddock one day before its first race, […]

Article Summary BMW will offer an M Performance Track Kit for the M2 from July 2026, priced at €23,500 — it includes adjustable aero, a swan-neck rear wing with a dedicated Race Mode, and the first road-legal motorsport-derived coilover system. The M2 CS gets a new M Performance exhaust option that cuts roughly 8kg of

Every automaker has that one car. The model that transcends the metal it’s made of and becomes something closer to mythology. For Porsche, it’s the 911. For Ferrari, the F40. For BMW, there’s really only one honest answer, and it’s the car that celebrates its 40th birthday this year: the M3. That’s a bold statement

BMW’s paint palette is one of the best in the business. While a huge share of traditional BMW paints have become fan favorites — like Alpine White and Black Sapphire Metallic — the BMW Individual program is a veritable gold mine of excellent colors. Options are nearly limitless, after all. The catalog includes over 165

Article Summary A 2027 BMW M2 xDrive listing appeared on shop.bmwusa.com with no specs or details — likely a staging page gone live early, but an accidental confirmation either way. This is hardly shocking: BMW executives, spy shots, and leaked power figures have been building toward an official M2 xDrive announcement for years, with production

Article Summary The name may hint at a hardcore version, but the GP Inspired Edition is essentially a cosmetic package. It’s available in limited numbers for the Cooper S and JCW. Both have a long list of standard equipment, including accessories from the John Cooper Works catalog. MINI recently gave us a sneak preview of

Article Summary The facelifted 5 Series and M5 models will have a totally redesigned dashboard. As expected, the iDrive rotary knob is no more. This M5 Touring prototype features a new M steering wheel we’ve already seen on the 2026 iX3 equipped with the M Sport Package. With around 40 cars getting a Neue Klasse

Article Summary An international panel of 98 jurors has chosen Oliver Zipse as the most important person in the automotive industry this year. The outgoing BMW CEO finished ahead of David Craig (General Motors) and Tisha Johnson (Slate) Oliver Zipse will step down in May, when Milan Nedeljković will take the reins of the BMW

Article Summary Fully camouflaged prototypes of the new BMW X7 were spotted in a parking lot in South Africa. One of the test vehicles is a fully electric iX7 while the other is a quad-pipe, V8-powered X7 M60. The second-generation BMW X7 could enter production in September 2027. While we’re eagerly waiting for the new

Article Summary The high-performance wagon featured Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 R tires. The 7:28 lap time is for the shorter configuration of the track. The official lap time for the 20.6-km layout is 7:24.7. The BMW M3 CS Touring was crowned the fastest production wagon at the Nürburgring in 2025. The ultimate G81, in