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Given the route automakers must follow to comply with Europe’s 2035 ban on new gas engines, traditional hot hatches are a dying breed. As a result, these are likely the last pocket rockets from MINI with ICE power. Although the Oxford-based marque has abandoned its ambition to go fully electric by the end of the […]

The X4, as we know it, is likely just months, if not weeks, away from retirement. BMW has already confirmed that a direct replacement isn’t planned. Why? It believes the enlarged second-generation X2 can indirectly fill its role in the lineup, despite its front-wheel-drive platform. Still, Munich never sleeps, and the return of the X4

Munich’s police presence was hard to miss at this year’s IAA Mobility. Alongside the thousands of officers deployed across the city for the event, a sharp-looking BMW i5 in full Polizei livery was sighted working the streets—another sign that Bavaria’s capital is steadily electrifying parts of its fleet while sticking with a long-standing BMW partnership.

BMW has extended its partnership with Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz, strengthening a relationship that began in 2022. The brand has been involved in tennis for nearly four decades, from sponsoring the BMW Open in Munich to supporting top-level tournaments in Indian Wells, Rome, and Vienna. The continuation with Alcaraz shows BMW’s intent to stay

BMW had planned to adopt the agency model in Europe next year, but the rollout has been postponed until 2027. That doesn’t mean the company is having second thoughts. Actually, it’s quite the opposite. The introduction of direct sales for MINI last year in several European countries has been an encouraging sign that it will

BMW’s “Power of Choice” slogan might not be as catchy as “The Ultimate Driving Machine” from back in the day, but it does accurately describe the brand’s strategy. Most rivals rushed to set cut-off dates for cars with combustion engines, only to retreat from those ambitious goals. By contrast, Munich always bet on variety. Even

A 2016 BMW M4 GTS has appeared on the market in Orlando, Florida with an asking price of $1,000,803. What makes this car stand out isn’t just the seven-figure price tag, but the fact that it’s said to be the final M4 GTS ever built. The car is marked as number 803 of 803 and

QUICK LINKS Just a few days after BMW unveiled the new iX3 to the world in Munich, we headed to Debrecen, Hungary, to see where the SUV is actually being built. Plant Debrecen is not just BMW’s newest factory; it’s the first built entirely for the Neue Klasse era and the model on which the