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Article Summary The Autodrom Most hosted this year’s BMW M Day in the Czech Republic. Record attendance: 2,500 visitors and 450 BMW M and M Performance cars. The track-only BMW M2 Racing was the event’s main star. BMW’s M Day event in the Czech Republic continues to grow with each passing year. For its 10th

Article Summary Hussein Al Attar is leaving BMW Group and Designworks after 14 years to become Design Director at General Motors’ Advanced Design Studio in Pasadena, California. During his tenure, Al Attar led the exterior design of several landmark BMW models, including the F87 M2 Coupe, the 6 Series Gran Turismo, the X6, and the

Article Summary The exterior splits midnight black and metallic green along a diagonal — colors are mirror-inverted left to right, hand-sprayed and clear-coated at Plant Oxford. The interior features more than 50 individually specified green details, every one prototyped and fitted by hand, including a custom Harman Kardon surround, bespoke armrest overlays, and personalized instrument

All-wheel drive: it’s a polarizing topic in the BMW world. After all, BMW’s early reputation was undoubtedly built upon excellent rear-wheel drive cars. All-wheel drive didn’t officially arrive on a Bimmer until 1985 with the E30 BMW 3 Series. This early system — unique from xDrive we know today — fell out of favor in

Article Summary BMW secretly built a one-off E39 M5 Touring prototype packing the sedan’s 5.0-liter S62 V8 with 400 horsepower and 500 Nm of torque — but it never made it to production due to rear-axle dynamics compromises and concerns over market size. In 2009, during the 25th Anniversary of the BMW M5, a select

Article Summary MINI’s recent product blitz covers the bases, but the brand needs a conquest vehicle to attract younger buyers beyond its existing fanbase. A rugged compact crossover — positioned against the Rivian R3 and Ioniq 5 XRT — would revive the spirit of the Beachcomber Concept and the Paceman Pre-Runner in a segment that

Article Summary The i7 facelift will debut at the 2026 Beijing Auto Show with a brand-new Rimac-developed Gen6 cylindrical cell battery pack, offering 20% higher energy density and significantly faster charging than the outgoing model. The 2027 BMW i5 LCI cannot adopt the same cylindrical cell architecture due to its existing G60 platform, but the