Author name: Adrian Padeanu

The BMW Group’s press release about its 2021 financial performance was overshadowed by the announcement of ALPINA joining the family. With record sales of 2,521,514 units (+8.4%), accountants working for the automotive conglomerate have never seen such great numbers. Indeed, the company achieved all-time highs for revenues, earnings, and net profit last year. BMW Group […]

ADVERTISEMENT The 2022 DTM season will be kicking off on April 30 with the inaugural race at Portimão in southern Portugal. It’s where we will be seeing the four DTM-spec BMW M4 GT3s in action for the first time. Meanwhile, BMW is showing off their liveries. Walkenhorst Motorsport and Schubert Motorsport will each have two

The horrible conflict in Ukraine has unfortunately generated a lot of collateral damage, aside from the well-known humanitarian crisis. Automakers are having problems securing the necessary parts to assemble cars, forcing many to halt production. BMW is on that list, deciding at the beginning of the month to temporarily stop activities at its German plants

About a month ago, J.D. Power released its annual Vehicle Dependability Study, showing 173 problems per 100 MINIs and 187 issues for the same number of BMWs. Based on their less-than-impressive scores, two brands ranked 11th and 15th, respectively. Now, the J.D. Power 2022 U.S. Customer Service Index (CSI) Study is out and it’s looking

Some would argue the comparison between Tesla and BMW is not accurate since the former is not a fully fledged luxury brand. However, most analysts and industry experts put the two automakers in the same category, including Experian. Case in point, Automotive News cites data released by the consumer credit reporting company regarding January luxury

Mazda has made it crystal clear it wants to evolve into a legitimate luxury brand to take on BMW. To achieve its goal, the Japanese marque has engineered a new rear-wheel-drive platform. Yes, you’ve read that correctly – RWD. Not only that but new inline-six gasoline and diesel engines have been developed, complete with mild-hybrid

ADVERTISEMENT 2021 was great for the BMW Group since the core brand along with MINI and Rolls-Royce all enjoyed record sales. Not only that, but the M division had a profitable 12 months during which sales of fully electric cars rose to unprecedented levels. So much so the automotive conglomerate had no issues in meeting

A drag race between a BMW M3 and an Audi RS3 doesn’t seem fair, at least not on paper. We have two performance cars that play in different leagues as everyone expects the former to take the win. But is that really the case in real life? Carwow’s Mat Watson has the answer by lining

[embedded content] ADVERTISEMENT The word “hybrid” means different things to different people. Most of them associate it with cars that have both a combustion engine and an electric motor. Well, this BMW 1 Series F20 is also (kind of) a hybrid, but not in the traditional way. The owner of what used to be a

There are BMW M enthusiasts out there and then there’s this Florida man, a former Audi fan. Meet Drew Leslie, with an impressive obsession (in a good way) for the M3 E92. The typical car fanatic has two maybe three examples of the same model, but he owns no fewer than nine. Not only that,