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Article Summary The BMW Z4 Touring Concept unveiled at Villa d’Este featured ALPINA-like components, including distinctive multi-spoke wheels and characteristic interior stitching and leather work. ALPINA lacks coupe heritage, being known instead for luxury-performance sedans and estates like the B3, B5, and B7. So a coupe might have been tough to market. The concept came […]

Article Summary BMW ALPINA’s chief designer Maximilian Missoni reveals the physical badge we’ll see on cars. The 7 Series facelift is likely to use the new logo first, followed by the next-generation X7. The updated badge will be found in all the usual places, including the redesigned 20-spoke wheels. At the beginning of the year,

Article Summary Business drivers want at least 400 kilometers (249 miles) of range. Ideally, more than 500 kilometers (311 miles). Four in ten respondents would not replace their current car with an EV. 70% of those who would want an EV as their next company car already drive one. The BMW Group’s electric vehicle sales

Article Summary The M2 Cup Iberia is integrated into the Touring Car category of the Supercars Endurance championship. There will be 10 races across five weekends between May and December. The M2 Racing starts at €98,000 and comes with a four-cylinder engine for lower running costs. Racing is an expensive hobby, but BMW M Motorsport

The BMW 1M. We’re fans of it here at BMWBLOG — more than one of us has owned one and nearly all of us have driven it and extolled its virtues via firsthand experience. Enthusiasts at large, as it turns out, are also quite big fans of the tiny M that almost never was. The

Article Summary BMW reveals another production Skytop for a customer. It’s one of the 50 units the company is making. Skytop has been long sold out, despite allegedly costing €500,000. When did BMW’s design peak? Ask three people, and you’ll probably get three different answers. While looks are subjective, many seem to agree the glory

Article Summary BMW ALPINA models won’t be exclusive to a single factory. The new cars are going to be assembled at existing plants, which BMW is tweaking to accommodate the high-end vehicles. The first BMW ALPINA model is likely to be based on the 7 Series facelift. It will be followed by an SUV derived

Article Summary Previously crashed, this BMW M1 is coming back to life. It’s currently undergoing a full restoration by BMW Classic. This white example is one of only 399 road-going BMW M1s ever made. BMW is technically working on a supercar. Before you get your hopes up about a follow-up to the M1, that’s not

Article Summary Alpine’s 2026 exit turns Hypercar’s momentum into a sustainability debate, showing how quickly OEM programs can become optional even with strong grids. BMW’s WEC/IMSA approach with the M Hybrid V8 and WRT is built for continuity, but the class remains vulnerable to cost, control, and BoP perception. If prototypes thin out, GT racing

Article Summary Neue Klasse won’t kill ICE overnight, but it will change BMW’s combustion character fast — architecture, interiors, and priorities are shifting, and the traditional formula is nearing the end of its peak expression. Peak modern “old-school” BMW lives in the current lineup: G20/G2X balance and B58 sweetness, plus G80/G82 M3/M4 availability with RWD