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Article Summary Luxembourg’s Grand Ducal Police is receiving 81 new BMWs in 2026, with 56 BMW X3s designated as frontline patrol vehicles and 25 units serving as unmarked cars. BMW has supplied police and emergency services for over 60 years, with its vehicles used by forces in Germany, the UK, Belgium, Dubai, and beyond — […]

Article Summary The last attempt to predict the BMW 7 Series LCI’s styling is likely the most accurate to date. BMW’s flagship is keeping the polarizing front fascia but with a fresh take on the split headlights and grille. The 7 Series facelift debuts next month at the 2026 Beijing Auto Show. Not long to

Article Summary The Panoramic Vision displays a plethora of content without requiring the driver to take their eyes off the road. It’s a pillar-to-pillar windshield projection with six customizable widgets. The Panoramic Vision will be adopted by nearly all models in the coming years. You saw it last year on the second-generation iX3 crossover and

Article Summary BMW ALPINA reveals the new yet familiar design of its exhaust tips. The elliptical four-pipe exhaust has been discreetly updated for the upcoming models. The 7 Series facelift might be the first model in the new BMW ALPINA era. Hard to believe three years have already passed since the BMW Group acquired the

Article Summary BMW’s R&D chief hinted that the Neue Klasse platform pioneered by the new i3 will scale up to other models — and the i5 is the most logical next step. The current i5 shares its CLAR platform with the combustion 5 Series; a dedicated EV architecture would remove those compromises entirely, freeing up

Article Summary BMW is open to the idea of bringing back the range-extender technology as long as it sees there’s demand. Although it has the technical capabilities to bring the REx back, BMW hasn’t decided whether it’s worth pursuing. If the range-extender EV does return one day, it would still have to be fun to

Article Summary The two-spoke layout exists because horizontal spokes blocked BMW’s new Panoramic Vision display at the base of the windscreen — the wheel shape followed the screen, not the other way around. Button controls moved off the spokes entirely onto floating “satellite” pods on the outer rim, with a physical hole separating them from

BMW enthusiasts are a fickle bunch. Generally, we greet new designs with a chorus of chastisement. We’re incapable of lauding a car’s steering if it was produced later than 2012. Screens on the dashboard — what’s that about? And why would anyone need an app for their car? While there’s some hyperbole nestled in there,

Article Summary The new design language will encompass nearly the entire lineup within a few years. BMW Group’s Head of Design Adrian van Hooydonk pledges that each car will have it own character. Around 40 models are launching by the end of 2027. With the iX3 and i3, BMW is moving toward a new design

Article Summary AC Schnitzer will wind down manufacturing and tuning operations by the end of 2026, with the KOHL Group in talks to sell the brand name while existing inventory sells through year’s end. Germany’s slow parts approval process left ACS up to nine months behind non-German competitors on new model support — a structural