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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

Article Summary BMW is sticking with its global approach by selling gasoline, diesel, plug-in hybrid, and EVs to cater to all needs. It hasn’t set an end date for cars with combustion engines. Hydrogen will join the lineup in 2028 for the next-generation X5. Say what you will about BMW, but it does sell just

Article Summary BMW has started selling long-wheelbase models outside China, but they’re not coming to the United States. The company’s product chief Bernd Körber says Americans haven’t been asking for LWB models. In China, BMW sells multiple sedans and SUVs with a stretched wheelbase providing greater rear legroom. For a long time, BMW’s long-wheelbase cars

Article Summary The new BMW i3 launches in Munich before expanding to Shenyang and San Luis Potosí, with volume between plants shifting in real time based on demand. BMW’s Neue Klasse investment includes a new dedicated plant in Debrecen for the iX3 and five new high-voltage battery assembly sites worldwide, one of them in Bavaria.

Does BMW’s reveal of the all-electric 3 Series rev up your excitement for the car? Can’t wait to order yours? You’re in luck: you can get one step closer to building yours today. Perusing BMW UK’s landing page for the BMW i3 reveals that order banks are open “from Autumn 2026,” but there’s even more

Few things are more exciting in the BMW world than a new installment of the BMW 3 Series. The car’s history is so deeply entwined with the brand itself that it’s practically the face of BMW. Today, we mean that decidedly more literally. The i3 electric sedan represents BMW’s second vehicle in its Neue Klasse

Article Summary BMW product chief Bernd Körber says an electric sports car is “not unlikely” but won’t arrive imminently, as the brand keeps its options open amid cooling EV demand. The Neue Klasse platform already supports up to 1,341 horsepower in a four-motor setup, and BMW built a coupe concept on it in 2024 that

Article Summary BMW confirmed a new 3 Series Touring at the i3 Sedan premiere, with CEO Oliver Zipse teasing a shadowy silhouette at the close of his presentation. The renders show the i3’s front-end design and full-width taillights carried over to a classic long-roof Touring shape, suggesting a cohesive and production-plausible look. Whether the Touring

The BMW Vision Neue Klasse debuted about two and a half years ago. It was billed as “BMW reinventing itself,” and was one of the earliest looks at what direction the brand was going in. Not just for design, but technology and packaging, too. Arguably, our good friend Adrian van Hooydonk, head of BMW design,