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BMW acquired the rights to the ALPINA brand in 2022 and took full control at the beginning of this year. However, we have yet to see a car from the newly founded BMW ALPINA subsidiary. Before the rumored 7 Series facelift–based model arrives, we’re getting a peek at an essential part of the vehicle’s styling. […]

For decades, ALPINA carved out its own niche by focusing on luxury-oriented grand tourers. It deliberately avoided overlapping with BMW M products, which have historically been more track-focused. That said, a GT engineered in Buchloe can still hold its own on a circuit as demanding as the Nürburgring. Onboard footage from Sport Auto shows the

The BMW Group posted solid 2025 sales results after shipping 1,016,360 cars to customers. Demand on the continent rose by 7.3% year over year, with EVs accounting for about a quarter of total sales. Including PHEVs, electrified models accounted for more than 40% of overall deliveries. Automotive News cites German research company Dataforce and its

China’s premium automotive market is fairly different from any other market in the world. BMW has long understood this unique demand, which is why the brand stretches everything from the X1 to the 5 Series for Chinese buyers. Last year, the latest member of this extended family arrived: the BMW M235L Gran Coupe, and BMW’s

In This Article In the annals of Formula 1 history, few powerplants have achieved the legendary status of the BMW M12/13 turbocharged four-cylinder engine. Born from motorsport necessity and engineering ambition, this 1.5-liter unit didn’t just dominate the sport’s turbo era – it pushed the very limits of what was considered possible in internal combustion

The BMW M1 Procar series only lasted two years, yet it still feels weirdly modern: identical cars, absurd driver lineup, and racing that mattered because nobody had a mechanical excuse. BMW ran it as a support show at European Formula 1 weekends in 1979 and 1980—five of the fastest F1 qualifiers dropped into matching M1s

A late-production BMW M1—UK-registered, showing 39,500 km, and finished in Nachtblau—has come up for sale. Registered on December 29, 1980, this M1 is described as one of the last cars off the production line, delivered new through the main BMW concessionaires in Kontich, Belgium, before beginning a life that bounced across borders and into long-term

BMW builds cars at three different types of factories worldwide. The manufacturing backbone consists of the wholly owned plants we’re all familiar with. From Dingolfing to Spartanburg and from San Luis Potosi to Rosslyn, you can probably name them all. Then there are contract manufacturers, where production is outsourced, such as the Z4 assembled by

Notice anything different about this BMW iX3 prototype? Its rear doors are slightly longer, a result of a stretched wheelbase designed to deliver extra rear-seat legroom. The camouflaged test car isn’t the standard “NA5” model but the elongated “NA6” variant developed specifically for China. It’s set to debut soon in the company’s largest market, kicking

BMW M has just wrapped up its 14th consecutive year of growth after selling 213,457 vehicles, representing a 3% increase over 2024. We’ve already learned that the X3 M50 dethroned the i4 M50/M60 as the brand’s best-selling product, but diehard fans are far more interested in the full-fat M cars. It comes as no surprise