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Article Summary BMW M is celebrating its long-standing partnership with the Nürburgring by showing track footage of the M3 ZA0. The electric M3 prototype is still fully camouflaged since the super sedan’s debut won’t happen until later in 2027. The first true M car without a gas engine will have four motors and an unconfirmed […]

Article Summary The entry-level 2027 BMW iX3 40 will eschew the front motor for a rear-wheel-drive setup with less power. BMW will also downgrade the battery to a smaller pack for a lower range. These changes will enable a significant weight loss over the iX3 50 xDrive launch model. The BMW iX3 50 xDrive has

Article Summary Seven owners share their stories about the 3 Series, spanning all generations. Their prized possessions vary from a perfectly maintained E21 to a heavily modified E90. The 3 Series Touring E30 with a matching trailer is the chef’s kiss. Last year, BMW celebrated half a century of the 3 Series with a retrospective

In June 1936, a car nobody had heard of showed up at the Nürburgring and quietly humiliated every rival in sight. No press release. No motor show debut. Just a small, silver German roadster — 830 kilograms, 80 horsepower, a two-liter engine — that turned up in the paddock one day before its first race,

Article Summary BMW will offer an M Performance Track Kit for the M2 from July 2026, priced at €23,500 — it includes adjustable aero, a swan-neck rear wing with a dedicated Race Mode, and the first road-legal motorsport-derived coilover system. The M2 CS gets a new M Performance exhaust option that cuts roughly 8kg of

Every automaker has that one car. The model that transcends the metal it’s made of and becomes something closer to mythology. For Porsche, it’s the 911. For Ferrari, the F40. For BMW, there’s really only one honest answer, and it’s the car that celebrates its 40th birthday this year: the M3. That’s a bold statement

BMW’s paint palette is one of the best in the business. While a huge share of traditional BMW paints have become fan favorites — like Alpine White and Black Sapphire Metallic — the BMW Individual program is a veritable gold mine of excellent colors. Options are nearly limitless, after all. The catalog includes over 165

Article Summary A 2027 BMW M2 xDrive listing appeared on shop.bmwusa.com with no specs or details — likely a staging page gone live early, but an accidental confirmation either way. This is hardly shocking: BMW executives, spy shots, and leaked power figures have been building toward an official M2 xDrive announcement for years, with production

Article Summary The name may hint at a hardcore version, but the GP Inspired Edition is essentially a cosmetic package. It’s available in limited numbers for the Cooper S and JCW. Both have a long list of standard equipment, including accessories from the John Cooper Works catalog. MINI recently gave us a sneak preview of

Article Summary The facelifted 5 Series and M5 models will have a totally redesigned dashboard. As expected, the iDrive rotary knob is no more. This M5 Touring prototype features a new M steering wheel we’ve already seen on the 2026 iX3 equipped with the M Sport Package. With around 40 cars getting a Neue Klasse