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Article Summary The Speedtop is an M8 turned into a two-door wagon with only two seats. It uses BMW’s most powerful non-electrified V8 engine in history. Production is limited to 70 units, all of which have already been sold for an unconfirmed 500,000 euros. People have mixed feelings about BMW’s design language of the early […]

Article Summary The last ALPINA B3 GT and B4 GT were assembled back in November 2025. ALPINA is now sharing footage from within the Munich plant where the two cars were manufactured. Production of the B8 GT has already ended, with the XB7 to follow suit later this year. ALPINA models from the pre-BMW era

Article Summary BMW’s S68 replaced the N63 as the brand’s sole V8, and unlike previous engines, it’s shared across M, M Performance, Alpina, and even Land Rover applications. Power ranges from 523 hp in the X5 M60i up to 630 hp in the Alpina XB7, with the same 4.4-liter twin-turbo block underneath every variant. The

There are about 450 BMW M1s in the world. Most are red, white, or black. A handful are gryy. And exactly one has the cognac brown cloth-and-leather interior that everyone at the factory apparently thought was hideous. That car was at Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este 2026. And it has a story. The Color Nobody Ordered

Article Summary The Vision BMW ALPINA coupe features a retro-modern take of the iconic shark nose. Designers took inspiration from the E24 6 Series, which was shown alongside the one-off design study. Bringing back the shark nose would not pose a challenge in terms of meeting pedestrian safety regulations. The iconic shark nose harks from

Article Summary The BMW M Hybrid V8 is coming in June to GT7, alongside the Ferrari 499P, Peugeot 9X8, and Porsche 963. The video game version is based on the pre-facelift model, not the updated car introduced for the 2026 season. The fifth car joining Gran Turismo 7 next month is a Porsche 911 Turbo

Article Summary The ALPINA Roadster V8 swaps the Z8’s S62 V8 and six-speed manual for a softer-tuned M62 4.8-liter and five-speed automatic, making it a true grand tourer rather than a sports car. Only 555 were ever made — 450 of them sold in the US — making it significantly rarer than the 5,703 Z8s

Article Summary Car paparazzi spotted a fully camouflaged 2028 BMW M5 Touring G99 testing at the Nürburgring. The updated performance wagon arrives next year, together with the 5 Series LCI. BMW appears to have made changes to the engine and/or exhaust because the prototype sounds noticeably more aggressive. Everything is moving at lightning speed in

Article Summary The issue impacts BMW iX1 models ordered with some of the 17- and 18-inch wheel designs. The bottleneck could push back deliveries of affected vehicles by several months. BMW iX1 models with the bigger 19- and 20-inch wheels are not affected. While some people have an agenda against EVs, the numbers don’t lie.

The BMW iX5 Hydrogen has a 2028 launch date, and BMW began building the hardware to support it. Plant Landshut in Bavaria has started pre-series production of the vehicle’s “Energy Master” — the central control unit for the high-voltage system that manages energy flow between the fuel cell, the high-voltage battery, and the electric drive