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Article Summary BMW built a driveable M3 Touring prototype in 2000, journalists loved it, but customer clinics killed it — and it was never sold. UK coachbuilder Petroyle is now producing hand-built recreations with carbon fibre bodywork, structural reinforcements, and engine options up to the M5’s V10. Prices start at €150,000, left-hand drive is available, […]

Article Summary The M3 CS Touring averaged 28mpg over 489 motorway miles on day one, then spent the following day doing passenger laps at Anglesey before driving straight to Edinburgh — without any complaints from the car. The carbon ceramic brakes glowed red through repeated hard laps during a night track session and never faded,

The BMW 7 Series G70 is a car that tends to look the same everywhere you go. Same silhouette, same palette, same options ticked in the configurator. In the executive sedan segment — where the competition is equally uniform — standing out takes more than a color change. German studio LARTE Design has been chipping

The arrival of Neue Klasse signals a huge change for BMW. Across the brand, every familiar badge from the 3 Series to the X5 will transform into something decidedly more modern. With increased reliance on electrification, it’s no surprise that BMW isn’t really focusing on designing for specific powertrains in mind. But even BMW’s combustion

Article Summary The new Hydrogen Flat Storage system consists of seven carbon-fibre reinforced chambers connected as a single unit, storing at least 7 kg of hydrogen and filling in under five minutes. The flat design is compatible with the Gen6 battery floor package, allowing the iX5 Hydrogen to share a production line with all five

Someone just traded in a 2011 BMW M3 at Sewell BMW in Plano with 723 miles on the odometer. The car is 15 years old. It was never broken in. A forum member going by the name Frank spotted it while picking up his own car from service — black, manual, coupe, just sitting in

Last year, BMW brought the MINI lineup to new lows; in pricing, mind you. The value-packed Oxford Edition — which has appeared on several of the brand’s cars, including the Cooper — historically pays homage to the brand’s UK origins while also bundling several desirable options at a lower price point than even the standard

Article Summary The MINI Paceman Adventure is a true one-off built by BMW apprentices in Munich and Dingolfing from a Cooper S Paceman ALL4, with 184 hp, ALL4 drive, and a six-speed manual — and there are zero plans to ever build another one. On a frozen Swedish lake, the car drifts, communicates through the

Article Summary Shell Recharge is live in the My BMW and MINI apps across Canada, consolidating FLO, ChargePoint, Circuit électrique, BC Hydro, and Tesla Superchargers under a single account and payment method. CCS-port BMW and MINI owners need the Lectron Vortex Plus NACS adapter to access Superchargers; 2026 models like the iX3 and i3 come

Article Summary The Autodrom Most hosted this year’s BMW M Day in the Czech Republic. Record attendance: 2,500 visitors and 450 BMW M and M Performance cars. The track-only BMW M2 Racing was the event’s main star. BMW’s M Day event in the Czech Republic continues to grow with each passing year. For its 10th