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ADVERTISEMENT It’s a known fact by now the next-generation BMW M5 will be a plug-in hybrid. Prototypes have been spied with a fuel cap for the charging port, so the cat is out of the bag. We’ve been talking about how the PHEV setup will make the super sedan more powerful but also heavier. There […]

If you’ve been eager to see a drag race between some of the heaviest production cars on sale today, Carwow has got you covered. When the lightest vehicle tips the scales at 2,420 kilograms (5,335 pounds), you know it’s the battle of the heavyweights. Being the smallest EV of the lot, the Mercedes EQC is

American car shoppers looking for a full-sized hardtop coupe in 1962 couldn’t go wrong with the offerings from The General. Chevrolet would sell you a snazzy new Bel Air sport coupe for just $2,561 (about $23,800 today), but those Joneses next door wouldn’t have felt properly shamed if you put a new proletariat-grade Chevy in

Australia’s Which Car ran a lengthy interview of BMW chief technical officer Frank Weber. The piece covered nearly every subject of interest to old and new BMW enthusiasts, from the automaker’s design direction to halo cars to keeping cars fresh when technology moves so much faster than vehicle generation cycles. Yet, of the more than

Joe Achilles was one of the first YouTubers to buy a G80 BMW M3 Competition and, unlike the rest of YouTube, he tried to make his unique. His color spec was, and still is, different from the rest of his fellow influencers. Now, though, Achilles is trading his M3 in for a new one but,

With the help of Dallara and the Kiska design firm, Austrian motorcycle maker KTM launched into a fun side gig making the track-day X-Bow (pronounced “crossbow”) in 2008. Promising not to make more than 100 per year to maintain focus and exclusivity, the past 14 years have seen 1,300 models sold as the lineup expanded

TOKYO (AP) — Toyota is working with Japan’s space agency on a vehicle to explore the lunar surface, with ambitions to help people live on the moon by 2040 and then go live on Mars, company officials said Friday. The vehicle being developed with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency is called Lunar Cruiser, whose name

Morgan Motor Company has teased its coming three-wheeled autocycle again. The first thing to know about it is that we still don’t know its name. It appears the 3 Wheeler label won’t make a return, and Morgan calls the vehicle internally codenamed P101 the “three wheeled” on its site. Suspicions have fallen on the name

BMW discontinued the bonkers quad-turbo B57 engine, but it’s still one of the few automakers to sell diesel performance cars. The X4 M40d is a relevant example, and while this type of powertrain has fallen out of favor at the dawn of the EV era, it’s still relevant in Europe. Some people enjoy the blend

ADVERTISEMENT 2021 was far from being a regular year for the automotive industry as the semiconductor shortage severely hampered production. Even in these less-than-ideal market conditions, the BMW Group managed to set a new all-time record by selling 2,521,525 cars. The BMW brand alone accounted for 2,213,795 – yet another absolute record. However, JATO Dynamics