News Blog
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Built for speed: The BMW racing wheelchair
Built for speed: The BMW racing wheelchair
(Note: This story was written prior to the Paralympic Games in Rio. To find out how the athletes did, see postscript at bottom.) By Marty Bernstein This...
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Krazy Kustom Koachwork: The Blackhawk 328
Krazy Kustom Koachwork: The Blackhawk 328
If you’ve been to the Blackhawk Museum, you might have seen an odd-looking 328 on display. The Blackhawk provides minimal (and slightly misleading)...
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BMW to be featured at Monterey in August 2016
BMW to be featured at Monterey in August 2016
The annual Monterey car festival is barely in our rear-view mirror, but as fun as it was I’m already looking forward to next year. 2016 is BMW’s 100th...
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It's almost time for Monterey historics week!
It's almost time for Monterey historics week!
The great vintage car weekend of the year is almost upon us! If you’re not sure how to spend your time on the peninsula, here’s a quick guide for Bimmer...
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Villa d'Este: The beautiful dream
Villa d'Este: The beautiful dream
Photos by Blazej Zulawski Going to Villa d’Este is like stepping into an Italian movie: La Dolce Vita crossed with The Leopard, set on the shores of stunning...
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The X5 M's wild heritage
The X5 M's wild heritage
Back in 2000, BMW’s engineers decided to do something outlandish, maybe even downright crazy: To demonstrate the sporting potential of BMW’s new...
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Web extra! Second opinion on the 328d wagon
Web extra! Second opinion on the 328d wagon
We had a chance to put a second driver behind the wheel of our 328d xDrive Touring test car, so we asked Keyboard magazine editor Stephen Fortner for his...
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Road Tests
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The Pinnacle: The 335is reminds me of my favorite BMWs of yore: an enthusiast coupe with a powerful engine, spo...
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The pro perspective: AS THE MOST ENTHUSIAST-ORIENTED BMW SINCE THE E92 M3, the 1 M Coupe has been the subject of more ...
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The lies we tell ourselves: As I write these words on November 1, 2015, fire is raging across the 5,000-km length of Indonesi...
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Classics
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Art In Motion: The notion of what constitutes art can vary widely, but most enthusiasts agree that BMW’s Art Car...
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Türkisblau Original: In 1973, the average house sold for around $32,000, a gallon of gas for 40 cents. Billy Jean King...
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A Batmobile for Bobby: It isn’t every day that you get to drive a CSL, much less a genuine “Batmobile,” but here I am, r...
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Modified
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Black and bold: Andrew Golden’s path to the Z4 M Roadster you see here started with a crash…a really serious cras...
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Blue Magic: At first glance, Jefferson Ho’s Estoril Blue E36 M3 looks like your average older M car. A closer...
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Fit for a Tycoon: In today’s global economy, some business leaders have more power than heads of state. The Russian...
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History
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BMW's Bergmeister: What was that racket?!?
The half-mad banging and crashing sounded like a string of cherry bombs e...
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The Other Mille Miglia Coupe: Among BMW fans, it’s no secret that the pre-war 328 put the white and blue roundel on the world s...
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M is for Munich: Hermann Bohrer, the director of the BMW plant in Munich, is a car manufacturing specialist with m...
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Racing
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In with the new: Having raced professionally 3 Series BMWs of every generation since the E36 of the late 1990s, Bi...
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Winning from the start: Two years after the M235i Racing was introduced to the U.S. media—and two years after it started ...
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The Longest Day: SET AMIDST THE INVARIABLY WINDSWEPT HILLS WEST OF WILLOWS, CALIFORNIA, Thunderhill Raceway is bon...
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Events
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M Fest: One hundred and ninety-five M cars in a row… That’s a mighty sight in the middle of the Mojave De...
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Vintage at the Vineyards: We came because of the cars,” says Bill Williams, “and we keep coming back because of the people....
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Beauty through simplicity: Following its debut at the Shanghai auto show, the Vision Future Luxury concept traveled to Italy...
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