The 2024 BMW CE02 Is An Excellent Scooter With One Major Flaw Read more…

The Best Livery In BMW History Is Back I know that I’ve previously said that racing teams need to find colors that aren’t red, white, or black to paint their cars, but this new BMW M4 GT3 from WRT Racing is the exception that proves the rule. The BMW-supported team will run a throwback livery inspired by the UFO Jeans Luigi Team 3.0 CSL at the 24 Hours of… Read more…

Here’s Your Chance To Buy The Coolest Unsuccessful Race Car In BMW’S History The Z4 GT3 was one of the coolest, if not exactly within the spirit of the rules, ways to go racing a decade ago. BMW’s aging M3 proved highly uncompetitive in the GT3 class by 2012, and the new-shape Z4 didn’t have enough motor to compete either, so the company combined the two, shoving the M3’s V8 into the little… Read more…

My BMW F800GS Needs A Vanity Plate, What Should I Get? Here’s a confession: I hate most vanity plates. They’re usually dumb, trite, or going for an all-too-obvious joke, like Corvette plates touting the superiority of V8s over forced induction. Yet, my most recent two cars have each had vanity plates: My FR-S was K4NSE1, as in kansei dorifto, and my NB Miata was L4TT3.… Read more…

BMW’s Vision Neue Klasse X Concept Is A Big Step In The Right Direction The Bangle years are not only my favorite era of BMW design, but one of my favorite eras of design at any automaker. No other company was taking risks and innovating like BMW was, and Bangle’s Flame Surfacing technique forever influenced the rest of the industry. The groundbreaking i3 and i8 were similarly impactful —… Read more…

Daily Driving A BMW M3 Is Just As Great As You’d Imagine The sport sedan is one of the best automotive segments ever created. Unfortunately the industry’s move away from sedans to crossovers has made them an endangered species. That isn’t to say there aren’t great ones still on sale — Cadillac’s Blackwing models and the Genesis G70 come to mind. One of the all-time greats… Read more…

Hybrid BMW M5 Touring Is Actually, Really, Officially Coming To America` Wagon lovers, you can finally quit your yapping. BMW has officially announced that the seventh-generation BMW M5 Touring is headed for U.S. shores. It seems BMW saw how well the Mercedes-AMG E63s Wagon and Audi RS6 Avant have sold in this country and decided it wanted in on the action. Read more…

Some Hero Bought A Brand New 2021 BMW i3 This Year The end of the first quarter of 2024 means we get a look at some of the oddities automakers sold in the first three months of this year. Usually, it’s pretty uneventful, but sometimes you get a little gems. Take BMW’s Q1 report for example. It’s all pretty run-of-the-mill until you notice a little “1” on its… Read more…

Apple updates iOS so BMW’s wireless charging won’t break your iPhone 15 Photo by Dan Seifert / The VergeApple just released iOS 17.1.1, and it has fixes for a couple notable bugs that have popped up recently. One bug was pretty bad. Some users had reported that if they tried to charge their iPhone 15 using BMW’s in-car wireless charging, certain NFC features like Apple Pay or BMW’s digital car key would break. BMW’s…

Apple says BMW wireless chargers really are messing with iPhone 15s Illustration: The VergeUsers have been reporting that their iPhone 15’s NFC chips were failing after using BMW’s in-car wireless charging, but until now, Apple hasn’t addressed the complaints. That seems to have changed as MacRumors reported this week that an Apple internal memo to third-party repair providers says a software update later this y…

Unboxing An $8,000 BMW E-Bike Read more…

BMW, Mini, and Rolls-Royce are the latest to sync up with Tesla’s EV charging plug Photo by Abigail Bassett for The VergeBMW, famed German automaker and parent company to Mini and Rolls-Royce, announced its intention to adopt Tesla’s electric vehicle charging standard for its future EVs, in the latest win for Elon Musk’s company. BMW said that owners of electric vehicles with the Combined Charging System (CCS) outlet will get…

BMW 3T Electric Gravel Bike: What Do You Want To Know? Electric bikes are so hot right now with startups and established brands rushing to get a slice of the e-bike pie. That rush onto two wheels is also sweeping the car world with brands like Jeep and Porsche have all launching e-bikes. Now, it’s BMW’s turn to strap its name onto a swanky two-wheeled creation. Read more…

BMW’s Next Car Launch Is Happening In Fortnite For a long time now, Epic has been pushing Fortnite has more than a game. It’s the metaverse, it’s a platform, it’s where all of culture is going to happen from here on out. Other companies, it seems, are buying into the idea — at least BMW is, by debuting its new compact crossovers on a custom in-game island. Read more…

The BMW i7 M70 Left Me Wondering What ‘M’ Is To many enthusiasts, the M brand has been in a long decline. It’s not clear exactly when that decline started. To some of them, BMW screwed up when it put a V8 in the M3, eschewing the naturally aspirated four and six-cylinder engines of the first three acts. For many, BMW jumped the shark when it M-ized crossovers… Read more…

The BMW i5 Is The Impossible Burger Of Electric Sedans There’s a common trope in automotive writing – it’s common to bemoan the death of the ICE, and complain that EVs will never match the soul and spirit of gas-powered cars. Chuck in tacky, if not straight-up hackneyed metaphors comparing electric vehicles to vegan meals; a piece of fruit dressed to look like meat will… Read more…

Warning: BMW Wireless Charging May Break iPhone 15’s Apple Pay Chip If you have an iPhone 15 and drive a BMW, it might be best to avoid charging the device with the vehicle’s wireless charging pad for now. Over the past week, some BMW owners have complained that their iPhone 15’s NFC chip no longer works after charging the device with their vehicle’s wireless charging pad, according to comments shared on the Ma…

2024 BMW R 1300 GS: This Is It Right now, it seems like everyone wants an adventure bike. Motorcycles like the Yamaha Tenere 700, Aprilia Tuareg 660, and Harley Davidson Pan America seem to be flying off dealership lots as fast as the factories can churn them out. But what about the original ADV, the progenitor of the category? Is the BMW boxer… Read more…

BMW Stops Sale Of Gas-Powered Motorcycles In The U.S. Over Emissions BMW has issued a stop sale notice that applies to its motorcycles in the U.S. effective immediately. The stop-sale covers both new and used motorcycles at BMW Motorrad dealers across North America, according to Visor Down. Read more…

Ford, Honda, and BMW create a new vehicle-to-grid company to help EV owners save money Image: Getty ImagesFord, BMW, and Honda are joining forces to create a new vehicle-to-grid company that aims to help EV owners save money by sending energy back to the electrical grid. The new company, ChargeScape, will “create a single, cost-effective platform connecting electric utilities, automakers and interested electric vehicle customers….