BMW

What if this is the BMW X1?

I came across this rendering by the german folks at Autobild, and I started to think if this is the way I imagined the BMW X1. The front-end looks pretty much similar to the X3 or the X5, I don’t see an improvement there, as far as the rear, I can’t really determine the shape [...]

BMW Roadmap for Future Cars

Many BMW related forums and online media rushed these past days to post what it seemed to be an “exclusive” inside information from BMW regarding their roadmap for future cars until 2014. We sat back and looked at it for a while, and decided not to act on what I believed there were pure speculations.We [...]

Exclusive: First 2009 BMW 5 Series sporting the new iDrive

Updated: Close up photoThanks to Jimmy O., we can show some exclusive photos of the new iDrive system being featured in a BMW 550i. As we mentioned yesterday, to our surprise, BMW indeed decided to include the revamped and improved iDrive Navigation System in the 5 and 6 Series as well, contrary to the last [...]

Five new Spyshots of the BMW PAS

The German car-magazine Autobild published five new Spyshots of the BMW Progressive Activity Sedan (PAS) today. The camo on the rear reminds me of early spyshots of the BMW X6. BMW wanted to show us a totally different roofline than they planned to build back then, and I guess it is exactly the same situation [...]

BMW //M meet in Munich

Now this is what I call a real BMW gathering: 120 BMW M cars and over 180 participants. Of course, the even took place in the bavarian land, in the vicinity of the BMW Headquarter.All the //M models, starting with the legendary M1 supercar, and finishing with the latest BMW M3s, all the M cars [...]

I’m officially confused: The new iDrive in the 5 and 6 Series??

For the past weeks, BMW has been reinforcing the fact that the new iDrive Navigation System will not make its way into the 5 and 6 Series, but it will be available in the 1, 3 or 7 Series. Top level BMW executives confirmed that for now, no Car Infotainment Computer in the 5er and [...]

Cadillac going after the 3 Series

Cadillac is joining the RWD game in order to take on BMW’s best selling car, the 3 Series. Built on the new Alpha RWD platform, the future Cadillac line will replace the Epsilon front-drive Cadillac BLS in Europe and expand its lineup in the U.S market.To fully compete with the BMW 3 Series, Cadillac will [...]

Finally, BMW Canada to lower the prices

Unexpected move by BMW Canada, after years of complaining, the neighbors from north of us, will enjoy lower prices on their BMWs. Just a few days ago, in an article about Canada and the diesel engines, I was going back and forth with J M, a BMW Client Advisor, about the higher than normal canadian [...]

Rumor or not? BMW Z2 based on the 1 Series Coupe

The internet auto media seem to be all over the rumor that a BMW Z2 is in works. The rumor going around the web, faster than Spiderman, is that the Z2 will be based on the 1 Series Coupe design and it will cover the entry-level sports roadster market.The speculation is really not that new, [...]