BMW’s Head of Design Went to a Skid Pad to Defend the New Two-Spoke Steering Wheel
The most debated interior detail on the new BMW i3 isn't a styling choice — it's an engineering consequence. Here's the full story behind why the spokes had to move.
The most debated interior detail on the new BMW i3 isn't a styling choice — it's an engineering consequence. Here's the full story behind why the spokes had to move.
Rising costs, an eight-month regulatory lag behind foreign competitors, and a generation of younger buyers who never caught the bug — the forces that killed AC Schnitzer were a long time coming.
BMW's Head of Production walked us through the Munich plant's Neue Klasse transformation, confirmed the new i3 launches there first, and made no secret of what he thinks the EU is getting wrong on industrial policy.
BMW's product chief says an electric sports car is "not unlikely" — and with a capable platform already in place, the only real question is timing.
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Fresh renders imagine the confirmed 3 Series Touring with the i3's bold face and full-width taillights from Neue Klasse.
BMW has teased what appears to be an M3 GT3 Touring for the 2026 Nürburgring 24-hour race — a racing station wagon that could become an instant cult classic on the Nordschleife.
The X4 is dead — long live the iX4. BMW's electric X4 successor arrives in 2027 with a sharper roofline, Neue Klasse underpinnings, 400 kW charging, and a confirmed M60 variant on the way.
Canada's number two M market in the world gets a Canadian-exclusive M4 with gold bronze wheels, historic paint colours, and CS-level interior spec — all at 40 units.
BMW is skipping the facelift and going straight to a next-gen iX1 built on Neue Klasse — with rear-wheel drive, a redesigned interior, and dramatically faster charging.
With Nedeljkovic stepping up to the chairmanship, BMW has picked a strategist-turned-operator to run a production division in the middle of an electric transition.
From the kidney grille to the cabin, BMW has reset its entire design language with the Neue Klasse. Here's what changed, what it borrows from the 1960s, and whether it actually works.