There's a new luxury SUV coming to town, and if you demand seven seats, striking style, and an M Sport package, the 2019 BMW X7 might be the truck for you. Sitting above the X5 as BMW's biggest, most lavish SUV option, the all-new X7 promises the best of the automaker's technology without sacrificing on comfort.
BMW Group has teamed with Umicore and Northvolt to develop a "closed life cycle loop" for electric car batteries. This EV battery recycling program includes more than harvesting materials, instead first designating used EV batteries for secondary uses, such as stationary energy storage devices. At the end of this life cycles, the batteries will be harvested for raw materials.
BMW has gone official with the latest version of its 3 Series sedan and the car is all-new. It certainly looks a lot like the outgoing model, and that is to be expected with the popularity of the 3 Series globally. This is the seventh generation of the car and promises enhanced sportiness, a new design language, and extensive refinements. The world premiere of the new 3 Series will be at the Mondial de l’Automobile in Paris.
BMW is showing off the 2019 models of its electric car, the i3. For 2019 the ride is offered in i3 120Ah and i3s 120Ah. The original i3 back in 2014 had 60Ah inside giving it a mere 81-mile driving range. Last year, the 2017 model i3 had a 94Ah rating for a 115-mile driving range.
In an industry obsessed with acronyms, you can credit the BMW X5 as being the first-ever SAV, or Sport Activity Vehicle. Back in 1999, people were left scratching their heads to discern the differences between an SAV and SUV. Fast forward to today, and the new 2019 BMW X5 is still an SAV to the core, but it's certainly all grown up now. Larger, and more practical, the promise is up to seven seats of family convenience but without sacrificing the driving feel that the X5 has always been known for.
BMW has further pulled the wraps off the 2019 Z4 Roadster, revealing two new versions of the two-seater convertible after the 2019 M40i First Edition broke cover last month. The 2019 Z4 sDrive30i Roadster and the 2020 Z4 M40i Roadster will each pack BMW TwinPower turbocharged engines, and show up in dealerships from March of next year.
Five days, three continents, and four cities: Munich, New York, San Francisco, and Beijing. It may sound like the itinerary of a famous rock band’s world tour, but it’s actually something even more exclusive. BMW's integrated its newest concept car into a jet, and set off on the iNEXT World Flight to preview its vision of the next generation of electric vehicles.
BMW Motorrad has unveiled an autonomous motorcycle that is cooler than most of the autonomous cars that are out there. The bike itself is a BMW Motorrad R 1200 GS adventure bike. These bikes are normally festooned with panniers for holding gear and clothing when you see them cruising the roads. BMW's autonomous bike packs all sorts of electronics inside those cases.
BMW and a litany of other automakers like to test their cars at the famed Nürburgring in Germany. It's sort of a badge of honor to say that your performance cars were tested and tuned on that famous track. It's not only cars that get tested there, on occasion performance-oriented SUVs get in on the action there as well.
Crossovers and SUVs are popular due to many reasons. It may be due to the taller ride height and a more commanding view of the road. But one of the most important factor is the availability of the sure-footed traction and handling of a proper all-wheel drive or four-wheel drivetrain.
BMW has announced the details on the slick-looking 2019 X2 M35i. Production for this vehicle will kick off in November for the US market. BMW designed the ride to be "extroverted" and packed it with the most powerful BMW 2.0L TwinPower Turbo engine it has ever made. The engine makes 302hp and 332 lb-ft of torque.
BMW plans to add an Intelligent Personal Assistant to its future cars, allowing drivers to interact with the infotainment system by saying "Hey BMW" to the dashboard. The AI aims to simplify the way drivers access and control the increasingly complex features modern cars offer, using natural language rather than demanding owners memorize a long list of specific commands.