Americans Give A Shift: Half Of BMW M2s Are Manuals BMW's smallest M car with a third pedal has a 50 percent take rate in the United States. Motor1 · Sep 4
BMW explains why it’s not interested in F1 entry BMW's position on F1 remains unchanged, as it insists sportscar racing is a better fit for its philosophy Motorsport · Aug 28
BMW Confirms: The Next M3 'Won't Be Hybrid' The next-generation M3 will feature BMW's updated S58 inline-six engine with M Ignite technology. Motor1 · Jun 15
BMW M Boss: 'The Manual Doesn’t Really Make Sense' Bad news for BMW M fans: The manual transmission may not be around for much longer. Even though roughly 40 percent of M customers opted for the manual gearbox in 2025 (according to our own data), BMW’s M boss isn’t convinced that the gearbox is worth keeping alive. Motor1 · Feb 18
There's a Reason BMW Brought the M5 Touring to America, Not the M3 The BMW M5 Touring is the automaker’s first performance wagon in the US in, well, a very long time—but it’s already proving to be a big hit. Through the first few months of 2025, demand for the M5 Touring outpaced that of the sedan, putting it on track to become… Motor1 · Nov 4, 2025
BMW Is Killing Its M Competition Models. But for Good Reason Update: This story has been updated with a confirmation from BMW and additional clarification on current Competition models. Motor1 · Nov 3, 2025
Don't Worry, BMW's Best Engines Aren't Going Anywhere: 'We Don't Want to Lose Performance' If you buy a modern BMW performance car, you want one of two things: A turbocharged inline-six or a powerful V-8. However, in the era of downsizing and electrification, with more stringent emissions regulations looming worldwide, keeping those performance engines alive is no easy task—as other automakers have proven. Motor1 · Jul 21, 2025
The New M5's Hybrid System Weighs Almost 900 Pounds That's nearly an entire Caterham Seven worth of hybrid tech. No wonder this car is so heavy. Motor1 · Jun 27, 2024
BMW iM3 Will 'Never' Happen, Says M Boss But that's not to say an M3 with batteries won't. Motor1 · Nov 30, 2023
BMW M Boss Wants Next M3 And M4 To Be Pure Electric It's still undecided but the next cars will either be gasoline-powered or fully electric but not both. Motor1 · Jul 21, 2023
Details Emerge About Upcoming BMW M Quad-Motor EVs BMW has so far only confirmed it was working on quad-motor M EVs, but not much else, so this new report certainly adds a bit more context. InsideEVs · Jan 13, 2023
BMW Says It's Always Thinking About A New Supercar The BMW M boss is trying to figure out how it would work. Motor1 · Aug 20, 2022
Electrified BMW M Cars Will Make You Say 'I Didn’t See That Coming,' Boss Says It'll still feel like a proper M3. Motor1 · Aug 15, 2022
Motor1 · Jun 25, 2022 BMW M Promises The Manual Transmission Will Live On With people actually ordering manual M2s, the company is determined to keep the stick shift alive.
Motor1 · Jun 8, 2022 2023 BMW M2 Will Be The Last Pure Internal-Combustion M Vehicle The confirmation came from BMW M honcho Frank van Meel himself.