There are BMW vehicles and then there are BMW M-Division GmbH vehicles. However, what if you wanted something that would fit right in the middle – something that would offer you a sport driving experience, while giving you the comfort of a ‘standard’ BMW model. Well, BMW has a solution with a new line of [...]
Continuing our series of posts with our exclusive interview with BMW M-Division’s product manager for North America, Matt Russell, he talks about the 1-Series again. Previously, Russell praised the success of the 1-Series M-Coupe and seeing as how we at egmCarTech loved it too when we first drove it, I asked Russell if we could [...]
For a while now, it’s been rumored that BMW’s M division is developing its own car – a model that has nothing to do with any model in the BMW brand lineup. According to Albert Biermann, head of product development M would like to develop its own car. “From an engineering perspective we have the [...]
In an interview with AutoBlog, BMW M Product Development head Albert Biermann released some very interesting information. First off, BMW has no plans to do a Z4 M so stop dreaming. Second, all that talk we’ve been hearing about an all-wheel-drive diesel M5 – simply forget it – it ain’t going to happen. Other then [...]
There are a lot of rumors about multiple projects surrounding BMW’s M-Division. That includes word of a 1-Series M-Convertible, an X3 M, and a new Z4 M. But what we just learned is that BMW could serious about producing an exclusive mid-engined car that could compete with the likes of either the Audi R8 or [...]
Despite the global economic downturn, BMW’s M GmbH reported that year-on-year sales were up 50 percent in 2008. The division reported sales of 24,186 units of BMW M vehicles to customers in the 2008 business year, the second best-result in its 30 year history. A total of 2,465 units of the BMW M5 were sold [...]
