Filed under: Marketing/Advertising, Technology, Videos, BMW, Humor The world is a distracting place. No matter where you are or what you’re doing, there are any number of things designed specifically to draw your attention elsewhere. It’s true when you’re driving, too, which is why automakers like BMW have crafted technologies like lane departure... 

Filed under: Motorsports, Videos, BMW, Racing This past weekend, BMW celebrated its return to DTM racing after a 20-year embargo of its home series. On the first practice day of the weekend at Hockenheim, Andy Priaulx was the best BMW in tenth, almost a second off the pace. By Saturday morning’s second free practice just before quallifying, BMW pilot Bruno... 

Filed under: Classics, Etc. Lists. Readers love ‘em, so everyone’s got one. (Heck, our show is even called The List.) And this is the Playboy list, packed with two-seat sports cars, muscle cars, obvious choices and even the original Volkswagen Beetle. Before we get to the full 25, however, hear out our view. While you can always register your personal... 

Filed under: Plants/Manufacturing, Audi, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Luxury A report by the Center of Automotive Research at the university of Duisburg-Essen in Germany has revealed that Mercedes-Benz, currently the number three luxury carmaker, could move up to number two in 2015, Automotive News reported. Mercedes owned the second slot until last year, when Audi overtook... 

Filed under: Marketing/Advertising, BMW, UK Sponsoring most events is pretty straightforward for any company: fork over the right sum of cash and you’re the new official automaker/timekeeper/jelly donut of whatever the event is. But for BMW, its status as Official Automotive Partner of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games is a bit more complicated. Even... 

Filed under: Government/Legal, Safety, BMW, Motorcycle You can’t buy publicity like this. USA Today reports a California man is suing both BMW and motorcycle seat manufacturer Corbin after a four-hour motorcycle ride left him with a severe case of priapism. Henry Wolf claims he’s had an erection since stepping off his 1993 BMW after a ride in September... 

Filed under: Concept Cars, BMW, Design/Style, Electric The venerable Isetta was tiny, cheap and nimble transportation in post-World-War-II Europe. In this day of $4-a-gallon gas, could a similar car be an attractive alternative? That’s the question University of Applied Arts graduate Tony Weichselbraun asked as he endeavored to imagine a modern Isetta. Tony... 

Filed under: Sedan, Performance, Etc., Technology, Videos, BMW, Luxury Pushrods and overhead valves or dual overhead cams; naturally aspirated, turbocharged or supercharged; it simply doesn’t matter – there’s nothing quite like the sound of a powerful V8 engine. Or is there? The engineers from BMW have been known to make some beautifully melodic... 

Filed under: Concept Cars, Convertible, Hybrid, Performance, BMW, Beijing Motor Show, Design/Style, Electric BMW has created the BMW i sub-brand for its upcoming production plug-in models, which currently include three concepts: the i3, i8 and the i8 Spyder. After keeping that third model away from our eager cameras at the New York Auto Show, BMW finally showed... 

Filed under: Spy Photos, Performance, Hatchback, BMW, Luxury Remember the rumors of BMW working on a hot 1 Series hatch just below the 1 Series M? The evidence trail was so faint that we called it “the most speculative sort of specualtion” when we posted on it six months ago. The trail and the car just got a lot hotter now that the very three-door...