Could BMW Kill the MINI 3 Door Hatch?

Could BMW kill the iconic MINI 3 door hatch? The one that is based on the very origins of the brand? Sources are telling us that there are some within BMW that...

BMW May Build Eelctric MINI Outside the UK

According to the Automotive News, BMW is considering basing production of MINI’s upcoming electric car outside of the U.K. due to Brexit. Due to uncertainty around trade agreements between the U.K. and...

BMW Sees Hydrogen as the Future – Not Hybrids

Two years ago I shared a ride to the airport with a senior BMW engineer responsible for advanced drivetrains like the new wave of BMW and MINI plugin hybrids (like the forthcoming...

BMW is Working in an All Electric MINI

BMW is working on an all electric MINI model according to Peter Schwarzenbauer, BMW board member in charge of the MINI brand. We’ve heard rumors for over a year now that MINI...

Would You Want a Self Parking MINI?

We’ve read about the feature and seen photos of it in action on BimmerFile. Now we get to see the 2016 7 Series do the seemingly impossible with its self parking function....

BMW Working to Bring Laser Lights to the US

The US DOT’s 50 year old regulation of headlights is getting in the way of innovation. That’s what BMWNA told us recently when asked why we won’t have laser lighting as an...

Official: Neither Superleggera or MINI Minor Confirmed

Yesterday the typically reliable Car magazine indicated that MINI’s Superleggera Roadster concept had been approved for a 2018 production date. Today the typically reliable Automotive News says not so fast. According to...