Mini just unveiled its first dedicated EV model, the adorable and diminutive Aceman electric subcompact crossover. It sits just about two inches longer, one inch wider, and three inches taller than the current F55 Cooper Hardtop four door, and slots between the recently redesigned Cooper and Countryman models. Given its unimpressive WLTP range estimates, small … Read more
Photo: BMW If you’re as car obsessed as most of us then you likely call your car your baby, and BMW Classic will now validate your baby with a birth certificate. Well, really it’s just a digital version of the record of the vehicle’s delivery status and first buyer rather than a certificate of authenticity. … Read more
Good morning! It’s Monday, April 22, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. The Hype Behind Tesla Stock Success In 2023 1st Gear: Chaos At Tesla 2024 has not been kind … Read more
Photo: Daniel Golson/Jalopnik The Bangle years are not only my favorite era of BMW design, but one of my favorite eras of design at any automaker. No other company was taking risks and innovating like BMW was, and Bangle’s Flame Surfacing technique forever influenced the rest of the industry. The groundbreaking i3 and i8 were … Read more
The sport sedan is one of the best automotive segments ever created. Unfortunately the industry’s move away from sedans to crossovers has made them an endangered species. That isn’t to say there aren’t great ones still on sale — Cadillac’s Blackwing models and the Genesis G70 come to mind. One of the all-time greats is … Read more
Let’s say you’re in the car market looking for something fun or, at the very least, somewhat interesting to drive. There are some great options to be had on the used market and, if you’re not picky or a badge snob, one of the best sport sedans to come to market in the last decade … Read more
When then-Chief Designer Frank Stephenson was ready to present his new first-gen Mini Cooper design to BMW’s board of directors back in 1996, he realized he forgot something important. The Mini design team had worked multiple 24-hour days to complete the first full-sized clay model of the new Mini, and when they finally finished the designers had … Read more
Photo: Hyundai When quarterly sales figures come out, it’s common to focus on the cars that sold the most in the previous three months. That’s certainly interesting on some level, but at the same time, most of the top sellers are pretty consistent. Presumably, the Ford F-Series and Chevrolet Silverado will take the top two … Read more
Photo: BMW The end of the first quarter of 2024 means we get a look at some of the oddities automakers sold in the first three months of this year. Usually, it’s pretty uneventful, but sometimes you get a little gems. Take BMW’s Q1 report for example. It’s all pretty run-of-the-mill until you notice a … Read more
Photo: BMW Wagon lovers, you can finally quit your yapping. BMW has officially announced that the seventh-generation BMW M5 Touring is headed for U.S. shores. It seems BMW saw how well the Mercedes-AMG E63s Wagon and Audi RS6 Avant have sold in this country and decided it wanted in on the action. BMW 3T Electric … Read more
