BMW

Lifestyle / 14 Jan 2019

The tech-driven BMW X5 demonstrates diesel in its best light

What exactly is a Sports Utility Vehicle and is it conceivably relevant in today’s world? New car buyers seem to think so, the plusher the better; in the UK, the market for luxury SUVs rose by a fifth last year...

Lifestyle / 11 Jan 2019

BMW Designworks and The North Face unveil fabric Futurelight camper

The camping industry isn’t the first place one would look for cutting-edge design. While outdoor activities have become increasingly technology-driven in the past decade, with new materials and gadgets leading the way, the art of sleeping under canvas and trailering...

Lifestyle / 27 Dec 2018

The opinion-dividing exhibitionism of the new BMW M5

In surveying the current landscape of high performance cars, one starts to feel a certain sympathy for Cold War nuclear strategists. They lived in a time when too much was never enough, and the only benchmark your bomb needed to...

Lifestyle / 26 Dec 2018

Berlin-based artist Zac Langdon-Pole’s BMW Art Journey takes flight

‘My interest in celestial mapping is as a kind of ground zero of meaning-making and storytelling’, starts Zac Langdon-Pole. ‘Connecting the stars and making constellations out of them often tie to origin stories. In this sense, the journey will look...

Architecture / 21 Sep 2018

Architect Dayong Sun designs Mini Living’s fourth urban cabin in Beijing

Continuing its exploration into residential architecture and urban living, BMW’s Mini Living concept has just launched its fourth edition; an urban cabin in Beijing, designed by local architect Dayong Sun in cooperation with the Mini Living Design Team. The...

Lifestyle / 6 Sep 2018

BMW i8 Roadster is a genuinely innovative take on electric transport

BMW’s original i8 study car was an exciting proposition. Teased first as Concept Vision EfficientDynamics in 2009, then three years later as the i8 Concept Spyder, this performance hybrid-electric was fresh, exploratory, a touch avant-garde. It previewed fresh possibilities in...

Lifestyle / 6 Jun 2018

La dolce vita: the best cars in show at Villa d’Este Concorso d’Eleganza 2018

The sun blessed all three days of Villa d’Este Concorso d’Eleganza this year – despite the threat of looming nearby thunderstorms – helping to make the 2018 edition of the elite classic car and bike show held on the shores...

Lifestyle / 19 Mar 2018

Germany is leading the charge to create the world’s most innovative supercar

From hybrid supercars to hi-tech campervans, Germany is pushing auto innovation into top gear. Think AI dashboards, pure electric ideals and cult concept hits. Here’s all you need to know about the very best in German motor manufacturing and design...

Lifestyle / 13 Mar 2018

The best new cars launched at Geneva Motor Show 2018

Geneva used to be a place for imagining wondrous and not-so-real motor cars. The annual motor show was a stage for fictional products and fantastical scenarios. Nowadays realism appears to have taken hold. Most show cars are previewed under embargo...

Lifestyle / 11 Oct 2017

The top 10 concept cars unveiled at Frankfurt Motor Show 2017

The Frankfurt Motor Show is traditionally a time for the big three German car marques to flex their muscles – their respective oversized pavilions bursting with shinny products. It can be a bit of a spectacle, overshadowing others, certainly smaller...

Art / 13 Jun 2017

Back to the future: Cao Fei brings the BMW Art Car into the digital age

A time-travelling monk leaves a dramatic mountainous setting in what appears to be ancient China. He sets off by foot, walking through time toward a nameless megacity. With a composed expression and dressed in traditional costume, we see him pass...

Lifestyle / 25 Apr 2017

Bahn storming: Germany’s industrial landscapes are still shaped by the automobile

The country’s big players are racing to stay ahead of the pack