BMW USA Sales Q3 2026: The 3 Series Surges as Its Replacement Waits in the Wings
BMW USA closed the third quarter of 2026 with 100,210 sales, up 3.4% from 96,886, and the surprise is where the growth came from....
BMW USA closed the third quarter of 2026 with 100,210 sales, up 3.4% from 96,886, and the surprise is where the growth came from....

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The combustion 3 Series is here, and it looks like the future. BMW has revealed the eighth-generation 3 Series, the G50. It’s a petrol...

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The wait is over. Dries Vanthoor and Sheldon van der Linde put the BMW M Hybrid V8 on top of the box at Indianapolis, giving BMW...

BMW proved there was a North American market for a small premium EV with the i3, then left it unserved when the i3 was...

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A Secretive Shop, Finally Opened Ben Bertucci spent five years earning access to Naito Auto Engineering, a three generation restoration shop in Tokyo that...

BMW has a habit of attaching poetic names to engineering that would otherwise sound like a parts-bin spec sheet. The Heart of Joy could...

Monterey Car Week has a way of separating the manufacturers with something to say from the ones just renting a lawn space. This year,...

BMW Group just posted its worst Q2 profitability in years, and the company is not pretending otherwise. Group pre-tax earnings fell 35.1 percent to...

The verdict on the G90 M5 Touring was in before most of the people delivering it had ever sat in one. Too heavy. Too...

BMW Group has begun a six month pilot in Spain putting its combustion technology openness strategy into practice on public roads, not in a...

BMW Group delivered around 1.15 million vehicles in the first half of 2026, a 4.2 percent decline overall. On paper that reads as a...

Ferrari has reintroduced the manual gearbox. That is the headline. It is also, strictly speaking, not entirely true. The new 12Cilindri Manuale has a...

The BMW E92 M3 is a car I know intimately. I have driven it flat-out at Laguna Seca, leaned on it at Road America,...

Cruising on I94 heading south back into Chicago is when I realized how much I’ve taken BMW’s like the X3 for granted. They are,...

Since its debut in the middle of the last decade, the BMW M2 has carried the weight of expectation—perhaps unfairly—as the last true “Ultimate Driving Machine.” While its...

The BMW iX was heralded as an all new kind of BMW. A reinvention of the ultimate driving machine, it was intended to be...

Every BMW built in the modern era carries an internal development code. For engineers these codes organise product planning across simultaneous programmes spanning a...

That’s the news from Le Mans this weekend via Pistonheads, and it matters more than it might first appear. BMW M CEO Frank Van...

Let’s not pretend otherwise. The BMW M Concept Neue Klasse, which made its world premiere today at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, is...

BMW sales in Europe in 2025 underline a major shift in how the brand generates volume, with the BMW X1 emerging as the company’s...

The process of producing a BMW just got a lot more futuristic. Starting this week, new BMW X1 and X2 models will drive fully...

BMW & MINI are bracing for a significant financial hit as it works to address a widespread braking system fault that is creating a...

Mercedes-Benz is reportedly in advanced discussions to source BMW’s four-cylinder petrol engines for a wide range of its future models. The move, first reported...

In response to the new 25% tariff on vehicles imported from Mexico, BMW North America has told dealers that price protection is in place...

The 2025 BMW M235i xDrive Gran Coupe is what happens when BMW tries to sprinkle its Motorsport magic onto a front-wheel-drive-based platform—and the result...

BMW is introducing the 2nd-generation 2 Series Gran Coupe with higher levels of refinement and more standard equipment. Prices remain relatively stable for the...

No model defines BMW more than the 3 Series. Not the M3, not the 7 Series, not any flagship that gets the press conference...

With the i3, BMW’s next generation 3 Series is partially here. The fully electric BMW i3, built on the Neue Klasse platform, represents a...

There are new BMWs, and then there are cars that reset the direction of the brand. The new i3 feels like the latter. As...

There are moments when BMW launches a car that feels bigger than a typical model cycle. The original Neue Klasse sedans did that in...

The waiting is over. BMW has officially confirmed US pricing for the 2027 iX3 50 xDrive at $61,500 plus $1,350 destination and handling, and...

The skeptics were loud, and not without reason. BMW’s decision to build the Neue Klasse on a clean-sheet EV architecture, rather than continuing to...

The new BMW iX3 is the first volume Neue Klasse product and the clearest indication yet of where BMW is taking its electric strategy....

At CES 2026, the conversation around the future of the car shifted in a meaningful way. It was no longer about horsepower, range, or...

The BMW 5 Series has always occupied a particular position in the executive sedan market: not the most dramatic car in the segment, not...

BMW has spent the better part of the last five years telling the world it is all-in on electrification. Neue Klasse concepts. Dedicated EV...

In the land where the V8 engine was practically born and definitely raised, no foreign carmaker dared enter the ring without bringing eight cylinders...

Five years ago, BMW placed a bet on an electrification strategy summed up in four words: “the power of choice.” The concept was simple—give...

BMW built its reputation on the 3 Series. It built its balance sheet on the X5. That distinction matters more than it might seem....

BMW is celebrating 25 years of the X5 with the 2025 BMW X5 Silver Edition – the most capable off-road BMW ever. On September...

In a groundbreaking collaboration, BMW Group has joined forces with the popular gaming platform AirConsole to revolutionize the in-car entertainment landscape. For the first...

Many of you will remember BMW’s first foray into Hydrogen in the early 2000s. That 7 Series used liquid hydrogen and came with enormous...

The BMW iX made a bold statement about the brand’s electric ambitions when it was released in 2021. Unlike BMW’s other EV offerings, the...

Tesla just fired its entire Supercharger division throwing BMW and MINI’s plans to use the network and NACS charging standard in disarray. What will...

Every April 1st, car enthusiasts brace for the usual flood of nonsense. Automakers roll out imaginary cars, ridiculous specs, and concepts that everyone secretly...

BMW closed out the 2025 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship with a mix of celebration and sentiment at Road Atlanta. For Paul Miller Racing it...

As we head north to Elkhart Lake and the storied tarmac of Road America, BMW’s racing story is poised to take a sharp turn....

After proving their worth on the track, natural fiber composites are finally making their way into BMW Group’s production cars. Years of R&D and...

The BMW 7 Series has always carried a specific burden that no other BMW has to bear. It is the car that defines what...

This is BMW’s flagship reimagined with Neue Klasse thinking woven deep into its DNA. While it may be an LCI on paper, there is...

For years, Level 3 autonomy has been positioned as the next great leap in premium motoring. Hands off. Eyes off. The car takes over,...

BMW’s electric transition is quietly making its rivals sweat. While Mercedes-Benz is backpedaling on its EV strategy and calling for a rethink of Europe’s...

BMW’s flagship SUV lineup has always been the place where the brand makes its boldest statements. The original X7 exceeded BMW’s own sales expectations, at...

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Last year we were the first publication to report that the BMW X7 LCI would be getting the coveted Highway Assistant option. However at...