BMW is putting the finishing touches to the mildest of mild facelifts for its all-conquering 3-series saloon and estate – caught here almost camo-free – ahead of its Paris motorshow debut this coming...

BMW is working flat-out to prep its new X5 performance flagship – expected to debut at the Geneva motor show early in 2009 – which borrows the X6’s muscular 408bhp twin-turbo V8 for a 155mph punch.

Germany’s big three premium manufacturers are readying their new executive saloons and CAR Online has spied the 2010 BMW 5-series on its first exploratory laps of the Nurburgring. Last week we had a...

BMW is working on the next-generation 1-series – and our spies have caught the first test mules as they took to the streets around Munich. One of the main changes on the new 1-series will be better...

BMW is putting the finishing touches to its new 7-series limo that it will unveil in summer 2008. The main change for the fifth-generation 7-series is the newfound adoption of style over the chunky...

This is BMW’s latest X3 prototype, testing under the body of a humble 3-series Touring. CAR Online’s spies have snapped the next-gen SUV mule on its first outing at the Nurburgring. Set to go on sale...

The next BMW Z4 will have a folding hard-top. Snapped here testing in Germany the next-generation will also feature BMW’s Efficient Dynamics technology, twin-turbo engines, the M3’s V8 and possibly...

BMW’s big 7-series has been scooped by CAR Online, and we’ve got the first pictures of the interior. Our photographer has also taken the best shots yet of the exterior as the 7-series’ disguise is...

BMW’s new X1 is the real green 4x4 from Bavaria. Forget about X5s with solar panels on the roof because this baby SUV will have an eight-speed auto and Efficient Dynamics technology. It’ll also spawn...

Thought the BMW X6 crossover was a car too far? Brace yourself for more weirdness from the Bavarians, who are readying a strange 5-series-on-stilts niche model dubbed Progressive Activity Sedan for...

With Audi and Mercedes launching new family execs in the past 12 months, time has come for BMW to spruce up the 3-series. CAR has spotted  the facelifted car testing around Munich, with a typically...

The next round of post-Bangle BMWs is well under way – and now we’ve caught the first new 5-series prototypes out on test. Under the swathes of black cladding, riveted dummy panels and false grilles...

BMW 7-series: the long and the short of it It's hard to believe it's six years since BMW first put the cat among the pigeons with its radically styled 7-series. Just think about the effect that Chris...

This hearse looks vaguely familiar…   This is BMW’s new 7-series, and yes, we snapped it first in late 2006 when it broke cover in Germany. The car’s hefty disguise may not have changed much - but...

Didn't try and disguise it much, did they? Yes, we’ve caught BMW’s upcoming M3 Cabriolet barely undisguised and months ahead of its official debut. Caught by eagle-eyed CAR reader Paul Newton in the...

And this is what, exactly...? It may not look like anything special, but this is the first public sighting of BMW’s new X1 off-roader. Beneath that black bin-liner camouflage sits BMW’s smallest SUV,...

BMW X1: the lowdown BMW knows a good thing when it sees it, and booming sales of its 4x4s have convinced the board to grow the X-rated SUV family. This is one of the first sightings of the X1, that...

An X5 that's been to BMW's hallowed M-sport division? Surely not! We've long assumed that BMW wouldn't dare send its off-roaders to the M division toyshop, but we're hearing the first rumours that...

BMW: the next five years BMW today held a press conference where it outlined what chairman Dr Norbert Reithofer called ‘a fundamental strategic realignment’ of the brand. It’s not as drastic as that...

The disguise says BMW but what on earth is it? Details are still sparse but this is BMW’s next niche-filling model, codenamed V5. And while blue-and-white-propeller officials might not like you...

A four-door M3? Haven’t seen one of those for a while… Not since the E36 model M3, two generations ago, have we seen an M3 saloon. Back then that car didn’t prove particularly popular. Now BMW is...

A 1-series convertible - that's niche marketing for you... Yes, BMW is leaving no market sector unoccupied with its 1-series. Due to be unveiled at next year's Detroit motorshow in January - BMW is...

A sporty off-roader from BMW. Now there’s a surprise… Yes, BMW’s X6, caught here virtually disguised before arriving in concept form on BMW’s stand at the Frankfurt motor show, ushers in a new...

Another 4x4 from BMW? Yes, and the arrival of the new X6 means the Bavarian manufacturer will soon have a three-strong line up of 4x4s. Not that any of them are mud-tackling 4x4s in the truest sense,...

BMW 1 series Convertible: the lowdown We’ve seen a fair bit of the 1-series coupe of late, but its topless sibling has proved more elusive. Hardly surprising - BMW will unveil the E82 tin-top in July,...

The 1-series coupe must be the most scooped model of recent months? It certainly has had its fair share of sightings. The countdown continues, though, and these barely disguised shots taken at the...

A BMW M1, you say? Isn't that butchering a famous badge? BMW is about to do to the 1-series what it did to the 3-series years ago: stretch it every which way, filling existing niches and creating new,...

BMW X6: the lowdown We've long had our suspicions that the X6 was always going to be more coupe-oriented than kid-friendly, and these first photos inside BMW's new crossover confirm that it won't be...

BMW boss hails radical new crossover for 2008 BMW's chairman today confirmed the X6 crossover vehicle will go into production at the company’s North American plant next year. Norbert Reithofer said it...

2009's BMW Z4: the lowdown BMW is taking its Z4 back to the drawing board. Codenamed E89, the replacement roadster won't be launched until 2009, but CAR Online's spies have caught these unusual shots...

A BMW 6-series with a twin-turbo diesel engine? I like the sound of that... So do we. CAR Online has learned that BMW will squeeze its mightily impressive twin-turbo diesel into the 6-series later...

BMW 1-series coupe and convertible: the lowdown BMW is the past master of massaging model ranges to fill every niche; just look at the myriad bodystyles and engines available in the 3-series. Small...

BMW M5 Touring - here in Blighty Eagle-eyed reader Allan Oakley has spotted the first M5 Touring in the UK - parked up in the Cotswolds market town of Bicester. It's the first time we've seen the...

BMW M3: the lowdown It's only the first week of 2007 and we've already landed the scoop of the year: the new BMW M3. CAR's spies have obtained design documents leaking the look of BMW's new...

BMW X6: the lowdown Here's the proof that BMW is working on sporty X5 derivative: the X6. Spied testing for the first time, this heavily cladded mule confirms what sources have long been telling CAR...

New BMW 7-series: the lowdown This is the world's first set of spyshots of BMW's all-new 7-series. The limousine is due on sale in late 2008, and this is the first time a prototype wearing the new...