A Shift in BMW Design Philosophy? Adrian van Hooydonk, BMW’s head of design since 2009, has weathered years of criticism over the brand’s increasingly controversial grille designs. From the polarizing ...
The BMW Group Design Director on delivering the future, its groundbreaking Neue Klasse EVs, and overcoming the critics. Moments like these don’t arrive every day, and if you ask Adrian van Hooydonk, ...
Over the last two decades, BMW has been no stranger to debate over its styling as very few models have earned near-universal praise. The clever, futuristic i3 and swoopy i8 are two of the rare ...
Additionally, the kidney grille (love it or hate it) is getting a bit of a tweak. While current EVs like the i4 wear their controversial grilles proud, the Neue Klasse concept EVs seem to be ...
In recent years, BMW fans have found the Bavarian marque's oversized kidney grilles a bit of an eyesore. The divisively styled new BMW 7 Series is an example, as is the garish-looking BMW XM, not to ...
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 ...
Davies Elabha is a dedicated automotive journalist who blends technical expertise with a lifelong passion for cars. With over 200+ articles published across multiple media outlets, Davies specializes ...
BMW has suddenly tripped and fallen into a bag chock-full of nostalgia - upon its return, it came up with an idea for pure magic: the 2026 BMW M2 Turbo Design special edition, presented during the ...
The BMW Group reached almost 2.451 million deliveries worldwide across its namesake BMW brand and the British MINI plus Rolls-Royce marques, a performance impacted by recall problems and "subdued" ...
BMW's first Neue Klasse EV arrives in 2025 Neue Klasse design and technology won't be excluded from gas cars Next 3-Series likely to be first gas car with Neue Klasse design BMW is working on a new ...