BMW Models

BMW has rolled out the Concept 7 Protection, and it means business. The armoured saloon looks like any other 7 Series at the kerb. Underneath, it is built to stop selected handgun rounds, 9×19 mm and .44 Magnum among them. BMW has been building certified protection vehicles for more than …

The BMW M3 Touring has just reminded the fast estate brigade exactly who is in charge. Auto Express pitched the Competition version against Audi’s freshly launched RS 5 Avant, and the Munich car took the win. On paper that looks unlikely. The Audi lands with a 630bhp plug-in hybrid punch. …

The BMW M3 has just clocked up 40 years, and the badge still casts a longer shadow than almost anything else wearing four doors. It started at the 1985 Frankfurt IAA show with the E30. That first car used a 2.3-litre four-cylinder with four-valve technology, good for 200hp. It weighed …

BMW has built a 717hp M5 Touring police car, and it is every bit as menacing as it sounds. The one-off estate wears the blue, white and fluorescent yellow livery used by Germany’s Federal Police. A light bar sits on the roof. Anyone thinking of outrunning it on the autobahn …

One car, one colour, and nobody else has it. Of the 1,036 BMW M4 CSLs that rolled out of the factory, just one wears Frozen Tampa Bay Green, a matt shade plucked from the BMW Individual catalogue. Its owner ignored the official palette and went their own way. The result …