BMW unveils all-electric i4

BMW says the i4 is a statement vehicle, “putting all-electric mobility at the very heart of the BMW brand. It combines style, agility and comfort with zero tailpipe emissions and up to 367-mile range”. The company describes t the i4, due for launch in the UK in November 2021,  is its first all-electric premium car aimed at the traditional core of the midsize segment.

Do it yourself

Why do I keep doing these things? Over the decades I’ve managed to put my foot in it verbally and physically with monotonous regularity, and some of these cock-ups have related to my work as a motoring journalist. Take the case of the wrong trousers, or more specifically, the only trousers. I’d been invited on […]

BMW MINI celebrates twentieth birthday

The MINI brand and BMW Group’s UK manufacturing plants in Oxford and Swindon are celebrating twenty years of MINI production. In early 2001, production began for MINI body parts in Swindon and on the 26th April that same year, the first new MINI rolled off the line in Oxford.

Bringing up the rear

Dear Dr Diesel and Ian, This might not be a topic for you. Apologies if it isn’t, and please could you make sure it is passed on to the right department, if needed? Yesterday we had heavy snow in The Midlands, and this resulted in the usual chaos. Having had a less than ‘fun morning’, […]

Bright Spark

In November last year, BMW announced it was moving production of its mighty eight and twelve cylinder engines from Germany to its plant at Hams Hall near Birmingham. On the face of it, that looks like a big vote of confidence in the British motor industry against the background of the uncertainty generated by Brexit […]

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