2025 BMW M3 CS Touring is nuts
BMW expects its earnings before taxes in the fourth quarter to be significantly below last year and for its full-year margin to be in the lower half of its 6-7% target, according to slides posted on the carmaker's website on Tuesday.
The xDrive45 has a 0-60 mph acceleration of 4.9 seconds compared to the higher end ($111,500 starting) M70 xDrive version’s 3.6 seconds. If you dig the lit kidneys, you can get the new iX in the US starting in the second quarter of this year after production begins in March.
The restyled 2025 iX has become the first battery-electric BMW to eke out more than 400 miles of EV range, with the German automaker claiming 435 miles.
Morgan went on to say the car will be powered by a turbocharged six-cylinder engine sourced from BMW. There’s no word on which one, but the Plus Six had a 3.0-liter TwinPower Tu
BMW will propose this week that the European Union lower its tariff on U.S. car imports to 2.5% from 10%, in line with the current U.S. import tariff, the German automaker's CEO Oliver Zipse said on Tuesday.
Social media users slam at BMW UK for announcing it would "no longer" post on X. Many pointed out the BMW's past ties to Adolf Hitler, while others said the automaker was going woke.
The Team WRT BMW M4 of Augusto Farfus/Sheldon van der Linde/Kelvin van der Linde was the car to beat in the opening practice session of the 2025 Meguiar's Bathurst 12 Hour. Brazilian Farfus was the only driver to dip into the 2:02s range, setting a 2:02.9000s to give the #32 a three tenths advantage over the rest of the field.
BMW just keeps pumping out the epic M wagons, and the latest tantalizing model to hit is the M3 CS Touring. Just don’t get your hopes up if you live in America, because like the regular M3 Touring, the CS model won’t be sold in the U.S.
The news comes from CEO Elon Musk, who finally admitted it during Wednesday's Tesla earnings call (via Electrek ). "The truth is that we will need to replace all HW3 computers in vehicles where FSD was purchased," said Musk after Tesla's head of FSD, Ashok Elluswamy, said the company is "not giving up on it."
BMW makes its M3 sport wagon even sharper with the new CS model, which unfortunately won't be sold in America.
The CS treatment for the M3 Touring brings the same 543-hp rating as the hardcore M4 CSL coupe, generated by a tuned version of the twin-turbocharged 3.0-liter inline-6 found in all M3 and M4 models. The performance increase over the 523-hp M3 Competition comes from extra boost pressure and tweaks to the engine’s electronic management.