BMW knows drivers hate bad touchscreens. Its newest patent reveals a surprising way the brand plans to fix them.
From laggy screens to awkward controls, these infotainment systems from American, European, and Asian carmakers proved clumsy ...
A friend of mine had just traveled across the country to see his family when he texted me, deeply concerned. The chaos of holiday travel is always a drag, but usually, it was offset by getting a break ...
It has been over 25 years since BMW first introduced its iDrive infotainment system. Although it was not always the easiest or most intuitive to use, iDrive makes a significant leap forward with the ...
The 2027 BMW iX3 has been unveiled as the German luxury brand’s next electric crossover in North America. It’s the first production model to use the “Neue Klasse” design language previously seen on ...
Oh, the iDrive knob. BMW‘s dial was an innovative attempt at improving ease of control for all the new conveniences cars began to offer about 25 years ago. But it’s been steeped in so much discourse ...
Oh, BMW, how wonderful it was when you preferred making horsepower via stratospheric redlines rather than turbos. You experimented with V10 M5s and V8 M3s that sound oh, so intoxicating when the ...
You know the drill: out of nowhere you see a screen that tells you your Windows device has hit “a problem and needs to restart.” It’s known as the Blue Screen of Death and recently it was thought that ...
The BMW Panoramic iDrive system transforms your windshield into a 3D head-up display that shows you critical navigation data right in your field of view, like lane info and your next turn. And you can ...
Emily Long is a freelance writer based in Salt Lake City. After graduating from Duke University, she spent several years reporting on the federal workforce for Government Executive, a publication of ...
When BMW introduced the original M5 to the European motoring public in 1984, the automaker effectively established a new vehicle segment. By combining the practical and understatedly rakish E28 ...
BMW has long been at the forefront of integrating cutting-edge technology into its vehicles, and the company's key fob is no exception. While many competitors' key fobs only offer standard functions ...