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BMW is making its cars longer for India. It has little to do with driving

From the Mercedes E-Class to BMW’s expanding long-wheelbase range, extra rear legroom is becoming a bigger selling point for India’s luxury car buyers.

Who should buy a BMW F 450 GS? It is characterful, encourages you to push a little harder

A brand-new parallel-twin engine with a 135-degree crank gives the bike a slightly off-beat, throaty note that feels more alive than the numbers suggest.

The three German SUVs are here. It’s the features list that has puzzled me

Mercedes-Benz GLC 300 4MATiC, BMW X3 30 XDrive M-Sport Pro & Volkswagen Tayron R-Line 4MOTION are assembled in India, so upcoming FTA with the EU will not make them any cheaper.

BMW’s record 2025 sales show India’s young professionals are moving into luxury cars

Mercedes-Benz launched its first ‘assembled in India’ Maybach GLS for Rs 2.75 crore. Can India be a savior for big carmakers?

Lokpal, CAG to whistleblowers—why anti-graft warriors need a BMW ride during Modi govt

CAG reports are still coming but the old bites and stings have gone missing. The CAG is still unsparing in some cases but the BJP may not mind it at all.

2 Series Gran Coupe may be BMW’s best bet yet to win India’s luxury war

India might not yet offset BMW’s losses in China, but Munich knows its future lies here. And the 2 Series Gran Coupe shows they know what they’re doing.

BMW iX1 eDrive20L is a luxury car meant for cities. Biggest draw is its Rs 50 lakh price tag

BMW iX1 eDrive20L is proof that the German carmaker takes the Indian market quite seriously. It might just convince fence-sitters about the utility of EVs.

BMW i5 M60 proves EVs can be fun too. Cars haven’t lost their soul

There will be a crazy electric vehicle like the BMW i5 M60 every once in a while but most will be boring toaster-shaped and silent ‘mobility solutions’.

BMW isn’t feeling the ‘electric’ shock. A strategy is paying off in this soft EV market

BMW hasn’t felt the need to push electric vehicles onto its customers, unlike its German luxury vehicle rivals.

BMW 5-Series stretches itself by 11 cm—and trades performance for comfort

The new 5-Series is innovative, but sometimes, the most significant innovations are simple. In this case, 11 centimetres.

On Camera

Blaming the military for Eelam wars is too easy. Leaders of political parties were responsible

Each pile of bones in Sri Lanka is evidence of what happens when politics disintegrates under the weight of ethnic or religious chauvinism, and dialogue is replaced by the sound of gunfire.

Bitcoin surges toward $80,000, on track for its biggest weekly gain in over 3 years

Bitcoin is up about 23% this week, on track for its best weekly gain since March 2023, as US Treasury bond buybacks lower yields and boost appetite for risk assets.

India, Japan look at joint naval shipbuilding, technology transfer with pact to deepen defence ties

Maritime security agreement opens avenues for joint development of naval ships and design, greater use of Indian shipbuilding and repair facilities by Japan.

Munir’s latest power grab is proof of his paranoia. Dictatorship and delusion go together

At some point Pakistani dictators begin to show paranoia. That’s the strategic reality most relevant to India since the late fifties. Munir’s case is worse, like some sudden acrophobia.