The legendary BMW M1 turns 40 this year, which is definitely a cause to celebrate because, arguably, BMW hasn’t made a car as badass or awesome since then. Jochen Neerpasch, the man behind the M1, recently sat down for an interview The Bimmer Guy to tell its story on video. Even if you know it already, it’s a nice way to revisit an icon.

If you go to an auto show, you'll notice that German carmakers tend to have a lot of models in their lineups. Not so much Porsche, but Audi, Mercedes-Benz, and especially BMW have a dizzying array of cars to choose from. For those contemplating an Ultimate Driving Machine, you've got your 1 Series all the way through the 7 Series, the X models, the Z4, M models, and the i Series. The lineup looks straightforward at first glance, but it's really not.

German police raided BMW's headquarters in Munich on Tuesday as part of an investigation into suspected cheating on diesel emissions. BMW said in a statement that it was cooperating with authorities. "The BMW Group takes the situation very seriously and has a significant interest in the circumstances being fully explained," the automaker said. Prosecutors said that 100 police officers were involved in the raids, which also targeted a second BMW location in Austria. They said the investigation was continuing.

Coddled by successive governments, the industry is dogged by dieselgate, lagging in electric vehicles and unsure about driverless cars

BMW of North America is offering a $10,000 rebate on its i3 electric car to customers of Public Service Electric & Gas Co., the New Jersey utility announced Thursday. Combined with a $7,500 federal tax credit, the automaker said the incentive would reduce the vehicle’s base price by about a third.

We strap our test gear to the all-new, sixth-generation BMW M5, which has 600 horsepower and all-wheel drive. Read the astounding results and see pictures at Car and Driver.

The German government has denounced experiments funded by German carmakers in which humans and monkeys reportedly inhaled diesel exhaust fumes. German media say the health impact research was done by EUGT, a body funded by Volkswagen, Daimler and BMW. Such tests could not be justified, the government said, demanding details. A minister called them "abominable".

German carmakers have condemned experiments they paid for that exposed monkeys to toxic diesel fumes. VW also apologized for a lack of judgment in a further case connected to the Dieselgate emissions scandal. German carmakers used the European Research Group on Environment and Health in the Transport Sector (EUGT) to commission a study with the aim of defending the use of diesel, according to a report in The New York Times on Friday.

With just a few years and not many miles under their wheels, BMW's two i-cars are showing the kind of depreciation that would make a millionaire weep. Depreciation is a bitch. It looks like it’s hitting the two BMW i-cars pretty hard, too. A quick trip around the classifieds turns up some terrifying numbers for owners of the interesting i3 and enthralling i8 (neither of which BMW is directly replacing, we learned this week).

The Los Angeles Police Department made a big deal about going green with a fleet of electric BMWs. But our David Goldstein has discovered some of those cars are sitting in the garage. Here is a full script of Goldstein’s investigation: “This is part of a million-dollar pilot program. You’re really supposed to get a manicure using the BMWs?”

BMW becomes the latest major automaker to invest in bringing automotive grade solid-state batteries to production after announcing a new partnership with Solid Power.

A hybrid recycling plant in California, has built an electric vehicle capable of traveling 1,600 kilometers (994 miles) on a single battery charge. This was enough to break the previous record of 1,298 kilometers (806 miles), which was set in Japan in 2013. The car, known as The Phoenix, is a modified BMW built from 90 percent recycled parts. It cost just $13,000 to construct, less than half the price of the cheapest Tesla.

The BMW M1 is a legendary automobile in its own right, and any moto enthusiasts would love to have one in their collection. But as far as M1’s go, there’s a small handful of ultra rare special editions out there called the M1 Procar’s and they are flat out spectacular. …

Following a report last week that German automakers have been colluding on diesel technology, including fixing the size of Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) tanks, since the 1990s, BMW said in a statement that it “categorically rejects accusations that Euro 6 diesel vehicles sold by the company do not provide adequate exhaust gas treatment due to AdBlue tanks that are too small.”

Luxury carmaker BMW is counting the cost of a drugs bender by two technicians whose breaktime marijuana binge stopped production when they collapsed on the assembly line. The incident happened on March 3 but has only just come to light in Germany. Media reports said the two men - both fitters - cost the company close to £1million in lost production when they passed out at the Munich plant.

A while ago spy shots of a new Challenger started to surface around the internet. These pictured a regular Hellcat Challenger but with its wheel arches cut off and with wider wheels installed. The car immediately got the ADR name given by car enthusiasts around the World. However, now that we are getting lose to its release, things are starting to change. For starters, the car will not be called the ADR. Instead, the car will be released as the 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon.

BMW Motorrad Vision Next 100, the Self Balancing concept smart bike. According to the Company, the "flex frame" reaches out from the front wheel to the rear one of the BMW's model Motorrad Vision Next. It permits the bike to be steered without the huge number of joints on the bikes we have at present. Turning the handle regulates the whole frame, altering the direction of the motorcycle.

Peshmerga fighter Ako Abdulrahman saved 70 people from ISIS snipers in Kirkuk by driving them to safety in his bulletproof BMW.

The Escape, featuring the All-New 2017 BMW 5 Series. To learn more about this film, visit BMWfilms.com.