Despite industry trends and an ever-changing mobility landscape, BMW continues to offer manual transmissions. BMW maintains manual transmissions despite industry shift to automatics and dual-clutch ...

Don't let failing oxygen sensors compromise your engine's performance. O2 sensors are critical to emissions control on your car, SUV or truck. As the name implies, the O2 sensor (also called an ...

Decline of manual transmissions in premium cars is due to cost, torque, and demand factors. “The manual doesn’t really make sense,” says BMW M boss Frank van Meel. Manual gearboxes may persist briefly ...

Despite strong consumer demand and high take rates, BMW’s M head says it’ll be hard to keep the stick shift alive. BMW M head Frank Van Meel says that it'll be "difficult" to keep manual transmissions ...

Vik is the Co-Founder and former Editor at MotorAuthority, a leading U.S. website covering performance and luxury cars. Since 2025, he has contributed to CarBuzz, blending his engineering background ...

Surprising absolutely nobody, the CEO of BMW's M division says that the business model for manual transmissions is getting worse. Speaking to the Australian website Carsales.com, Frank van Meel said ...

Oxygen sensors detect the amount of oxygen in the exhaust. Oxygen sensors usually don’t have a replacement schedule. A bad oxygen sensor can be diagnosed with a code reader or scan tool. A car’s ...

In this video we drive a manual BMW M3 E92 with the high-revving 4.0L V8 S65 engine on the German Autobahn. Filmed in POV, you’ll hear the raw, naturally aspirated sound as the car climbs past 8000 ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. While it may seem intimidating at first, there are plenty of easy DIY auto maintenance projects that even the most novice DIY-er can handle.

This BMW 1602 EV swap is over seven years old and is still used as a daily in London. It retains the four-speed gearbox, paired with an electric motor with characteristics similar to its original ...

Vik is the Co-Founder and former Editor at MotorAuthority, a leading U.S. website covering performance and luxury cars. Since 2025, he has contributed to CarBuzz, blending his engineering background ...

The 2002 Turbo was the original tiny Bimmer that could and helped pave the way for today’s M2. The standard version was introduced in 1968 as a 02 series with a more potent 2.0-liter inline-four, but ...