A custom BMW X5 engine swap is going viral after receiving a Ford inline-six powertrain instead of its original BMW engine.

As it is, the current X5 is already approaching its seventh year in production. For those familiar with BMW's life cycles, ...

Michal studies Automotive Journalism at Coventry University in the UK, and has been writing for CarBuzz since March 2025. He was nominated for student culture piece of the year recently and has been ...

From intern to editor, Damian Adams' story reads like a well-written novel where he steadily worked to become the youngest-ever editor of South Africa's leading motoring publication, CAR Magazine. He ...

Many shadetree mechanics have been flustered—flabbergasted, even—by German automobiles. They’re just so… precise. And finicky. Bruce Mowrey chose to address this by swapping out the 4.8-liter V8 from ...

Luxury SUVs used to follow a predictable formula. If you wanted refinement, status, power, and technology in one package, you bought German. BMW, Mercedes-Benz, and Audi built entire reputations ...

Use the table of contents to jump to a section The 2025 BMW X5 M Competition is a high-performance mid-size luxury SUV that pairs a 4.4-liter bi-turbo V8 with a 48-volt mild-hybrid system, producing ...

Understandably, BMW is very keen to keep its straight-six engines in production for as long as possible. The configuration is as much a part of the brand’s heritage as the V8 is for AMG - and look ...

The S58 inline-6 engine in the BMW M2, M3, and M4 has been around for more than a decade, but it still puts out enough power with enough efficiency to stay relevant on the modern performance car ...

The BMW X5 plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) combines high levels of comfort, a hint of sportiness, and a dash of efficiency. The X5 PHEV model received a number of significant updates for 2024, ...

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