I drove the future, and it went okay. It all started when I brought my personal car in for service. I had originally planned on dropping my car off and taking a loaner for the day. As I pulled in, I noticed that the usual lineup of cars […]
The tired, poor, huddled masses of journalists have left the building. The press preview days of the 2014 NYIAS auto show have come to a close and we’ve escaped the city limits. As the show floor prepares for the public, we review the biggest news from Day 2 […]
Day 1 of the New York International Auto Show 2014 has drawn to a close. The morning began with a keynote address from Ford COO Mark Fields and ended with a celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Ford Mustang. In between the bookends of Ford Motor Company […]
Dr. Jekyll: a respectable and well-established man known for his good intentions. Mr. Hyde: a repugnant and secluded man with violent tendencies. Simultaneously the same being, Jekyll and Hyde differ in appearance, action, and character. This might not appear to be an equitable comparison. Just as it was […]
Parked side-by-side for the first time, we began to get a feeling for what we were in for. BMW has been building the 3 Series sport sedan for nearly 40 years, and for nearly 40 years it has been the best. Challengers came with high hopes and left […]
Four. It’s a new number for BMW. Back when I first drove the new BMW 328i, the questions was: “Is it a still a proper 3 Series?” Earlier this week, our friends at Capital Cities BMW called and said they had gotten their first 4 Series. Sitting in the […]
Each year, we attend the Gold Coast Concours/Bimmerstock. Some readers might remember that we brought the Mini Cooper S Roadster to the show last year. This year, we brought a pair of BMW 3 Series to the show. It’s really two car shows in one; large enough to […]
Chances are, if you’ve been near a BMW dealership in the past few years, you’ve come across a car powered by the N55. That’s manufacturing code for what BMW calls their TwinPower Turbo inline six cylinder engine. That’s BMW-speak for a 3.0 liter engine with a single twin-scroll […]
-Christopher Little There’s a bit of a war going on in Germany, and it’s been going on for quite some time. For years, the BMW 3 Series and the Audi A4 have challenged each other over bragging rights to be the top German sports sedan. 85 kilometers separate […]
-Scott Villeneuve & Christopher Little It’s always hard to say goodbye to an old friend. Now though is the time for those goodbyes if you’re a fan of the BMW 3 series. After the 2012 model year the E90, E92, and E93 body-style will forever be a mark […]
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