Yet one more thing for Europeans to ’tisk-tisk’ at Americans over. Diesels. Consumers on the old continent have made their choice – over the last couple of decades they have come to love their torque-y oil-burners and diesels now make … Continue reading

We are getting ready to put down an old friend. No, not the family dog…our old friend is a 1989 BMW 325i. It is 23 years old, which in Southern California car years is equal to 102 in human years. … Continue reading

Rowing Gears is a new column that will offer in-depth articles and analysis of the BMW brand by the BMWBLOG editor Andrew Murphy. Recently, while as a group the BMWBLOG team was mulling over the design of the 3 Series … Continue reading

Based on the sparse amount of verbiage that came out of Munich yesterday regarding Toyota’s and BMW’s expanded collaboration agreement, you would be right to wonder if this is a big deal or not. It’s a big deal. In fact … Continue reading

I am right in the middle of BMW X1’s demographic. BMW addicted, married and blessed with a wonderful ten year old daughter. We ski. We bike. We travel. Then this winter, my daughter got tall enough to ride in the … Continue reading

The story of i’s demise (or, at least, diminishment) continue to make the rounds of auto sites and have even percolated up to generic news aggregators. In most cases the stories reflect on the dismal sales of hybrid and EV … Continue reading

BMW drivers get a lot of bad rap for their driving. It’s true. “Aggressive” “violent” and “intense” are some of the nicer adjectives used to describe us. Although I do agree that with a vehicle such as a BMW and … Continue reading

It has been a year since I started writing for BMWBLOG so to commemorate the anniversary, I wanted to mark some milestones and even some mishaps I have witnessed during my time at a BMW dealership since I started in … Continue reading

The meeting where ZF pitched the 8HP eight speed automatic to BMW would have been interesting to attend. To have seen the wheels turn as the BMW engineering team recognized the flexibility of the transmission to deliver both performance and … Continue reading