Andrew Everett

BMW had already been manufacturing the 3 Series for 30 years when the all-new E90, part of the BMW E90 3 Series family, was launched in 2005. Unlike the previous E46 in terms of character…

E28 BMW: A History of the Classic 5 Series When it was launched in 1981, most folks were surprised that the new BMW E28 5 Series looked like a facelifted E12. The 1972 E12 5…

When the BMW E86 Z4 Coupe arrived in 2006, everyone, including me, assumed that BMW had a smash hit on their hands. It combined the many virtues of the E85 Z4, plus 258 bhp from…

If I still own it after seven years, I’m planning on taking my 1994 BMW 318Ti Compact back to the Munich plant it emerged from in September of that year. As such, it’s thought to…

While the 1977 E23 BMW 7 Series was quite a good car, it was never considered a real challenger to the Mercedes-Benz S-Class. Many magazines instead compared it to the W123 mid-range model. The first…

Not seen in North America – for that, you can be eternally grateful… The BMW N43 engine is a technological masterpiece. Delivering 170 bhp without a turbocharger in a 2-liter four-cylinder engine was quite an…

The Cars: VW Golf GTI and BMW 520i Looking through some old photos the other day, I chanced upon one taken in December 1982, just before Christmas, in fact. In the picture, we see not…

Every manufacturer – ones that survived at least – has had that one ‘it’ product, the one that really made them. VW hit the ground running with the Beetle, and so did Ford with the…

Good grief, it’s another anniversary! We’re slightly late to this one, but only by months. The BMW E46 3 Series was launched in April 1998. Who remembers the “DNA” adverts? To think, we have moved…

If a single engine is the cornerstone of what revived BMW in the 1960s, the SOHC M10 four-cylinder is it. Built since 1963, the M10 was a good engine, but fuel economy and performance were…