Nico DeMattia

Nico DeMattia is a Senior Editor at BMWBLOG. He’s a bigger fan of classic cars than new ones, especially BMWs and the quirkier the better. Cars that are weird, unusual or unwanted, those are the cars Nico likes. He also enjoys covering news from across the auto industry and performing test drives aboard new and old BMW cars. Throughout the years, Nico co-hosted a podcast featuring interviews with industry icons such as designer Chris Bangle. He started writing about cars in 2015 before joining BMWBLOG in 2016. Nico is also a News Editor for The Drive. Fun Facts: Nico is a massive NFL fan and has a love/hate relationship with the New York Giants. He's also a Marvel nerd.
VIDEO: Carwow drives the new MINI Countryman

VIDEO: Carwow drives the new MINI Countryman

A little while back, we drove the new, second-generation MINI Countryman up in snowy Oregon and actually put the British brand’s more off-roading-oriented car to the test. While no on will mistake this MINI Countryman…

VIDEO: An update on The Drive’s BMW E30 325is

We recently showed you a video from The Drive’s show “After Drive”, where host Mike Spinelli introduced us to a BMW E30 325is project car. This 325is was bought for only $2,000 and was in…

Chris Harris drives BMW M3 30 Jahre on Extra Gear

Chris Harris drives BMW M3 30 Jahre on Extra Gear

We recently talked about how in the second episode in this current season of Top Gear, the Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio is faster than the BMW M3. In the Top Gear episode, they compare the…

VIDEO: Doug DeMuro drives the BMW Isetta

VIDEO: Doug DeMuro drives the BMW Isetta

The oft forgotten BMW Isetta is one of the strangest, quirkiest and most interesting cars in the history of the Bavarian brand. BMW bought the license and tooling to develop the Isetta from Italian company…

Car and Driver’s BMW X1 in-depth review

BMW plans to sell 100,000 electrified cars in 2017

BMW plans to sell 100,000 electrified cars in 2017

In 2016, BMW sold 40,000 electrified vehicles, which are compromised of both pure BEVs (Batter Electric Vehicles) and plug-in hybrids. So that includes the BMW i3, i8, 330e and X5 xDrive40e. While that’s not bad…