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.
Top Gear drives the BMW M3 Competition Package

Top Gear drives the BMW M3 Competition Package

The current F80 BMW M3 is considered to be one of the better driver’s cars on the market and one of the best BMWs currently on sale. But if there is a criticism of the…

Electric Car Revolution said to begin in 2022

Electric Car Revolution said to begin in 2022

2020 used to be the scheduled year for when we’d all be driving electric cars and automakers would have an average mpg of a million across their lineup. It’s been 2020 for some time now,…

Audi using SUVs to catch up to BMW, Mercedes-Benz

Audi using SUVs to catch up to BMW, Mercedes-Benz

Audi is currently the third best-selling luxury automaker in the world, lagging behind Mercedes-Benz and BMW, respectively. The Ingolstadt-based brand has been gathering steam and catching up as of late, with help from the brand-new Q7 and A4 recently debuting late…

COMPARSION: BMW i3 vs Audi A3 e-tron

Photo & Spec Comparison: BMW 340i vs Audi S4

Photo & Spec Comparison: BMW 340i vs Audi S4

Audi has just recently released the details of its S4 and S4 Avant, which will be hitting European showrooms this summer. With the S4’s release, the BMW 340i will have a new competitor to deal…

VIDEO: Nick Murray codes his BMW M4

VIDEO: Nick Murray codes his BMW M4

A large part of car culture across the globe is customization, especially so in America where it seems almost taboo to leave a sports car completely stock. Sometimes this sort of customization is crazy and…

Why the BMW M2 is and isn't a BMW E46 M3

Why the BMW M2 is and isn’t a BMW E46 M3

Naturally, when the BMW M2 was in the works, there were endless comparisons between it and the E46 M3. When the M2 debuted, many fans rejoiced, as they felt that BMW was going back to…