A year ago today my wife Meredith and I were guests of BMW at the North American headquarters in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey. After a nice lunch with the BMW i program managers I found…
Date: January 10, 2013
Every track has a learning curve, but Mosport has a learning wall. I recently caught up with Bill Auberlin and Joey Hand at this year’s Mosport ALMS race and both drivers shared the same sentiment:…
Date: November 27, 2012
Who would have ever seen this coming? BMW and Porsche duking it out dueling Diesel Sport-Utes! Yes Porsche made diesel tractors in the ’50s and BMW has sold diesels for years in Europe, but this…
Date: November 26, 2012
It’s been ten months since I picked up my ActiveE and the odometer just rolled past 30,000 miles. I put over 72,000 miles on my MINI-E in the 31 months I had it so I…
Date: November 16, 2012
I could wrap up this review in one sentence: “The 650i Gran Coupe is a 550i with less rear headroom.” But that wouldn’t really do the car justice. There is more in the mix here…
Date: November 12, 2012
While BMW has us fixated on their superb 4 cylinder on offer in the new 3 series, they’ve also been dangling a new 3 cylinder in front of us, wooing us with their masterpiece of…
Date: November 9, 2012
It’s raining and I’ve just been handed the key to a 2012 right-hand drive 118d Sport Line with a six-speed manual transmission. I’ve always wanted to try rowing a stick with my left hand, but…
Date: October 23, 2012
Tourings. You either hate them or love them, and I for one have never been a fan of the sports wagons that Europeans simply adore. Whenever I had the choice between a BMW SUV or…
Date: October 15, 2012
2013 BMW M5 Manual. Those words go together like a few other familiar duets: horse and carriage, peas and pod, red and Ferrari, liar and lawyer. They just look right, somehow, beside each other. The…
Date: September 17, 2012
We went to Munich to test drive BMW’s new three-cylinder engine. To showcase its capability, the Bavarians fitted the “baby-six” in a 1 Series Hatchback. The new family of three-cylinder engines was introduced this week…
Date: September 16, 2012
Regrettably, Laguna Seca’s back straight is about as straight as Richard Simmons, runs uphill, and is far too short. There was no top-speed run to be had – this is not Monza, nor is it…
Date: August 30, 2012
