3-Series

“I just can’t stop doing this to myself” I thought as I found myself hunched over the engine bay of my E90 BMW 325i recently. Like almost every German car I’ve ever owned, the breather…

The 3 Series has never had so many tough competitors before. When the 3er was in its prime, it only really had the Mercedes C-Class and Audi A4 to truly worry about. Now, it has…

Every year, Consumer Reports ranks all of the automotive brands on the market, to see which is best overall. To conduct that test, CR uses its own road test scores, predicted reliability, owner satisfaction surveys,…

Last year, BMW lost its premium car sales crown, as Tesla stole it away. To be fair, Tesla ran away with the premium sales title in the U.S., selling far more cars than any other…

The BMW 3 Series and Mercedes-Benz C-Class have probably the longest running sedan rivalry in the business. They’ve been going at it for decades, trying to one-up each other in the premium sport sedan segment….

BMW’s G20-generation 3 Series recently underwent a bit of LCI surgery, getting new headlights, a new front bumper, and some new interior bits. While some of the pre-LCI 3 Series’ character is gone, the newly…

BMW recently spilled the beans about an upcoming electric 3 Series, which would debut to take on the Tesla Model 3 and Polestar 2. Not to be outdone by its Bavarian neighbor, Mercedes-Benz announced that…

As BMW’s portfolio gets wider and wider, and SUVs become more and more important, it can seem as though BMW’s lost its way and become an SUV maker, rather than the builder of small sports…

According to data compiled from the German Federal Moto Transport Authority, the BMW 3 Series was by far the best-selling premium car in Germany in 2021. The sales report shows once again how different each…

These days, it’s easy to get overwhelmed if you’re considering buying your first new BMW. There’s all this nonsense about grills, and what seems to be about a zillion different models. In the 1990s you…