Test Drives

2025 BMW X3 M50: Comfortable, Quick, and Totally Mainstream

2025 BMW X3 M50: Comfortable, Quick, and Totally Mainstream

About 15 years ago, BMW started catching flak from loyal enthusiasts about the brand slapping its “M” badges on cars that weren’t proper M cars. “‘M’ stands for ‘marketing’ now, not motorsport,” they’d cry. While…

2025 BMW M5 (G90) Sedan Review – My Life with the First Electrified M5

2025 BMW X3 xDrive30 Review: It's Complicated

2025 BMW X3 xDrive30 Review: It’s Complicated

The new 2025 BMW X3 has tremendous shoes to fill. The last generation was one of the brand’s best offerings, and it put up the sales figures to prove it. Despite debuting way back in…

First Drive: 2025 MINI John Cooper Works Convertible (F67)

First Drive: 2025 MINI John Cooper Works Convertible (F67)

There’s something uniquely liberating about driving a MINI John Cooper Works Convertible, especially these days when that segment is shrinking. Recently, I took the latest iteration of the iconic open-top hot hatch—the 2025 F67—out for…