Tests and Features

The Car Guide will be heading to Portugal in order to check out two new models from German automaker BMW. The second-generation BMW X3 compact crossover has been on sale since 2011, so it’s due for a major overhaul. Meanwhile, the 5 Series Gran Turismo will be replaced by the …

When the BMW 6 Series was resurrected in 2003, the lead designer for the German company was the legendary Chris Bangle. I use the term legendary solely because of Bangle’s notoriety: his designs polarized BMW fans, many not appreciating the new styling direction. That second-generation 6 Series wasn’t BMW’s finest …

BMW is unwavering when it comes to broadening and updating the lineup of its famous Motorsport GmbH performance division, whose creations are known simply by the prefix M. The most recent batch includes the third generation of the M6, which caps off the freshly remodeled 6 Series. The M6 Cabriolet …

When it comes to building big, comfortable, and eminently capable grand touring cars, no one can hold a candle to the cars that have come out of Germany. And how could they? With a long standing tradition of moving across their countryside unhindered by the obsessive convention of speed limits …

In general, when a new coupe and cabriolet are launched, the hard top model is marketed first, followed by the soft top version a few months later. Not so with the new BMW 6 Series. In an effort to take advantage of the lucrative spring cabriolet market, BMW has introduced …

En général, lorsqu’on lance un nouveau coupé et un cabriolet dérivé de ce même coupé, c’est le modèle à toit rigide qui est commercialisé en premier, alors que la version à toit souple arrive souvent quelques mois plus tard. Cette fois, avec la nouvelle Série 6, c’est le contraire qui …