Top 10 Most Popular Brands in the World
Top 10
December 18, 2013
2015 BMW i3: Reinventing the Wheel
First Drives
Defend the modern automobile and fawn over certain cutting-edge gas-powered vehicles if you will, but in your heart you know that we need to change the way we view the future of transport. The hybrid car was a first step toward reducing our reliance on gas, while the electric car …October 24, 2013
Spotlight on the 2014 BMW i3: Testing it This Week
Spotlight on
This week, we’re getting our first chance to test drive the 2014 BMW i3, the brand’s small, 100% electric, urban car. It’s the first in the Bavarian automaker’s electric line – called “i” – which will eventually include more models. With a bold and ultra-modern design, the 2014 BMW i3 …October 16, 2013
2014 BMW M6 Cabriolet: Heavy Artillery
Test Drives
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 …May 24, 2013
2013 BMW X3 xDrive28i: Whither The Wagon?
Test Drives
The urge to push into as many product niches as possible is one that has driven significant profits for BMW over the course of the past decade. Once focused almost exclusively on blending sport with luxury, in recent years BMW has grown increasingly comfortable attaching the Roundel to a wider …May 16, 2013
2013 BMW 335i xDrive: BMW's All-Around MVP
Test Drives
For two decades the standard-bearer of the BMW brand has been the 3 Series, a versatile model available in coupe, sedan, convertible, and even wagon body styles. The German marque has also thrown nearly every conceivable drivetrain at this entry-level luxury car, with only rotary power absent from the list …May 2, 2013
2013 BMW ActiveHybrid 3: Battery-Powered Luxury, With A Twist
Test Drives
Luxury hybrid cars are nothing new, but the unique approach that several high end brands have taken when adopting battery technology separates them from their non-premium counterparts. It seems that for every Lexus RX 450h that leverages hybrid design to improve fuel efficiency, there's a vehicular counter-point that instead adds …April 25, 2013
BMW 3 Series Gran Turismo - A Question of Cross-Breeding
First Drives
Palermo, Italy- In North America, the GT or Gran Turismo designation very often implies a performance-oriented sports car driving experience, but the true European definition is that of a comfortable touring car, one that can carry passengers and their luggage over long distances, and that is exactly what the 3 …March 22, 2013
2012 BMW M5: A monster with a taste for luxury
First Drives
These days, every luxury brand has its own line of powerful and sporty models. Mercedes-Benz has the AMG Division, while Audi has its dynamic RS models. And then there’s Jaguar and its high-performance R models. At the Bavarian manufacturer BMW, the Motorsport division is tasked with creating cars that are …August 2, 2012
2013 BMW 335i: Life’s little pleasures
Test Drives
The BMW 3 Series is the Munich-based manufacturer’s bread and butter. It’s offered in a wide range of configurations (sedan, wagon, coupe and cabriolet) and even the most basic of the various 3’s is desirable. Yes, the equipment level isn’t the greatest and the engine isn’t very powerful, but the …June 29, 2012
2012 BMW 650i Cabriolet - Grand Touring in the German Tradition
Test Drives
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 …December 10, 2011
2011 BMW Alpina B7 xDrive: The eagle finds its nest
Test Drives
Alpina is a German outfit that has been modifying and transforming BMWs for a half-century with remarkable care, light-years beyond the garish and juvenile mutations of some European tuners. This firm’s creations have been wholeheartedly endorsed by the Munich-based manufacturer since 1964 and the company has been recognized as a …August 25, 2011
The Car Guide newsletter
Find a vehicle
Reviews, specifications and offers
