Tests and Features

There was a brief period of time - between 2001 and 2006 - when car fans could turn to the silver screen and enjoy a fun, if hyperbolic, look at the culture that surrounded their beloved automobiles. The film 'The Fast and the Furious' kicked off a trilogy of flicks …

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 …

Porsche can never be accused of being a poser when it comes to hybrid vehicle manufacturing. In fact, the first such vehicle was developed more than a century ago by none other than Ferdinand Porsche himself with the Lohner Porsche Mixte introduced in 1900! As innovative as it was, it …

One of the best things about the crossover segment is the freedom that it gives to vehicle designers. With no 'traditions' to follow or taboos to worry about breaking, as long as an automobile meets its passenger and cargo-carrying goals, it can present prospective buyers with any shape that its …

Compact SUVs have been attracting the lion’s share of buyers in the last few years, but full-size models still have a certain number of devotees, due mainly to their more generous space and seven-passenger capacity. Don’t like minivans but still want a vehicle that offers practically the same characteristics, you …

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 …