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2014 BMW 328d xDrive: Dude, Where's My Ignition?2.5/5

It's Christmas Eve. You slide into the driver's seat of your brand new car after having loaded gifts into the trunk, intent on getting a head start on your 200 kilometre journey to be with your family and friends. You push the start button and…nothing. Wait a minute, that can't …December 30, 2013

2015 BMW i3: Electric Wonder

BMW invited journalists to attend the i3 press drive event in Los Angeles one day prior to the opening of the L.A. Auto Show. I was excited to learn I’d be able to participate, never having driven an electric vehicle. The i3 - and quite frankly the entire i series …December 26, 2013

2014 BMW M6 Cabriolet: Heavy Artillery3.0/5

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?3.5/5

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 MVP4.5/5

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 Twist4.0/5

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

2013 BMW 335i: Life’s little pleasures4.0/5

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 Tradition4.0/5

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 nest4.5/5

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

2011 BMW 550i: An ICBM For the Rest of Us4.0/5

At 110 kilometres per hour, it barely felt like it was stretching its legs. Sloughing off the assaults of a buffeting crosswind and impervious to the needling of the irregular pavement surface, there was no doubt in my mind that BMW’s obviously expansive engineering department spent a significant amount of …June 4, 2011

2011 BMW 550xi: If there was a Nobel Prize for cars...4.0/5

Just like people, some vehicles have evolved better than others. Torture me if you must, but I’ll never tell you which individuals still have Neanderthal-like characteristics. Fortunately, there are those who raise humanity to noble heights – from Las Vegas singers, entrepreneurial visionaries or Nobel Prize winners. The BMW 5 …May 12, 2011

2010 BMW 535i xDrive GT: The Hunback of Bavaria!3.0/5

There’s a saying amongst seafaring folks that goes like this: life is too short to own an ugly boat. Now, these people are typically of the same sort that shop at places like Harry Rosen, go to work in John Varvatos suits, and drive Bentleys… or BMWs. So why on …May 7, 2011

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