BMW Road Tests
BMW's smallest model finally gets the M treatment - but has it been worth the wait?
Tue, 17 May 2011
BMW has been cleaning up its act.
Reducing CO2s, which goes hand in hand with improving economy. Yet also boosting power and performance.
The...
Tue, 01 May 2007
Rock solid was the first impression. Yes, I know that's a corny old cliché, but the BMW 120d really does feel as if it's been drilled and ground...
Sat, 25 Sep 2004
How does 306PS in a 4-seat coupe the size of a Golf grab you?
And not any old 306PS engine, but 'engine of the year': BMW's sensational twin-turbo...
Sat, 27 Oct 2007
Sometimes you just fall in love with a car. You didn't expect to. You thought you'd judge it dispassionately, like everything else. And, from...
Thu, 21 Feb 2002
The first time I drove a new E90 3-Series I crashed it. We were supposed to be experiencing blowouts on a bend at a test track. The brief was...
Wed, 03 Aug 2005
Every seven years BMW presents us with a new 3-Series coupe. In 1992 it was the E36. In 1999 the E46. And now, in 2006, the E92.
You may need...
Wed, 13 Sep 2006
When you read 'Grand Touring', do you think of a Cortina with a little red badge on the back wing?
Or do you think of Kevin McCloud's recent...
Sat, 24 Oct 2009
I suppose I asked for it, really. As with the Citroen C2 1.1L also tested on this site, I reasoned that all the other road tests you read will...
Sun, 14 Dec 2003
The first UK BMW 5-Series F10s, that go on sale on 20th March, will all be SE spec, which includes the luxury of Dakota leather upholstery, BMW Professional Radio/CD, Bluetooth hands-free phone preparation, Dynamic Stability Control, front and rear pictogram Park Distance Control, Cruise Control and Climate Control air-conditioning.
Tue, 16 Mar 2010
By Martin Gurdon.
A lot of us have invested in things we might have avoided if only we'd known the world economy would start behaving like...
Fri, 09 Jan 2009
Why is it that as legislators and police get heavier and heavier on speed manufacturers keep coming up with faster and faster cars?
I was...
Tue, 14 Aug 2007
Niche marketing is all about finding needs people didn't know they had, then fulfilling them.
And VAG, Mercedes and BMW are becoming increasingly...
Tue, 20 Oct 2009
New BMW X3 does everything either a little bit better or a lot better than all of its competitors.
Mon, 29 Nov 2010
BMW shouldn't have messed around naming this the X5. They should have come straight out and called it the Intimidator. Painted solid black, with...
Thu, 14 Mar 2002
Friday 7th July 2006
It's a good looking car. Hunched on its back wheels like a cat about to pounce, there's a bit of competition E-Type,...
Fri, 07 Jul 2006
This is really a four-car test.
We drove the new BMW Z4 sDrive 23i manual and 35i DCT auto.
But since the new BMW Z4 has an electric folding...
Fri, 15 May 2009
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