Photo: BMW I’ve been back visiting my parents recently, which is always a great chance to catch up with my brothers, hang out with my niece and nephews and sleep in a twin bed with terrible pillows for a few days. It also gives me the chance to spend a little time with my E39 … Read more
Good morning! It’s Monday, September 16, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. Learn How BMW Names Its Cars In Under Four Minutes 1st Gear: BMW, Rolls-Royce Recall 1.5 Million Cars … Read more
While not perfect, today’s Nice Price or No Dice 635CSi covers the basics and is handsome as all get-out. Let’s see if that’s enough to also cover its asking price. BMW F 900 GS And BMW CE 02: What Do You Want To Know? “Weird” is a word bandied about quite frequently these days, and, … Read more
Kia says the brand’s K5 GT family sedan is both faster and better handling than the BMW 530i and can prove it through independent testing. The 2024 Volkswagen Passat Shows Why The Wagon Should Never Die Kia went and had AMCI Testing, the independent automotive testing firm, to pit the K5 GT against the BMW … Read more
The auto market has fallen out of love with sedans, choosing to opt for taller and bigger crossovers. Because of that, many automakers have left the sedan market altogether, but there are still a few that soldier on. Genesis is one of those companies, and its refreshed 2025 G80 shows there’s still a place for a … Read more
Photo: BMW Station wagons are awesome, but the U.S. doesn’t get many options because they don’t sell well, and automakers still need to make a profit. So when BMW announced the new M5, we just assumed the wagon version would be reserved for other countries. As it turns out, we were wrong. BMW has confirmed … Read more
Those infamous Takata airbags—the ones with the accelerator that can send shrapnel flying towards the faces of folks sitting in the front of them—are still a massive problem on U.S. roads. Worse yet, some of the most humid and therefore dangerous states are home to nearly half of all unfixed vehicles Max Burkholder’s First Car … Read more
The BMW M5 taught the world that a big, heavy sedan can be a true performance monster while still safely toting around the kids and most of your mistress’s luggage, as long as your bank account has enough zeros in it to cut the check. This new M5 is bigger, heavier, more powerful, and likely … Read more
Nick’s wife is starting a new job that requires a lot of long-distance highway travel. She is looking for something a bit more comfortable than her 2012 Chevy Volt with some updated features. With a budget of up to $45,000 what car should she buy? The 2023 Dodge Challenger Swinger Edition Was The Most Fun … Read more
Photo: BMW Wagon lovers, you can finally quit your yapping. BMW has officially announced that the seventh-generation BMW M5 Touring is headed for U.S. shores. It seems BMW saw how well the Mercedes-AMG E63s Wagon and Audi RS6 Avant have sold in this country and decided it wanted in on the action. BMW 3T Electric … Read more
