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Rumors of an all-new car coming soon haven’t stopped BMW from cooking up some updates for the 2011 3 Series Coupe and Convertible, which will hit dealers later this spring. The first order of business in updating the two models was to address the drivetrain. While the 328i Coupe and Convertible both retain their naturally-aspirated [...]

Full disclosure: I do not now, nor have I ever — since its introduction — liked the current-generation BMW 5 Series. While it was a tour de force in technological boundary-pushing, in this humble scribe’s opinion, that car represented a retrograde move where driving pleasure is concerned.
It may have generated great numbers, but I always [...]

As we’ve been blathering on for weeks about the wonders of BMW’s spanking-new 3.0-liter N55 engine (it traded one of its turbos for Valvetronic and came out ahead on responsiveness and fuel consumption while breaking even in horsepower and torque), the Roundel gang has been readying a sportier new 335is model powered by, what? The old twin-turbo? Tweaked to spool out an extra 20 horses and 32 pound-feet (make that, 70 extra pound-feet for short bursts of overboost!)? C’mon, guys. Admit what the Net has been alleging all along: the old twin-turbo really made gobs more power and torque than you let on, right?

Based strongly on BMW’s current X Series styling, all the trademark visuals of the X1’s big brothers are present and accounted for. Check. Check. At roughly 14.5 feet long, 5.8 feet wide, and 5 feet tall, the X1 measures several inches shorter, skinnier, and narrower than the X3 the smallest SAV the automaker currently produces. Seats, steering wheel, gear lever, and dashboard all remain largely identical to that of most of BMW’s products certainly any 1 Series, or 3 Series driver would be instantly familiar.