BMW Sports Car Reviews

The engine's smooth high-pitched crescendo to redline is a sweet song, and the dual-clutch transmission is impressively smooth. more

Three years have passed since we first saw a turbocharged 3-series, but the 2009 BMW 335i is still both sweet and satisfying. more

BMW has redesigned its roadster for 2009, and the change amounts to comprehensive maturation, if not quite the obvious transformation from newborn Z3 to adolescent Z4. more

This 3-series arrived just as the snow started falling. When you're on hyper alert for the first sign of lost traction, there's probably no car that better communicates what's going on than the 3-series. more

Forget the Porsche 911: if what you want is to be noticed, buy a 2008 BMW Z4 coupe. more

A little programming short of perfection. more

The Z4 M Roadster may not be able to top Porsche's Boxster, but it's one of the last places you can find BMW's 330-hp inline-six. more

BMW's Sports Activity Coupe can do things you wouldn't expect. We're waiting for the trick new differential to trickle up to the M line. more

Joy rides such as this sport coupe dash from Alabama to Michigan are hard-earned. To qualify, Automobile Magazine editors suffer endless hours in crowded airliners harassed by surly flight attendants. While jetting coast to coast in pursuit of grist for the ed more

The 2008 BMW M3 is either a complete winner or a big disappointment. It all depends on your expectations. more

"From a design perspective, we want to create really beautiful, timeless cars. We don't cater to the immediate, in-your-face impact. We cater to those who truly appreciate style-not because they want to be seen, but because they appreciate the finer things in more

BMW's Mini Cooper is microsmall, and the 3-series gets bigger with each new iteration. This leaves a nice meaty spot in the market for the BMW 1-series, which has been plying European roads since 2004. With the baby Bimmer's early-2008 U.S. arrival date nearin more

Let's get the bad news out of the way first. The 3.0-liter in-line six in our Four Seasons BMW 330i suffered a major mechanical failure. more

Never mind that the confrontation is a year away; the shooters are already vying for high ground. Knife fighters know better than to show up at this bazooka battle. Contenders armed with anything less than a hot V-8 will be blown to smithereens. more

With its fourth-generation 3-series convertible, BMW joins the trend toward retractable hard tops--following the likes of the Mercedes-Benz SL, the Volvo C70, and the Volkswagen Eos. The switch is a curious one for BMW, as it adds weight and loses what even BM more