I’ve said this before, and I’ll say it again: The E46 generation BMW M3 is one of the greatest automobiles ever produced for mass consumption. It isn’t a “only drive on Saturday morning when the weather is dry Ferrari F40” or a “my 993 Porsche has appreciated 25% year over year since I bought it […]
Happy St Patrick’s Day: Have a green car! People pay a lot of money for new cars each and every day. According to various industry reports there were over 16 million new cars sold in 2025, or 43K per day, or 30 new cars sold per minute in the USA. So every two seconds, somebody […]
A diesel in a Lincoln? No, this is not a wild swap born in a woodshed over a dark winter. This is a factory-built piece of automotive history. In the wild place that was Michigan in the late 70s, some nuts at the Lincoln division of Ford’s empire decided that consumers wanted a diesel-powered Lincoln. […]
When BMW launched the E31 8 Series in 1990, the 850i was less a grand tourer and more a rolling engineering demonstration of dominance. Its 5.0 liter M70 V12 fused two inline sixes on a common crank, complete with dual ECUs, dual mass airflow sensors, dual throttles, and a drive by wire system that was […]
BMW never built an M version of their legendary 7-series luxury sedan, but if they did, I would have looked a lot like this next car. The E38 7 Series, produced from 1995 to 2001, is widely regarded as the last traditionally styled BMW flagship, combining restrained design with rear wheel drive balance and V8 […]
I don’t make this claim lightly, but the E46 generation M3 is one of the best cars that has ever left any factory at any time in the history of the horseless carriage. That’s it. No caveats about how it is the best car for the money or the best car for the era, or […]
The E92 M3 is the one that proved BMW could still do “high-revving” even after the world decided everything needed to be turbocharged, sensible, and hybrid. Under that hood bulg is the S65, a 4.0-liter V8 that spins to 8,400 rpm and makes the kind of noise that instantly convinces you your errands should involve […]
The E36 M3 was the last BMW M car that still feels like it was designed by people who actually like driving, not by a committee trying to win a spreadsheet war. I used to own an E36 M3 and it was one of the best all around cars I’ve ever had. It was quick […]
The BMW 2002 is the car that taught the world what a sporty small sedan should feel like: light, simple, rear wheel drive, and just enough power to make you grin without needing a roll cage or a trust fund. This one is the right kind of project, a solid shell in that perfect “rescue […]
As the 3-series bloated into mid-sized obscurity, BMW needed to introduce something fast, fun, light, and small. Enter the E82/87/88 generation BMW 1-series for the 2005 model year. It might share many of its suspension components with the 3-series, but it was lighter and arguably better at everything short of hauling a lot of stuff. […]