Somebody asked me the other day “what is the best sports car for about $7-8k?” I thought about it for a while and dreamed of recommending something older like an 80s RX-7s, Porsche 944s but you’d end up doing more maintenance than driving. What something newer like a Subaru BRZ, but to get down to […]
The E85 generation Z4 (2002-2008) puts a much more masculine face on BMW’s diminutive 2 seater and looks decades more advanced than the Z3 it replaced. Under the cool flame sculpted hood you get a 3.0 liter M54 inline-6 that pushes out a respectable (for 2004) 228 horsepower and 228 ft-lbs of smooth torque. Under […]
You’ve got a wide range of cars when searching in the $5k-7k range. All manner of newish and used up economy cars and light SUVs are clustered across craigslist like a minefield of bad decisions and penalty box driving experiences…but SOMETIMES you find something that stands out like a black onyx in the bottom of […]
A conversation in the not too distant future: “Hey, remember when inline-6 powered BMW M-cars were really cheap?” “Yeah, I should have filled a barn with them back in the late 20-teens…” “And when that first one sold on BaT for more than $100k, I thought…whoa, this must be an anomaly or a bubble” “I […]
Five large won’t get you much in an almost “new” car these days, even the worst offending snoozfest Kia Stinker is worth something over $10k when the warranty is still intact. But a 15 year old BMW with 150k miles sends shivers down the spines of anyone who pays for maintenance…but the asking price is […]
If you are in the market for a mid oughts (that just looks weird on paper..errr…pixels) German sports coupe, you could buy a uber high mileage 996/997 or you could opt for the logical choice and get a BMW Z4. The only question is: do you tell people it is a Zee Four or a […]
As speed freaks, it is our nature to gravitate towards the most maniac version of whatever car we are looking for — but for a few reasons you might be better served with the plain Jane version. First, you’ll find that you are ability to mash the loud pedal in an M badged BMW is […]
Tipper Andy L writes to us: Here is a beautiful car that I must admit I have not seen in the wild before. We have all caught glimpses of the “clown-shoe” M coupe around and you can find them on E-bay rather consistently. It is was a polarizing design that some can’t really handle. Here […]
Oh no, not another BMW featured on the Daily Turismo, we can just see the comment section filling up with snarky posts such as: “Another BMW, you guys should go work for Car and Driver” or “You guys must have stock in BMW and why doesn’t the Corvette ever win the comparison tests!” Truthfully, we […]