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Reviews X1

2023 BMW X1 28i Review – a Software Upgrade In the Making

You get used to it. That’s not how you want to begin a review of any car let alone a BMW. Yet that was...

by Gabriel Bridger

Review: 2023 BMW 330i – The Ultimate Driving Machine Isn’t Dead

by Gabriel Bridger

Video Review: Can The 2023 BMW M4 CSL Live Up to the Badge?

by Gabriel Bridger

Quick Drive: The Rolls Royce Ghost Black Badge Is the Car We Didn’t Know We Wanted

by Gabriel Bridger

Video Review: The 2023 BMW X1 28i Is The Best X1 Since The Original

We’ve spent an enormous amount of time in the previous X1 and its close cousins the MINI Clubman and MINI Countryman. While the X1...

by Gabriel Bridger November 8, 2022November 9, 2022

7 Series i7 Reviews

Review: The 2023 Electric BMW i7 & BMW 760i Are the New Kings of Luxury

When we first saw the covers pull back on the BMW i7 and 760i, there were audible gasps from the assembled journalists. It’s a...

by Gabriel Bridger November 6, 2022November 7, 2022

//M5 iX Reviews Video

BMW iX M60 vs BMW M5 CS – The 600 HP Showdown

BMW iX M60 and the BMW M5 CS represent the pinnacle of BMW M in very different ways. One is clearly a look into...

by Gabriel Bridger October 30, 2022October 30, 2022

4 Series BMWi i4 Reviews

BMW i4 M50i Review – Is This The Tesla Killer We’ve Been Waiting For?

The BMW i4 is a stop-gap. But if this is a stop gap then we have a lot to be excited about from the...

by Gabriel Bridger August 15, 2022August 15, 2022

//1M //M Performance //M2 GXX 2 Series Reviews

Quick Take: 2022 BMW M240i vs the 2011 BMW 1M

Having owned a 1M since new, I’ve used it as a baseline (much like my 1976 2002) for what BMW excellence has historically been....

by Gabriel Bridger May 14, 2022May 19, 2022

//X3 M Reviews

First Drive: 2022 BMW X3M Competition – BMW Builds An SUV for Enthusiasts

The refreshed 2022 X3M Competition can be summed up in the most surprising word imaginable for a small crossover – hilarious. In a sea...

by Gabriel Bridger February 17, 2022April 12, 2022

//M Performance 2 Series Reviews

First Drive: The 2022 BMW M240i Is The Swan Song We Deserve

If this is the end of BMW’s small, rear wheel drive petrol powered coupes, this is a glorious end. That’s our lasting impression after...

by Gabriel Bridger November 16, 2021April 5, 2022

//M4 Reviews

The BMW M4 Competition xDrive vs RWD

I had just spent the past 20 laps at Thermal’s South Palm track in the BMW M4 Competition xDrive and I was convinced. Despite...

by Gabriel Bridger November 2, 2021November 2, 2021

4 Series Reviews

Review: The BMW M440i Convertible – The Best 6 Series Ever

This might just be the best 6 Series BMW has ever made. That’s the recurring thought I had during my recent test of the...

by Gabriel Bridger October 14, 2021October 15, 2021

//M4 Reviews

BimmerFile Review: 2022 BMW M4 Competition – It’s Complicated

The all new 2022 BMW M4 exists in a world far different than the E30 M3 was born into. In a world that has been...

by Gabriel Bridger September 12, 2021October 31, 2021

E9 3.0 CSL Reviews

Driving the Original M Car – The 1972 BMW 3.0 CSL

Cresting the hill while heading east on Carmel Valley Road, the landscape suddenly went from dense forest to golden hills. It was as if...

by Gabriel Bridger July 28, 2021July 28, 2021

//M5 Reviews

2022 BMW M5 Competition Reviewed – 20 Years Later We Have an E39 Successor

Perfection. It’s an impossible concept to live up to for any car. Yet in this revised BMW M5 Competition we may just have that....

by Gabriel Bridger June 23, 2021June 23, 2021

//Z4 M E85 Z4 Roadster/Coupe E86 Z4 M Coupe Reviews

A Look Back at The E86 Z4 M Coupe

We were reading Top Gear’s look back at the almost classic BMW Z4 M Roadster yesterday when we remembered our own review of the...

by Gabriel Bridger March 3, 2021March 3, 2021

//M8 Reviews Video

Video Review: 1000 miles in the BMW M8 Convertible

What is it like to drive a 617 hp BMW M8 Convertible for 1,000 miles? We spent a week finding out. Across four states,...

by Gabriel Bridger January 18, 2021January 18, 2021