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September 6, 2023September 6, 2023

Video Review: The New BMW iDrive & Panoramic Vision

We recently had a chance to go hands-on with an early version of the iDrive in the Neue Klasse concept car and found it...

by Gabriel Bridger

Review: We Take the 2024 BMW X7 M60i On The Ultimate Yellowstone Roadtrip

by Gabriel Bridger

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

by Gabriel Bridger

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

by Gabriel Bridger

//M4 CSL BF Feature Reviews

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

We’re going to get some flack for this. But to understand the new M4 CSL you to understand the previous two CSLs. Germans like...

by Gabriel Bridger January 3, 2023January 3, 2023

Reviews Rolls Royce

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

In many ways the 2022 Rolls-Royce Ghost Black Badge is the ultimate expression of a modern Rolls Royce. Stylized to appeal to an audience...

by Gabriel Bridger December 22, 2022December 22, 2022

Reviews Video X1

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