Test Drives

Test Drive: The new 2017 MINI Countryman
Test Drive: The new 2017 MINI Countryman

Over the years, MINI has experimented a great deal with more-or-less psychedelic spin-offs of its classic three-door hatchback. The more noteworthy models include the Clubman (wagon), Countryman (sort of wagon) and Paceman (God knows what). The…

Test Drive: BMW i3 vs. Chevy Bolt
Test Drive: BMW i3 vs. Chevy Bolt

When it was launched in 2014, the BMW i3 quickly became one of the most award winning electric vehicles collecting multiple awards including Green Car of the Year and UK Car of the Year. Fast…

FIRST DRIVE: 2017 MINI Cooper S Clubman ALL4
FIRST DRIVE: 2017 MINI Cooper S Clubman ALL4

Ask a MINI fan to describe the most un-MINI-like MINI they can imagine and it’s possible they’d describe be an all-wheel drive, automatic Clubman. The new, second-generation MINI Clubman is far larger than before, and…

TEST DRIVE: Rolls-Royce Dawn - The Luxurious Drophead
TEST DRIVE: Rolls-Royce Dawn – The Luxurious Drophead

Patek Phillipe is the Rolls-Royce of watches, the Mona Lisa is the Rolls-Royce of paintings and Rolls-Royce is the, um, Rolls-Royce of automobiles; an expression used to describe that which is unrivaled. Rolls-Royce has finally…

TEST DRIVE: The 2017 Chevy Bolt electric car
TEST DRIVE: The 2017 Chevy Bolt electric car

The competition in the pure electric car vehicle segment is heating up. Chevrolet’s all-new Bolt EV is just coming to market and we recently had a chance to put the award winner through its paces…

TEST DRIVE: 2017 BMW 540i M Sport
TEST DRIVE: 2017 BMW 540i M Sport

During our recent trip to San Francisco to drive the brand-new G30-generation 5 Series, we were able to sample two flavors of the new 5er — the BMW 530i and BMW 540i, both wearing the…

FIRST DRIVE: 2017 BMW 530i M Sport
FIRST DRIVE: 2017 BMW 530i M Sport

What do you do when you have a fantastic-selling product that simply won’t stop selling well, despite it being old? You make small changes, update some things that need updating and largely leave it alone,…

TEST DRIVE: BMW 5 Series Autonomous Prototype
TEST DRIVE: BMW 5 Series Autonomous Prototype

At CES 2017, BMWBLOG tested a prototype autonomous driving all-new 5 Series. Dubbed, the BMW Personal CoPilot, this is a completely hands off, eyes off, feet off experience for the driver. BMW is so confident in…

We went to COTA to track the Porsche Cayman GT4
We went to COTA to track the Porsche Cayman GT4

Porsche’s 2016 Cayman GT4 is the modern incarnation of the E30 M3. Heretical for a BMWBLOG editor to say, huh? Though separated by generations, both Germans are lightweight, driver-focused sports cars built off existing platforms….

TEST DRIVE: 2017 BMW 540i M Sport
TEST DRIVE: 2017 BMW 540i M Sport

We recently spent some time in Lisbon, Portugal, avoiding the cold, snowy winter weather of the American Midwest. But we didn’t spend out time in the beautiful Portugal relaxing and sipping cocktails, as we spent…