Test Drives

BMW i3 Extended Test Drive
BMW i3 Extended Test Drive

BMW North America has quietly launched an extended test drive program for its i3 and i3 Range Extender.  With a small amount of paperwork, a copy of your drivers license, current automobile insurance card, you…

BMWBLOG Test Drive: 2015 BMW M4 Convertible
BMWBLOG Test Drive: 2015 BMW M4 Convertible

Can BMW make the M4 Convertible to be as fun as its brother, the M4 Coupe? To find out, BMWBLOG headed over to Munich to sample, over a series of twistier and some high-speed cruising,…

BMW 2 Series Active Tourer - BMWBLOG Test Drive
BMW 2 Series Active Tourer – BMWBLOG Test Drive

With the BMW 2 Series Active Tourer, the Munich-based automaker steps into three new territories. First, the Active Tourer is the first BMW driven by the front-wheels. Second, it’s the first BMW series vehicle to…

BMW 2 Series Active Tourer - First Drive
BMW 2 Series Active Tourer – First Drive

BMWBLOG goes to Austria to test drive the BMW 2 Series Active Tourer, BMW’s first front-wheel drive. The first BMW with front-wheel drive, the first BMW-Van and the first BMW with a three-cylinder engine as…

BMWBLOG Gets A Hot Lap Aboard The BMW M3 GT
BMWBLOG Gets A Hot Lap Aboard The BMW M3 GT

BMWBLOG joins Bill Auberlen for a hot lap aboard the BMW M3 GT race car at Road America. I directed my question leftward, turning as best I could despite being strapped down to the cocoon-like…

2015 BMW M4 Coupe - Road Test
2015 BMW M4 Coupe – Road Test

Pulling out of the parking lot of Road America and onto SR-67 towards Elkhart Lake was a strange sensation. Having spent the entire morning driving an M4 at a pace of nothing less than as…

BMW M235i vs. BMW E92 M3 - BMWBLOG Test Drive
BMW M235i vs. BMW E92 M3 – BMWBLOG Test Drive

Now you might think this is a crazy comparison, but I just went through this buying process and ended up buying the winner. Both of these BMW sport cars are aimed directly at driving enthusiasts….