Originally published in the June 2015 issue of Road & Track. I have lots of friends who work on cars for a living. You could call them mechanics, but I think of them as supersleuths. I could write a ...
Luxury car ownership shouldn’t include $15,000 surprise engine bills, yet BMW’s N63 twin-turbo V8 delivers exactly that nightmare scenario. This engine-powering flagship sedans and SUVs since ...
The first SUV that BMW ever created was the BMW X5, which debuted at the turn of the millennium. Just under a decade after BMW broke the mold with the BMW X5, the Bavarian automaker began production ...
Sebastian's spare time is spent watching Formula 1, fiddling with his friends' cars (usually German money pits), and soaking up as much architectural amazement and engineering excellence as he can ...
Modern cars are asked to excel at many things, some of which are at cross purposes. The buying public demands vehicles that are sporty and luxurious, but regulations require them to be increasingly ...
ST. LOUIS, Mo. – A federal court in Missouri declined to dismiss claims against BMW arising from its N63 engine’s excessive oil consumption, which required vehicle owners to add a quart of oil to the ...
It was a red Lamborghini Countach, parked with its scissor doors open to let the sunlight in, what most probably sparked Alex's love for cars. Even though he was less than three years old when he saw ...
From the August 2018 issue In recent years, automakers have mastered the craft of extracting greater mileage from their engines, and we’re not just talking about mpg ratings. An increasingly popular ...
A former Mercedes-Benz technician bought a 2009 BMW X9 sight unseen at an online auction while he was on holiday in Italy. His wife tried to talk him out of it. The vehicle had a "cracked" engine, or ...