Tag: John Coyle

Don’t get me wrong, I like the idea of renting an electric 1 Series. And I think there are plenty of BMW fans who’d jump at the chance to get behind the wheel of one of these babies. But is San Fran the right place for it? I’m not sure. Every time I’ve been there, […] More »

Purists might howl at the idea of a turbocharged M3, just as they did when the I6 was swapped in favor of the V8. But while there might be fans who can’t live with the idea of forced induction, the rest of us can take comfort in the fact that performance-wise, the new car should […] More »

Sure, there are lots of Volkswagen vans with psychedelic paint jobs. But as far as proper art cars go, BMW is king. And while some might see letting artist Jeff Koons go to town on your race car as a little bit nuts, it takes a special kind of crazy to want to put said car […] More »

From my perspective, BMWs have been performance machines before they’ve been luxury cars. When I was growing up, Audi didn’t have the presence it has today, and arch-rival Mercedes-Benz seemed like the more restrained choice. Hell, there was a period when M-B didn’t even bother importing manual transmissions to the States! But BMW stuck with […] More »

Nothing sets off your ride like the right set of rims, but finding that right set? That can be more than a little bit tricky. So it’s always cool to see a company doing it right, and I think that dudes at Vossen hit it out of the park with these concave VVS-CV4s. The silver […] More »

It’s a hard fact to face—as we get older, we tend to get heavier. And while the slow march toward portliness is hard enough to stop as person, it’s an order of magnitude harder for cars. With very few—like, almost no—exceptions, the new kid of the block will be heavier than the one it replaces. […] More »