BMW 325i: BMW’s Best-Selling Driving Machine

The BMW 325i, a compact executive automobile, is the German car manufacturer’s all-time highest-selling vehicle. BMW has built five different generations of the 325i, and there have been five singular body styles. The BMW 325i has been the longest-running vehicle on Car and Driver’s annual Best 10 list, having been place on the prestigious register…

BMW Z3: From James Bond to Neiman Marcus to Auto Stardom

The BMW Z3, the German carmaker’s first new car manufactured in the United States, was BMW’s original mass-market roadster. BMW launched the Z3 – built in Spartanburg, South Carolina – as a 1996 model year automobile after featuring it in the James Bond movie, “GoldenEye.” Marketing the BMW Z3 as the ideal gift in its…

BMW Z4: A Raucous Roadster

The BMW Z4 is a rear-wheel-drive roadster that was unveiled to its enthusiastic world audience in 2003. The Z4 received Automobile Magazine’s “Design of the Year Award” in its first year and won the Red Dot Design Award in 2009. BMW offers the Z4 in two varieties: the Z4 Roadster 2.5i and the Z4 Roadster…

BMW M5: The Ultimate Sports Sedan

The BMW M5, widely considered the ultimate sports sedan in the world, is a high-performance edition of the BMW 5 Series executive car. When BMW first launched it in 1984, the M5 came on a BMW 535i chassis with a modified BMW M1 engine, making it the world’s fastest production sedan. The next-generation M5, to…

BMW M3 Merges Performance, Technology

The BMW M3, developed by BMW’s M branch, is an ultra-high-performance edition of the BMW 3 Series. Besides being emblazoned with the iconic tri-color “M” – for motorsport – symbol, the M3 comes with many special exterior and interior features, hard line aerodynamics, additionally reactive and potent engines and enhanced suspensions that improve handling. BMW…