Author name: Nico DeMattia

BMW M needed something big for its 50th anniversary. It couldn’t just trot out some 50 Jahre editions and head to lunch. No, it needed something jaw-dropping, something to blow the minds of enthusiasts. And what better way to do that than to bring back a beloved icon from the past. And here it is—the […]

ADVERTISEMENT It still isn’t entirely clear what sort of powertrain will power the next-generation M3 but it’s assumed that it will be purely electric. After BMW teased an i4 quad-motor prototype, it’s starting to look like the current G80 M3 will be the last generation of M3 with an internal combustion engine. Which seems like

Porsche hasn’t exactly been secret about its plans to make an electric Boxster. And now that spy photos have unveiled the electric Boxster doing some testing, it’s all but official. When the electric Porsche Boxster does hit the road, it’s going to force every other brand to consider following and BMW should absolutely be among

It’s been quite some time since we’ve done talked about our two-car dream garages and, in the interim, BMW’s lineup has changed considerably. So the ideal 2022 dream BMW garage is going to be quite a bit different than it was a few years ago. Let’s have some fantasy fun before the holidays. First, some

I’ve said it countless times since driving it: the BMW M5 CS is the best driving BMW in at least two decades. It’s a sensational driver’s car, despite weighing two tons, having four doors, and seating four adult passengers. It’s an incredible achievement and a masterpiece of modern automotive engineering. But it’s been some time

The next big MINI isn’t going to be the Hardtop 2-Door or even the upcoming John Cooper Works. Instead, it’s going to be a small, electric crossover called the MINI Aceman. Why is the Aceman going to be MINI’s next big thing? Because it’s going to pave the way for the future of the brand

Climate activists have been vandalizing priceless art in museums across Europe for the past few weeks. The group is called Ultima Generazione (Italian for “Last Generation”) and it’s vandalizing art in an attempt to make the point that we, as a society, value the wrong things. According to Reuters, their latest victim was the BMW

After driving the BMW M4 CSL, my mind immediately went to the other cars in the same price bracket and whether it would be better than them. Of them all, I’ve only driven the M4 CSL, so I can’t make say one way or another. However, Auto Express has, as they recently compared the M4

ADVERTISEMENT Vorsteiner made big waves when it debuted a “fix” for the front end of the G80 BMW M3 (and G82 M4). It featured a new grille insert that horizontally bisected the grille, in an attempt to make it look like two smaller sections. Whether it worked is up for debate. However, Vorsteiner also created

ADVERTISEMENT Back before there was an M Division, BMW’s most successful race car was the 3.0 CSL. It was dominant in 1970s Touring car racing, with German racing driver Hans-Joachim Stuck behind the wheel. In order to go racing in the various racing series’ the 3.0 CSL competed in, there needed to be a homologated