Author name: Nico DeMattia

As we’ve seen, over the past year or so, values for classic sports cars of all kinds have skyrocketed. You can’t get a low-mileage ’90s Civic Si without spending brand-new Porsche Cayman money anymore. It’s getting out of hand. Then there’s the Bring-A-Trailer tax, as all cars sold on BAT fetch price tags that are […]

Well, it’s official — the next-gen BMW M5 is going to be a plug-in hybrid. We all sort of knew this already, as previous rumors had told us so and it just made sense. However, to see an actual BMW M5 test mule with “Hybrid Test Vehicle” badges makes it feel very real. These new

BMW’s recent acquisition of ALPINA made headlines yesterday and drew mixed reactions from fans of both brands. Some seem excited about the idea of BMW owning ALPINA, as it means more money and resources for the latter brand to use for new, excellent vehicles. While other fans seem fearful that BMW will dilute the ALPINA

Japanese architect Kengo Kuma is often inspired by nature. “The friendship with wood is the basis of intimate space,” says Kuma. That desire to connect design with nature is one of the reasons Kuma is drawn to Rolls-Royce. In this new video, Kuma talks about his passion for both design and nature and how Rolls-Royce

Wiesmann is a funky little German sports car maker, known for making traditional front-engine, two-seat sports cars with big engines driving only their rear wheels. For ages, Wiesmann has used BMW engines, with its most recent car — “Project Gecko” — it uses BMW’s 4.4 liter twin-turbo V8. Now, though, Wiesmann has announced a new

During our podcast episode with Joe Achilles, he spoke about how he’s currently driving around in a very special loaner car. He recently traded in his BMW M3 Competition for an M3 Competition xDrive and, in the interim, he’s now driving around an AC Schnitzer-tuned BMW Z4 M40i. In this new video, he tests out

BMW recently made it official — it bought ALPINA. After nearly six decades of partnership between the two brands, BMW has finally made the move to officially acquire ALPINA and all of its luxury know-how. Admittedly, the fruits of that acquisition won’t truly start to show until 2025, as both brands will honor their previous

The BMW Group is officially expanding, as BMW has officially acquired ALPINA, adding the famed boutique manufacturer to its portfolio of premium brands. BMW AG and ALPINA Burkard Bovensiepen GmbH & Co. have officially reached an agreement to secure the long-term future of ALPINA. Though, both brands have agreed to not publicly discuss the financial

If you want an electric sedan, you have a surprising amount of choice these days. The obvious choice is Tesla and its admittedly impressive Model 3. However, if you don’t want a Model 3, for any number of valid reasons, there are still at least two other premium EV sedans to choose from that are

What’s happening in the Ukraine is heartbreaking, so it’s hard to sympathize with multi-billion dollar corporations having any supply chain issues from the current situation. However, there are supply chain issues for automakers due to the situation in the Ukraine, which have caused pauses in production for many automakers. All German automakers; BMW, Audi, Volkswagen,