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It's not often that we'd get an invite to sample eleven cars on a day-long road trip. It's even rarer when the invite states that we should nominate the youngest (or young at heart) driver for said road trip. I might not be the youngest at heart (given my quadragenarian proclivities) but as the de factor youngun of the CarBuyer...

7/11: That's how many cars we get to drive on this road trip. Still, amidst names like the M3 Touring, it's BMW's mid-range that stirs our souls the most.

SINGAPORE - BMW has introduced the updated versions of its X5 and X6 large SUVs in Singapore, with both models featuring revised styling, significant upgrades to the interior, and a new engine with mild hybrid technology. Prices start at $506,888 inclusive of COE for the X5 xDrive40i M Sport, and $525,888 with COE for the X6 xDrive40i M Sport. Externally,...

MUNICH, GERMANY - 185km/h. That's how fast we managed to push the new BMW iX1 to its VMAX on the unrestricted Autobahn as we travelled 165km north from Munich to the Bavarian municipality of Rinchnach. On one hand, the 185km/h we clocked surpasses the iX1's quoted top speed of 180km/h. And take it from us, it is sure-footed even when...

SINGAPORE - There’s something oxymoronic about the BMW 216i Active Tourer. In theory it’s a car that should be pedestrian, mundane, and not at all exciting, but from behind the wheel, after just 30 minutes of driving around, you forget that this is ‘just’ an MPV. As we spelt out in the complete, detailed review of the 218i Active Tourer...

Struck (again) by the cool familiarity of BMW's smallest electric SUV on our Bavarian road trip, we take a closer look at the two bookends of BMW i today.

SINGAPORE - The whole Mini lineup was given a midlife makeover in mid 2021 and while we took a look at the Mini Cooper S Convertible in an earlier review at time of launch, the standard Mini Cooper Convertible has been a little late in hitting our review pages but here it is nonetheless. This is still essentially the third-generation...

This sporty-looking BMW X2 has stripped some of its camouflage ahead of its reveal alongside the iX2 towards...

This sporty-looking BMW X2 has stripped some of its camouflage ahead of its reveal alongside the iX2 towards...

This sporty-looking BMW X2 has stripped some of its camouflage ahead of its reveal alongside the iX2 towards...