"Something's different," my friend grumbles from behind the wheel of my 2012 BMW 3-series test car. He should know. His garage houses a last-gen BMW 330i and the cultishly track-focused Honda S2000.

Of course, Cadillac smartly realizes BMW rules the 3 Series segment, and looking over the spec sheet for the ATS, it's clear Cadillac engineers used BMW specs as they would a recipe for their ...

I'll admit it: I didn't like the idea of a turbo-four in a BMW 3 Series. I know it has precedence and all that, but as someone who used to have a poster of an E46 M3 on my wall, to me the inline-six ...

There’s an all-new BMW 3-Series. And, yes, this is big deal. Not just for BMW – it is the company’s best-selling car – but for anyone who might be in the market for a compact sedan in the coming years ...

DIGITAL EDITOR ANDREW STOY: A turbo four will never be a straight-six, no matter how good it is. And make no mistake, BMW's new force-fed four-pot in the 2012 BMW 328i is a damn good engine, but it's ...

Dyno videos are usually worth little more than the fire and sound produced by the car as it revs--variability in conditions, equipment, and setup can make translating the results to general terms ...

Sometimes you get your answer within the arc of a single corner. On turn-in, the 328i's wheel writhes as a direct conduit to the tread blocks, the chassis takes a set like Djokivic anticipating the ...

BMW of North America, LLC. (BMW) is recalling certain 2012-2015 X1 sDrive28i, X1 xDrive28i, 2012-2016 Z4 sDrive28i, 528i, 528i xDrive, 328i, 328xi, 2016-2018 X5 xdrive 40e, 2014-2016 228i, 228xi, 428i ...

Most, if not all people familiar with German luxury cars, will recognize both Mercedes-Benz and BMW‘s entry-level C-Class and 3 Series sedans. What those people might not see is how quickly the baby ...

The true way of testing a car is by owning it. No matter how much you struggle to find out everything you can when on a test drive, some things will never be uncovered. That's why the guys from Car ...

Six generations on and 12.5 million cars later, BMW‘s 3 Series continues to lead the pack in the hotly contested sport-luxury market. Recent economic, environmental and social trends have forced ...

There's no replacing the smoothness of an I6, but the 240 hp I4 in the 2012 BMW 328i Sedan packed a punch. Options like metallic paint, 18-inch wheels and brushed aluminum trim quickly inflated the ...